Tag: waters
Treaty to Protect the High Seas: Negotiations in Troubled Waters
A message from Greenpeace on an illuminated sign calling for ocean protection ahead of the resumption of negotiations by UN member states on a treaty to protect the high seas,…
Netherlands: drought weakens dikes in a country obsessed with rising waters
In the Netherlands, the dykes that dot the whole country are being undermined by the drought. The regional water offices have increased…
With the drought, the Spanish Stonehenge emerges from the waters
DR 08/19/2022 at 12:13Updated 08/19/2022 at 1:44 PM Submerged during the construction of a dam in 1963, the Cromlech de Guadalperal, an exceptional Neolithic site, is visible due to the…
Disputed waters: Lebanese Hezbollah raises the tone against Israel
The leader of Lebanese Hezbollah raised his voice on Tuesday (August 9) against Israel over disputed waters between the two countries in the eastern Mediterranean, where the discovery in recent…
In Germany, the low waters of the Rhine worsen the energy crisis
An unloaded transport ship moves on the low waters of the Rhine in Duisburg, western Germany on August 9, 2022 (AFP/INA FASSBENDER) In western Germany, the lack of water due…
The action game Glaciered invites us into its icy waters
65 million years later, when an eternal winter has set in, there is clearly nothing left of the Earth except a large expanse of water covered with ice within which…
Ukrainian cereals: Russian freighter Zhibek Zholy in Russian waters
The cargo ship “Zhibek Zholy” flying the Russian flag, on July 5, 2022 on the Black Sea coast, in Sakarya, Turkey (AFP/Archives/Ozan KOSE) The Russian freighter Zhibek Zholy, accused by…
Estelle Brachlianoff, the queen of the waters
And suddenly, emotion overwhelmed him. On June 15, in the middle of the general meeting, a setting that is not conducive to effusions, the CEO of Veolia, Antoine Frérot, burst…
Businesses need to act fast to avoid getting stuck in troubled waters
Businesses must act fast to avoid being trapped in troubled waters | Photo credits: Istock It is able to put itself in all its states – liquid, solid, gaseous -,…
A 3,000-year-old ancient city rises from the waters due to climate change
Due to a drought in southern Iraq, a water reserve was temporarily emptied to irrigate agricultural crops. For archaeologists, it was a unique opportunity to study a normally submerged ancient…
Iran seizes two Greek tankers in Gulf waters
The Liberian-flagged tanker ‘Ice Energy’ transfers crude oil from the Iranian tanker ‘Lana’ (formerly ‘Pegas’) off Karystos on Greece’s Evia island on May 29, 2022. ANGELOS TZORTZINIS / AFP Tension…
Iran says it seized two Greek tankers in Gulf waters
The Iranian Revolutionary Guards had protested against the seizure by Greece of a ship carrying Iranian oil. Athens denounced an act of “piracy”. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, the ideological army of…