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22 Mar 2022 EDINBURGH, United Kingdom

Major Lithium Deposit Discovered On Tibetan Plateau

Possible lithium exploitation found on a Tibet plateau has raised concerns with environmentalists for the deleterious effect on both water and natural resources in the region.

15 Mar 2022 EDINBURGH, United Kingdom

The Water Diplomat 2022

Past issues of The Water Diplomat now available. Read full article and click on links for January, February and March 2022 issues.

15 Mar 2022 EDINBURGH, United Kingdom

The Water Diplomat 2022

Past issues of The Water Diplomat now available on OOSKAnews website.

15 Feb 2022 EDINBURGH, United Kingdom

The Road To New York 2023

The 9th World Water Forum in Dakar  21-26 March and the Dushanbe Water Process 6-9 June 2022 will set the stage for the major UN Conference on water to be held in New York in 2023. It will be the first since Mar del Plata in 1977.

11 Feb 2022 EDINBURGH, United Kingdom

Diplomacy Talks -- Trends In Food Security During Climate Change

Diplomacy Talks and OOSKAnews Voices are a series of guest columns written by participants in different parts of the international water community. 

Dr. Renee Martin-Nagle, special correspondent to OOSKAnews, highlights facts about agricultural production and how it might change given evidence of climate change.

Martin-Nagle is a globally recognized water expert and consultant focusing on surface water, groundwater, unconventional water resources, contaminants, climate change, and oceans.  She currently has several affiliations: Treasurer of the International Water Resources Association; President and CEO of A Ripple Effect; Special Counsel at Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC; Visiting Scholar at the Environmental Law Institute; Secretary and Chair of the Governance Committee of the Mount Aloysius College Board of Trustees, and Member of the Ebensburg Municipal (water) Authority.  She is also an Expert Reviewer of the UN IPCC Sixth Assessment Report.

2 Feb 2022 EDINBURGH, United Kingdom

Trillion Ton Iceberg Melts: Impacts Unpredictable

Scientists closely observe melting of A68a as it breaks off Larsen-C Ice Shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula and travels towards Argentina. Fears for flora and fauna unrealized.

5 Dec 2021 EDINBURGH, United Kingdom

How Dry Summer Hit COP26 Host Country

Concerns that unreliable water supplies may impact the Scottish whisky and hydropower industries.

9 Nov 2021 Washington DC, United States

Up to 42,000 Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Could Be Polluting US Water

New report quantifies toxic "forever chemicals" in US water as USEPA strengthens testing requirements.

7 Apr 2021 EDINBURGH, United Kingdom

ICT Supply Chain Faces High Flooding Risk

Key river basins that are particularly vulnerable include Taihu, Dong and Zhu in China; Danube and Rhine in Europe; Colorado and Upper Mississippi in the United States.

24 Mar 2021 EDINBURGH, United Kingdom

Exploring The Non-market Value Of Water To Society: aquaNOW Audience

OOSKAnews and Scotland, the Hydro Nation, brought together panelists for a discussion on different ways we value water.

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Happy World Water Day, 2021!

3 Nov 2020 EDINBURGH, United Kingdom

Sewage Signals Early Warning Of UK COVID-19 Outbreaks

Fragments of coronavirus have been detected in wastewater samples across the UK, in projects designed to enable early warning of local outbreaks of COVID-19 infection.In Scotland, sampling and testing has been developed by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency with backing from the Scottish Government and Public Health Scotland, alongside Scottish Water and researchers from Edinburgh's Roslin Institute...

8 Oct 2020 LONDON, United Kingdom

Busted Flush: The Water Cost Of Leaky Loos

UK water company Thames Water says that the design of a "standard" dual-flush toilet means it is more likely to leak and waste water, as UK campaign group Waterwise warns that between 215 and 400 litres of water can be lost from a leaky toilet each day.Waterwise estimates the amount of water that leaks out would be enough to supply 2...

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