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Apulia's olive groves irrigated with treated wastewater: the ECO FLOW pilot project against drought

In Italy's Apulia region, a two-year pilot project called ECO FLOW has been launched: olive trees resistant to the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa are being irrigated with treated wastewater from the city of Gallipoli, which was previously discharged into the sea. The project, worth more than 1.5 million euros, brings together specialists from Greece and Italy and also studies, among other things, the accumulation of salts and emerging contaminants in the soil and in the fruit. A two-year pilot project called ECO FLOW has been launched in Apulia, Italy: olive trees resistant to the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa are being irrigated with treated wastewater from the city of Gallipoli, which was previously discharged into the sea. The project, worth more than 1.5 million euros, brings together specialists from Greece and Italy and also studies, among other things, the accumulation of salts and emerging contaminants in the soil and fruit.

Aziz Karimov
4 min read
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Strongest El Niño Hits the World: Closed Iguazu Falls, Livestock Deaths in El Salvador and Threat to Coral Reefs

The exceptionally strong El Niño of 2026 is causing droughts, floods and threats to food security worldwide. In Argentina, trails to the Iguazu Falls are closed; in El Salvador, livestock is suffering; in Sudan, drought has affected more than half of the territory. British and Japanese meteorologists call the phenomenon a record one, NOAA has not yet declared a record but forecasts it will exceed the 1982 level.

Sevara Azamova
4 min read
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Extreme weather hits Europe's harvests: farmers see the way out in diversification and regenerative agriculture

A hot and dry summer, which ECIU says would have been practically impossible without climate change, cut Europe's grain harvest forecast by roughly 16.7 million tonnes and cost farmers more than €3 billion. Farmers in Spain, Germany and Sweden describe how crop diversification and soil restoration help them survive droughts and frosts, and call on authorities to change the support system. A hot and dry summer, which ECIU calls virtually impossible without climate change, cut Europe's grain harvest forecast by roughly 16.7 million tonnes and cost farmers more than €3 billion. Farmers in Spain, Germany and Sweden describe how crop diversification and soil restoration help them survive droughts and frosts, and they call on authorities to change the support system.

Aziz Karimov
7 min read
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Severe drought declared in southern England: reservoirs nearly empty, around 50 million people affected

The Environment Agency declared a severe drought in Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, East and West Sussex after a record-hot summer and the driest April–September in more than a century. Key reservoirs Wimbleball and Ardingly are only 14.9% and 19.4% full. According to the minister, more than 80% of England is in drought status, affecting around 50 million people; hosepipe bans are in force.

Aziz Karimov
4 min read