India, Bangladesh and China are most at risk from river floods, with an increasing number of people threatened because of climate change and economic growth in low-lying regions, a study warned.

WATER will be on people’s minds until early 2014, at least, when they become liable for water charges. But, is it not time to examine news ways of enabling nature to provide safe, drinkable water?

WATER is never far from the news these days. This summer, northern India experienced one of its heaviest monsoon seasons in 80 years, leaving more than 800 people dead and forcing another 100,000 from their homes.

THE world’s coral reefs could be wiped out by 2050 unless urgent action is taken to stop threats posed to the “rainforests of the sea” by everything from over-fishing to global warming, a major report warned yesterday.

Growing populations and expanding economic activity have strained the planet’s ecosystems over the past half century, a trend that threatens international efforts to combat poverty and disease, a UN-sponsored study of the Earth’s health has warned.