About 80% of the world's population lives in areas where the fresh water supply is not secure, according to a new global analysis.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11435522
Finite, vital, much wanted, little understood, water looks unmanageable. But it needn’t be, argues John Grimond
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=16136302
A sheep farm in the Brecon Beacons in mid-Wales is providing a glimpse of a post-carbon future, one in which green electricity is generated locally. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8387449.stm
In the hours before floods swept through Cumbria, the heaviest rain ever recorded in Britain fell on a hamlet in the county. Philip Eden unpicks the unique combination of factors which made this happen.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8376031.stm
Heavy rain has brought floods to north-western parts of the UK, with Dumfries and Galloway and Cumbria the worst hit.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8366360.stm
