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Fish are adapting to rivers shaped by dams and barriers, and that may be changing how man-made rivers function over timeFor decades, river restoration has focused on returning waterways to conditions that existed before dams, weirs and large-scale human inter...- In 1986, a drought lowered the Sea of Galilee, and two brothers saw old wood in the mud. It was no driftwood, and it changed Biblical historyIn 1986, a harsh drought caused the Sea of Galilee to recede, unveiling an incredibly well-preserved boat dating back to the first century ...
- From river to muddy trail: Yamuna in Delhi is now just a shallow brown stream, Villagers walk across the dry river bedThe Yamuna River in Delhi has shrunk to a shallow, brown stream, with locals now walking across its dry bed. This yearly phenomenon is attr...
- A Canadian lake shaped like an emoji suddenly drained dry in a geological event rarely seen on EarthLake Rouge in Quebec catastrophically drained in May 2025 due to a landslide and outburst flood, leaving a barren crater. This rare event w...
- Centre modernising 736 dams under Rs 10,211-crore rehabilitation programmeIndia is undertaking one of the world's largest dam rehabilitation programs, DRIP, with significant progress made in improving the safety o...
- Officials plan to flush thousands of toilets to help refill a Utah lake and generate powerWater managers are releasing massive amounts of water from Flaming Gorge Reservoir to safeguard hydropower production at Lake Powell, which...
- NASA’s Rover Found a Lost River System Under Mars, And It Changes What We Know About Its PastNASA's Perseverance Rover has uncovered a hidden river delta on Mars. This discovery suggests Mars experienced multiple wet periods, not ju...
- NGT issues notice to Centre over hanging glacier danger in central HimalayaThe National Green Tribunal has sought responses from the Centre and other bodies concerning the danger posed by hanging glaciers in the ce...
- A Deluge for the Sahara: Satellites Tracked Extreme Rain Where It Feels ImpossibleIn September 2024, intense rainfall, exceeding 200 millimeters in some areas, transformed parts of the Sahara Desert, filling dry basins an...
- Ganga's worst dry spell in 1,300 years: A crisis for 600 million people, warns IIT studyA recent study reveals the Ganga River is experiencing its worst drying phase in 1,300 years, impacting over 600 million people. Declining ...
- Humans have driven Earth's freshwater cycle out of stable state: StudyHuman activity has significantly altered the Earth's freshwater resources, surpassing the stable conditions that existed before industriali...
- Climate change, hydro projects triggered Chamoli disaster: StudyWhile the study stops short of linking the disaster directly to climate change, it says that the increasing frequency of high-mountain slop...
- India ends goodwill gesture, stops sharing hydrological data with PakistanThe agreement, a result of an earlier India’s goodwill gesture, was renewed every year.
- Making planet Earth's greenland mainstreamThe report makes clear that human beings are responsible for wrecking the very ecosystems that sustain life on earth.
- World Bank approves funding for India's ambitious National Hydrology ProjectThe World Bank has approved $175 million for India’s National Hydrology Project which will strengthen the capacity of existing institutions...
- Earth's internal heat driving Greenland's ice to meltGreenland's lithosphere has hot depths which originate in its distant geological past and cause the island's ice to rapidly flow and melt f...
- Dams may cause huge losses of freshwater: StudyDams and irrigation significantly increase evapotranspiration, an effect that increases the loss of freshwater to the atmosphere, thereby r...
- GVK Hancock advances Galilee Basin rail line development in AustraliaThe MCU is the next step to finalise planning for significant rail infrastructure and it follows on from the grant by State environmental a...
- Threat of Uttarakhand-like disaster in Himachal Pradesh, scientists worriedIncreased vulnerability of Himachal Pradesh to climate change has posed the threat of Uttarakhand like disaster.
- 'Centre committed to interlinking of rivers'The Centre is fully committed to interlinking of rivers and work on it was already in progress, Union Minister for Water Resources Saifuddi...
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