Compare and contrast: Harrogate Spring Water planning to cut down wood planted by schoolchildren
The Guardian Harrogate Spring Water has a licence to extract 464m litres of water a year from local underground sources. The company was bought in 2020 by Danone, which is […]
Compare and contrast: To save a dying swamp, Louisiana aims to restore the Mississippi River’s natural flow
The Associated Press The project expects to revitalize around 45,000 acres (182 square kilometers) of swamp in an area where less than a third of the forest is considered healthy […]
Compare and contrast: Global lake phytoplankton proliferation intensifies climate warming
Nature Communications In lakes, phytoplankton sequester atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and store it in the form of biomass organic carbon (OC); however, only a small fraction of the OC remains […]
Compare and contrast: Wetlands provide US$23 billion in flood control across Wisconsin and Midwest. But they’re in distress.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Wetlands save Wisconsin and the upper Midwest almost US$23 billion per year that would otherwise be spent combating flooding, a new report from the Union of Concerned […]
Compare and contrast: Valencia floods contaminate rich Albufera wetland with detritus and sewage
Reuters One of Europe’s most biodiverse coastal wetland reserves has been inundated with tons of plastic waste, wrecked cars and pharmaceutical products by the flash floods that ravaged southeastern Spain […]
Compare and contrast: ‘The smell hurts’: why has the supreme court washed its hands of Argentina’s ‘rotten river’?
The Guardian Campaigners fear ruling on the toxic Matanza-Riachuelo basin will worsen the region’s many health crises and sends the message that environmental damage is not a priority. Click […]
Compare and contrast: A $13 billion, 30-year flop: landmark study reveals stark failure to halt Murray-Darling River decline
The Conversation – Australia Some A$13 billion in taxpayer dollars and 30 years of policy reform have failed to arrest the devastating decline in the health of Australia’s most important […]
Compare and contrast: Salt water creeping up Delaware River in worrying sign for big fresh water source.
The Guardian Salty ocean water is creeping up the Delaware River, the source for much of the drinking water for Philadelphia and millions of others, brought on by drought conditions […]
Compare and contrast: Rainwater is insufficient to replenish the Guarani Aquifer owing to overuse and drought, study warns
EurekAlert! A study conducted by researchers at S o Paulo State University (UNESP) in Brazil measured the contributions of rainwater and groundwater to the maintenance of springs and rivers in […]
Record Great Lakes temperatures: What they mean for Ontario’s snow season
The Weather Network At the end of November, the Great Lakes are sitting in record-breaking territory. Find out what this means for lake-effect snow for the remainder of fall and […]