Tourists Causing Water Crisis

Wealthy tourists are causing a water crisis at resorts in developing countries.  You can read a summary of a report by NGO Tourism Concern here.  For more information on Tourism Concern and their campaigns, click here.

South Sudan Update

It is one year since South Sudan gained independence from Sudan.  Read a summary of what has happened in the last year here and here.  For facts and figures, click here and for pictures, try here

Summer Washout!

After several months of water restrictions and we have just had the wettest June on record and all the water companies have lifted hosepipe bans.  For information, including how the Jet Stream is causing our soggy summer, try these links:  The Guardian or The BBC.  For facts and figures about June's record breaking weather. look here.  But it's not just the UK that's suffered from flooding recently - this article  is about floods in Southern R|ussia and explains how human actions and mismanagement of rivers may have made the situation much worse.