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Researchers at Eötvös Loránd University are generating realistic drone footage of landscapes from even hundreds of years ago with the help of artificial intelligence. Click here to read the story.

BBC News

As AI and cloud computing drive a boom in data centres across rural America, residents like Beverly Morris in Mansfield, Georgia are feeling the impact in deeply personal ways from sediment-clogged wells to water they no longer trust to drink. Click here to read the story.

The Western Producer

Drought was a mixed bag for Prairie producers, with not much room for improvement promised by the July forecasts. Precipitation levels were highly variable last month with large storm events tracking through central Alberta and Saskatchewan. In contrast, large portions of the southern prairies and northwestern Alberta received very little precipitation. Click here to read the story.

July 11, 2025
2:12 pm
AB, Canada, MB, SK

Water Canada

The Province of Nova Scotia is supporting 23 projects in municipalities across the province with funding for infrastructure upgrades, development and innovation. The support more than doubles the amount of money available through a program for water, sewer and other priority infrastructure projects. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Infrastructure.

The Conversation – United Kingdom

Flash floods like the one that swept down the Guadalupe River in Texas on July 4, 2025, can be highly unpredictable. While there are sophisticated flood prediction models and different types of warning systems in some places, effective flood protection requires extensive preparedness and awareness. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Flood.

The Conversation – United Kingdom

Most UK rivers are contaminated by a chemical called trifluoroacetic acid (TFA). This is a type of human-made chemical known as perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS), often called “forever chemicals”. This widespread contamination highlights the extensive scale of work required to remove synthetic forever chemicals from our environment. Click here to read the story.

CBC

Ryan Ness of the Canadian Climate Institute says he’s been following the “terrible tragedy” of deadly flash flooding unfolding in Texas, where more than 100 people have died. But he’s also worried Canada isn’t doing enough to prevent such disasters here, saying the country needs to invest in flood mapping, infrastructure and early warning systems. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Flood.

Sask Today

It’s the ninth year in a row Quinton Jacksteit’s farm has experienced drought. The southwest Saskatchewan farmer, who also is the reeve for the Rural Municipality of Big Stick, says his crops are extremely short, and he plans to salvage most of them for animal feed. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Drought.

Good News Network

If there were one place in America where you’d decline a glass of tap water it would be Flint, right? Wrong. A decade after lead-contaminated water was found in the Michigan city’s water system, the legal battle to replace lead water pipes is nearly finished. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Infrastructure.

EurekAlert!

Drinking water treatment that pursues a multi-contaminant approach, tackling several pollutants at once, could prevent more than 50,000 lifetime cancer cases in the U.S., finds a new peer-reviewed study by the Environmental Working Group. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Infrastructure.

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