Glaciers Retreat and Rivers Run Dry, New Water Report Shows
The report said below-normal discharge affected 36% of river basin area, while glacier loss and falling groundwater deepened water stress.
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Water scarcity poses grave threat to lives as global reserves deplete, UN weather agency warns
The UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned on Thursday that according to its latest report assessing the state of global water resources, the world would increasingly experience abnormal water supplies due to decade-long signals of disruption in freshwater resources, including river flows, groundwater, and glaciers. The WMO’s report indicated that 2025 was one of the driest years for river flows worldwide in 35 years, with below-norma…
Glaciers retreat and rivers run dry, new water report shows
Rivers around the world in 2025 had one of the driest years in more than three decades, according to a report released Thursday by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The planet's water reserves used to act as a "savings account" that absorbed
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warns of the worsening of the instability of the global water cycle. According to the report on water resources, 2025 was between the three years with the lowest flows of the rivers in about 35 years. More than one third of the watersheds recorded flows below the average, while only 36% presented [...] The dry contents of the rivers in 2025 was among the most severe of the last 35 years appears first i…
The rivers of the planet crossed in 2025 one of the driest years of the last three decades, according to a global analysis of water resources. The phenomenon has direct consequences also for Romania, where the extremely low level of the Danube caused major problems this summer.
According to a new report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the rivers of the world lived in 2025 one of their driest years of the last three and a half decades, 36% of the basins recorded flows below normal. For the seventh consecutive year, rivers with flows considered “normal” were a clear [...]
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