The first International Soil and Water Forum opened this week in Bangkok to map out concrete measures to boost global efforts in managing water scarcity and reversing soil degradation – both ...

Billions of people are facing a future of water scarcity as global rivers dry up ... we are navigating without a map.” She underscored the importance of early warning systems in addressing ...

Traditionally, scientists have quantified water scarcity with a variety of indicators ... water use data and water availability from a water-resources model to map the average global water gap between ...

Researchers are now presenting an alternative method for quantifying the global risk of water scarcity. Results indicate higher risks to water supply than previously expected if accounting for the ...

Water scarcity is one of the most pressing development ... with devastating consequences for global food security. Agriculture, which accounts for 72 per cent of global freshwater withdrawals ...

Water is life they say; it is certainly life for plants and animals, too, but when humans do not have enough of it for their livelihoods, the rest of the ecosystem suffers. Others think of water ...

The global water crisis is a stark reminder of the growing disparity between resource availability and population needs. According to UNICEF, at least 4 billion people face extreme water scarcity ...

Research at Stockholm University is now presenting an alternative method for quantifying the global risk of water scarcity. Results indicate higher risks to water supply than previously expected ...