カテゴリー: Rivers
Intervention for farming and flood risk change the unique systems as communities grapple with how to live alongside the vital waterwaysWhen British settlers started building Christchurch city 170 years ago, they largely ignored the nearby Waimakariri R…
1.2tn yuan project has broken ground in Tibet, premier says, despite fears of downstream nations India and BangladeshConstruction of the world’s biggest hydropower megadam has begun, China’s premier has said, calling it the “project of the century”.The…
Prof Shafiqul Islam and Wajid Mushtaq Teli respond to an editorial on the ongoing military clashes between the two countriesYour editorial (The Guardian view on India and Pakistan: a newly dangerous moment in an old dispute, 7 May) underscores the alar…
Indus treaty, which had survived 65 years and three wars between countries, has been paused after Kashmir attackIn July 2023, Ali Haider Dogar was one of tens of thousands of farmers in central-eastern Pakistan whose crops were submerged after India re…
Similar to a bomb, the diving style developed by Māori and Pasifika communities has become a national pastimeOver summer, a strange phenomenon plays out along New Zealand’s waterholes. Bridges, wharfs, cliffs and swimming pools throng with people ready…
After the trauma of losing their spouse and breadwinner to the Sundarbans’ great predator, women are cast out by their superstitious communities. But they are coming together to rebuild their livesNobody saw exactly what happened in the minutes leading…
The south Asian country is a world leader in climate adaptation, but without more funding the country will struggle to protect its people, a report warns As far back as she can remember, Shahanaz Ali has been running from cyclones. “Moving constantly f…
Economic loss from disruption on important travel route for grain exports estimated to be $20bnExtreme drought and a warm autumn have left water levels on the Mississippi exceptionally low for the time of year. This is causing problems for farmers who …
‘Plinth’ settlements built on raised ground above the country’s flooding rivers are providing permanent homes and emergency refugesHamida Khatun is sick of moving. The 60-year has been displaced about 20 times during her life, always as a result of cli…
Ecologists say some bodies of water may already have passed the tipping points from which they may never recoverAs David Klee nosed his boat out into the channels of Whangamarino, he saw the birds were dying. Hundreds were already dead, floating, the s…
A luxury cruise has been hailed as the start of a new age of Indian tourism. But conservationists fear the impact of increased river traffic and pollution The Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, has officially launched the “world’s longest river crui…
Report from Shoal on 2021’s newly described species shows ‘there are still hundreds and hundreds more freshwater fish scientists don’t know about yet’Scientists are celebrating 212 “new” freshwater fish species, including a blind eel found in the groun…
Māori have a strong ancestral relationship to the ocean involving hunting and fishing for seafood, but that can come at a cost Aquatic safety instructor Clayton Wikaira is leaning against a small inflatable boat, his hair wet from the sea, speaking to …
New Zealand’s booming dairy industry has polluted 95% of rivers in pastoral land – now Māori are taking the government to court On the eve of their tribe’s settlement with the crown, Gabrielle Huria and Te Maire Tau walked out on to the cracked, dry ea…