Interviews (Water)

Global South cities have a crucial opportunity to learn from costly mistakes elsewhere on land subsidence: Leonard Ohenhen
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Global South cities have a crucial opportunity to learn from costly mistakes elsewhere on land subsidence: Leonard Ohenhen

Sushmita Sengupta
8 min read
Down To Earth speaks to US academic on land subsidence in the US and the lessons it can offer to developing countries
Himalayan springs are cultural and ecological lifelines. But scientific studies on them remain fragmented: Vinod Kothari
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Himalayan springs are cultural and ecological lifelines. But scientific studies on them remain fragmented: Vinod Kothari

Megha Prakash
4 min read
Mapping and data from lean season are key to spring revival programme, Himalayan water expert tells DTE
Getting the BBNJ Agreement ratified at the United Nations Ocean Conference will be an ambitious task: Nichola Clark
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Getting the BBNJ Agreement enter into force at the UN Ocean Conference will be an ambitious task: Nichola Clark

Rohini Krishnamurthy
6 min read
Senior officer who leads The Pew Charitable Trusts’ high seas work, talks to Down To Earth about the work ahead to finally make the high seas treaty work
Bengaluru after Day Zero: ‘City’s government & people took water scarcity head on & will convert crisis into opportunity’
Krishnarajasagar dam on the Cauvery river, Karnataka. The researchers studied Cauvery basin, among others. Photo: iStock
Mahesh Gupta, chairperson of Kent RO Systems
An Indigenous Brazilian young woman of Tupi Guarani ethnicity, with her child. Photo: iStock
Kyiv and the Dnipro River on January 7, 2024. The river has frozen due to sub-zero temperatures. Seen in this photo from iStock are The Motherland (Sculpture), the Flag of Ukraine, and the Kievan district of Pechersk Lavra
Professor T V Ramachandra from the Indian institute of Science, Bengaluru
A mural depicting Spanish Conquistador, Francisco de Orellana in the town of Puerto Francisco de Orellana, also known as El Coca in the province of Orellana, eastern Ecuador. The city is located in the Amazon Rainforest at the confluence of the Coca River and the Napo River. Photo: WIkimedia Commons, CC 2.0
Photo: iStock.
A map showing the Helmand river. Photo: iStock
The Great Salt Lake near Salt lake City in Utah, United States. Photo: iStock
World Rivers Day: Adopt bottom-up approach, says student who cleaned Vadodara stream
US now calls water scarcity a national security issue: An expert explains how serious it can be
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