Halfway along the Afsluitdijk, the 20-mile dam that has separated the salty Wadden Sea from the freshwater IJsselmeer since 1932, sits a small blue building that most drivers passing over the dam never notice. Since November 26, 2014, when King Willem-Alexander switched it on, this building has housed the world’s first reverse electrodialysis power plant,…

If you live in America and love guacamole, there is a good chance the avocados in your bowl came from Mexico. What is surprising is that the rules used to bring those avocados into the United States may also have helped clean up nearby waterways in Mexico.A 202 analysis titled ‘Agricultural trade policy and water…

Jory Thomas used his rodeo lasso skills to save a man from the fast-moving Yellowstone River (Screengrab: KTVQ news) A family camping trip along Montana’s Yellowstone River turned into a life-saving rescue by a 14-year-old boy. The teenager usedthe roping skills he had learnt on a ranch to pull a struggling man out of the…

IRGC has been using an online gambling network to evade Western sanctions, Reuters report A sophisticated $4 billion sanctions-evasion network has allegedly helped Iran move money through illegal online gambling operations, cryptocurrency transactions and an unlicensed Dubai-based crypto exchange. The network gave sanctioned Iranian entities access to global cryptocurrency markets despite Western restrictions, according to…

Every week, Brazilian truck driver Leomar Aparecido Miguel spends days transporting goods across the country. On his days off, however, he swaps the steering wheel for a hammer and saw to build wooden shelters for stray dogs and cats. The São José do Rio Preto resident has constructed and donated more than 1,700 shelters in…