Noticias sobre Greece
Brazilian researchers develop method of purifying water contaminated by glyphosate
By José Tadeu Arantes | Agência FAPESP.
Exceptional heat and rain, wildfires and floods mark summer of extremes
Dangerous weather – intense heat and devastating rainfall – has impacted large parts of the Northern hemisphere in this summer of extremes, causing major damage to the people’s health and the environment.
July 2023 is set to be the hottest month on record
According to ERA5 data from the EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), the first three weeks of July have been the warmest three-week period on record and the month is on track to be the hottest July and the hottest month on record.
The most difficult install ever, Eretria Greece
The city of Eretria in Greece, one of the best-known archaeological sites in the world, has had a much-needed upgrade.
Quality of Europe’s bathing waters remains high
The majority of bathing water sites in Europe met the European Union’s most stringent ‘excellent’ water quality standards in 2022, according to the latest annual Bathing Water report published today.
World Environment Day brings solutions to plastic pollution into focus
Individuals, communities, civil society, businesses and governments around the world today marked World Environment Day with a focus on solutions to plastic pollution, with official celebrations held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, with the support of the Netherlands.
Willem Gooren founding partner of Flovac retires
Willem Gooren, Founding Partner of Flovac, is retiring and in his honour, Flovac’s global management team gathered in Greece to congratulate him on his career path.
Hotter weather not diminishing runoff and river discharge as expected
Runoff and river discharge are important components in Earth’s water cycle, but as climate change tightens its grip, heatwaves and instances of drought are increasingly hitting the headlines.
Drinking water: Ensuring water quality intended for human consumption
Safe drinking water is essential for public health and well-being.
UN water experts: The world is off-track to meet its sustainable water goal by 2030
3 out of 4 people currently live in water-insecure countries. More people die from a lack of safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services than water-related disasters, reveals the new UN global water security assessment.
Italgas enters into exclusive talks with Veolia to buy its water assets in Italy
Italgas, which specializes in the distribution of gas in Italy, released a statement on Tuesday that it had entered into exclusive talks with Veolia Environnement to purchase stakes in the country’s water companies owned by the France-based firm.
Water certainty in an uncertain future: European group unites in Cyprus
ERC Smart Water Futures project progresses in designing next-gen water systems. Synergies explored between machine learning, sensing & operations. Ambitions to develop future-proof, flexible and adaptive water solutions.
Enter the WaterVerse: EU collaboration to unlock water data sharing
€5.2 million EU project unites 17 partners across 10 European countries. Ambitions to create EU-wide water data management ecosystem. Connecting stakeholder data could help improve future water modelling.
Kick off of new EU-funded project UPWATER to prevent the release of chemicals to groundwater
The UPWATER kick-off meeting, held on November 29, 2022 in Barcelona, Spain, successfully brought together the main actors of the project.
“We want to keep growing as a global leader of efficiency in the water industry”
Miya is a global water operator that specializes in water efficiency, commercial management and water treatment.
World had “one of three warmest Julys on record”
It was one of the three warmest July’s The world had the third warmest July on record, with prolonged and intense heatwaves affecting parts of Europe.
Zero pollution: large number of Europe’s bathing waters meet highest quality standards
The annual Bathing Water report, published today, shows that in 2021 almost 85% of Europe's bathing water sites met the European Union's most stringent ‘excellent' water quality standards.
EIB funds €791 million clean energy, health and water investment across Europe
Board of Directors takes stock of record time disbursement of € 668 million to Ukraine. Board approves renewable energy, water, health, urban and rural investment. For the first time InvestEU backs EIB projects unlocking increased EIB support for education, energy, and internet.
EC takes Spain to court for failing to treat its urban wastewater
The Commission decided to refer Spain to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failure to comply with the Urban Waste Water Directive (Council Directive 91/271/EEC).
European €10 million research project to design smarter urban water systems
Water Futures project connects five European countries. ERC Synergy will provide €10 million over a six-year period. Four prominent scientists unite, linking hydroinformatics to economics.