The #WorldWaterRelay started as a bold idea: a global relay for water, stretching across every habitable continent, uniting people from all over the world 🌍🤝💧. And YOU brought it to life. This wasn’t just a run. It was a movement. A clear message that when we come together,

Over 35% have already been lost, and more than half are at risk of collapse by 2050. If we want healthy rivers, coasts and communities, we urgently to protect what’s left. 📸: Matt Curnock / Ocean Image Bank

5. Slow the flow of water, reducing erosion and helping rivers and coasts stay stable. 📸: Matt Curnock / Ocean Image Bank

4. Protect coastal communities from floods, storms and rising seas. 📸: Matt Curnock / Ocean Image Bank

3. Provide habitats for over 1,500 plant and animal species . 📸: Ocean Image Bank / Lorenzo Mittiga

2. Store around 1,000 tonnes of carbon per hectare. 📸: Ocean Image Bank

1. Trap pollutants from rivers before they reach the sea\. 📸: Santanu Majumdar / Ocean Image Bank

Happy #WorldMangroveDay! 🌿🌊💙. Here are 5 ways these extraordinary ecosystems help keep our rivers, coasts and communities healthy 🧵⬇️. 📸: Matt Curnock / Ocean Image Bank

5. A Bar of Chocolate

4. A Pair of Jeans 👖

3. A Cup of Coffee ☕️

2. Your Smartphone📱

1. A Cotton T-shirt 👕

Do you know how much water is hidden in the things you use every day? 💧👕☕️👖🍫📱. From the phone in your pocket to the coffee in your cup, the water footprint of our daily lives is much bigger than it seems. Learn more 🧵⬇️

In Kabul, families are digging more than 100 metres into the earth, searching for water they can’t safely use. Children are skipping school to queue for water, and parents are skipping meals to pay for it. “We won’t have any other choice but to be displaced again,” said one

People often meet me and say, 'You must be an amazing runner.' I'm not. So far from it. I find it really hard and, to be honest, I don't really enjoy it. But I do it because it takes me to the front lines of the water crisis. It lets me understand the challenges, and experience

If you’ve ever questioned whether you can really make a difference, ask yourself this instead:. If not me, then who?.If not now, then when?

Africa is home to some of the most extraordinary freshwater fish on the planet, from species that breathe air, to those that communicate using electric pulses. Many exist nowhere else, and all play a role in supporting ecosystems, economies and communities. They’re essential for

My happy place 💙💧🌿. 📍 Okavango Delta, Botswana

Incredible scenes as the Seine opens for public swimming after 100 years. Just decades ago, this iconic river was declared functionally dead. Look at it now! 💙🏊‍♀️🇫🇷. #SeineRiverRun .