Heat, drought and water scarcity. How do mountain environments cope with these challenges? What solutions are available, and who ultimately pays the highest price? Mountain huts and alpine farms are suffering… and perhaps, in one way or another, so are we all.
If current trends continue, plastic could outweigh fish in the ocean by 2050. This case study examines how The Ocean Cleanup is scaling its solutions to address this growing challenge.
Warm weather invites thoughts of a refreshing swim in nature, yet a grim reality hides beneath the surface: the UK’s sewage crisis, now in the spotlight, still endangers public health and aquatic life.
The Ice Memory Foundation preserves the climate record for future generations by storing ice samples that are likely to disappear in Antarctica.
Glaciers in Ecuador are vanishing fast, threatening water, ecosystems, and cultures. A 2025 conference in Quito aims to raise global awareness and inspire collective climate action.
Beneath serene surfaces, lakes are suffocating. Oxygen is vanishing fast—threatening ecosystems, biodiversity, and water security. It’s time to act before silence takes over.
Permafrost plays a crucial role in the climate crisis. Its thawing threatens the stability of alpine slopes and releases greenhouse gases in the Arctic, with consequences that remain difficult to predict.
A legend in the Brazilian outback says that fish fall from the clouds every year. Although this statement may seem fanciful, there is a scientific basis that explains the phenomenon.
Greenland’s vast resources and strategic location in the Arctic are crucial for the green transition and new trade routes. In the era of global warming, they have never mattered so much.
Historic floods in Southern Brazil highlight the severe impact of climate change, with 400 cities submerged and lives lost. Recovery is ongoing. Learn how the climate crisis worsens such events and how to help.
The EU aims to regulate fishing, ending illegal activities and promoting sustainability. Bottom trawling and aquaculture damage marine ecosystems and local communities, calling into question the viability of aquaculture as a green solution.
Deep seawater ecosystems are under several threats, with the inconvenience that the management of those areas does not belong to any country. How do we deal with this, and what are those menaces?
“We’re Swimming in sh*t” was stated to indicate the massive amount of pollution in the oceans. We dive into the threads of sewage and chemical pollution to understand the challenges facing our waterways today.
2011: an earthquake and a tsunami provoked a nuclear accident in Japan. To cool down the reactor was used seawater.
2023: that seawater is now coming back to the ocean. Is it safe for humans, flora and fauna?
The Glacier Caravan, now in its fourth edition, ended recently. We will retrace the 6 stages through as many satellite images of each glacier, allowing everyone to see how dramatic the situation is with each passing year.
Desalination by reverse osmosis is the most common method of obtaining potable water from the sea. Already widely used in the Middle East, the Pacific Countries, America and even Europe, it ensures water security in many countries. However, it is too early to call this method “what will save us from global water shortage” because it is still too energy inefficient.
The Netherlands is renowned for its water management. Drinking water flows from the tap, but not for long if no immediate action is taken. What is happening in the water country per excellence?
Eurac Research launched ADO, a drought observatory capable of monitoring precipitation and water shortages all over the Alps.
In the Chiquitanía (Bolivia), rivers, streams and lakes are disappearing because of water depleting and polluting farming practices at the expense of downstream local communities.
This year’s exceptional drought caused such a dramatic reduction of groundwater levels that it will be hard to recover. Water scarcity might become a real issue also in Germany and the Netherlands.
A solution to fight severe droughts and water shortages might come from a Dutch Artist: SunGlacier, the first water multiplier that uses the sun to make ice and water.
How much water do we use every day? Understanding how we use water is crucial to tackle the water crisis and sustain the freshwater demand of all beings.
Although Dutch people have excelled their ability to live below the sea level, their sea defense system may not be enough to contrast the growing sea level caused by the climate crisis.
Providing the provincial administration with guidelines to contrast the climate crisis locally, the Trentino Clima 2021-2023 Plan is an excellent example of virtuous engagement between public and private bodies.
Even though it is still poorly known in Europe, agroecology can be further implemented with modern and traditional farming practices to improve Trentino’s water management.
Looking back at last summer’s dramatic floods in Central Europe, it is clear that natural disasters linked to the climate crisis are no longer events of only Mediterranean regions.
In 2012, he had the idea to clean up the plastic waste of the oceans. In 2017, his idea gathered more than 31M$. Read the business review of The Ocean Cleanup case study.
