Now to London, where home prices continue to soar. Some Londoners are now choosing to live on boats on the city's waterways.But it's not an easy lifestyle. There are major issues regarding moorings and sanitation.
Australian scientists have discovered huge reserves of freshwater beneath the ocean, with the potential to be tapped as a resource for nations facing a looming global water crisis.
Pakistan's top security adviser said on Wednesday the presence of Indian forces on the Siachen Glacier, considered as the world highest battle field, is a serious threat to the environment of Pakistan.
Power remains cut on Thursday for the third consecutive day for tens of thousands of households in the eastern city of Yuyao, Zhejiang Province, after Typhoon Fitow-triggered downpours lashed the city.
The New Zealand government on Wednesday announced an initiative to improve management of drinking water in five low-lying Pacific island countries.
A trial operation initially set for Sept. 5 by a fisheries cooperative in Iwaki city, Fukushima Prefecture will be postponed due to toxic water leak, local media reported Thursday.
A trial operation initially set for Sept. 5 by a fisheries cooperative in Iwaki city, Fukushima Prefecture will be postponed due to toxic water leak, local media reported Thursday.
The bodies of 78-year-old Bai Hengshu and his wife Wang Chengzhen were dug out of the thick mud debris in the floor of their house.
According to local authorities, more than 17.06 million people in 1,311 towns have been affected by the drought since July, with 3.17 million lacking drinking water.
Inspired by prickly pears, Chinese scientists have developed a new technique for removing oil from water, which could have applications in oil spill clean-up work.
A Hong Kong public think tanker urged the government to improve water recycling capacity, and adjust its water charges structure to deter water wastage.
Tourists abused an injured dolphin that was beached in south China on Sunday, resulting in the animal's death as well as a wave of public outrage.
A dam near Saxony-Anhalt state capital Magdeburg in eastern Germany burst overnight on Monday despite attempts to stabilise it, forcing the authorities to ask more than 20,000 people to leave their homes.
Heavy rain since Wednesday has caused flooding of rivers in east China's Jiangxi Province, forcing the evacuation of 33,310 people.
The government of Japan on Wednesday signed to provide a grant aid of 36 million U.S. dollars to Cambodia for a clean water project and a human resource development project.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Tuesday called on the international community to work towards a "water secure world" as part of the global ecosystem plan noted in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and post- 2015 agenda.
A joint United Nations agency report on Monday warned that without a major funding push, some 2.4 billion people -- one-third of the world's population -- will remain without access to improved sanitation in 2015.