Here are eight key things to know about water scarcity and what WWF is doing to help. Although water covers 70% of the Earth’s surface, only about 3% is freshwater, and less than 1% is accessible for ...

With the Middle East being one of the most arid regions globally, water scarcity is a significant issue exacerbated by rapid population growth, political instability, and climate change. The ...

4 Institute of Geography, Viet Nam Academy of Science and Technology, Ha Noi, Viet Nam. Water scarcity has become a pressing global issue, worsening food security, hindering economic development, ...

Minimizing water scarcity now and into the future will rely on curbing water use, reducing pollution, and mitigating the effects of climate change, the researchers suggest. From agriculture to ...

Fifteen million Kenyans, nearly a third of the population, lack access to safe drinking water, Water.org recently reported. The report further terms water scarcity as a major contributor to conflict ...

countries' journey towards sustainable water security — a remarkable feat given their extreme water scarcity. The GCC countries face a stark reality: the absence of surface water and their ...

Water scarcity refers to inadequate availability of water. It is engendered either by natural causes (aridity, drought, hydrogeology etc.), by a lack of water-supply infrastructure, or by ...

Parts of North America are poised to become “hotspots of water scarcity” within decades, partly because pollutants will make some water sources harder to use, scientists warned on Tuesday ...

In recent work, however, we found that people react to water scarcity very differently than they do to other shortages. In studies of people around the world, we found that those in places where ...

There are many implications for a warming climate, melting icebergs, increasing temperatures, coral bleaching, and water scarcity. Each of these impacts is devastating in their own right ...

Water scarcity is one of the most pressing development challenges of our time. Today, 2.4 billion people live in water-stressed countries. Many are smallholder farmers who already struggle to meet ...