Compare and contrast: Virginia Once Drained and Dried Peatlands, but Now Eyes Them as Carbon Sinks
Inside Climate News The bogs, logged for centuries and recently burned, sequester far more carbon than forests. Now, thousands of acres are being “rewetted” as part of a restoration strategy. […]
Ottawa announces $700K in funding to help improve Hamilton and Burlington water quality
CBC “This investment will help restore water quality in the Hamilton Harbour Area of Concern and across the Great Lakes,” Canada Water Agency said in a news release, adding programs […]
Compare and contrast: Trees That Have Never Known Plentiful Rainfall Better Prepared for Drought
Yale Environment 360 When faced with a severe drop in rainfall, trees change in ways that allow them to better cope with future droughts. They develop smaller, hardier cells and […]
Compare and contrast: Compounding drought and climate effects disrupt soil water dynamics in grasslands
EurekAlert! A novel field experiment in Austria reveals that compounding climate conditions – namely drought, warming, and elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2 ) – could fundamentally reshape how water moves […]
Compare and contrast: Calls to curb invasive species spread via untreated water transfer
Science Daily Development of cities and the demands of agriculture mean that huge volumes of untreated water from lakes, reservoirs and rivers are now routinely moved large distances, across countries, […]
N.W.T. regulator starting process that could grant Imperial Oil emergency water licence
CBC An N.W.T. regulator is moving ahead with a process that could grant Imperial Oil an emergency three-year water licence. Imperial Oil’s current water licence is set to expire in […]
Compare and contrast: Giant freshwater aquifer in southern Africa is under threat from mining
The Conversation – Africa A huge underground water resource the size of Austria, the Stampriet Transboundary Aquifer System, stretches for 87,000km across Namibia, South Africa and Botswana. It supplies 50,000 […]
Compare and contrast: Why Didn’t L.A. Firefighters Have Access to More Water? Newsom Calls For Investigation
TIME “While water supplies from local fire hydrants are not designed to extinguish fires over large areas, losing supplies from fire hydrants likely impaired the effort to protect some homes […]
Compare and contrast: In a Major Reversal, the World Bank Is Backing Mega Dams
Yale Environment 360 Despite continued opposition, the World Bank has approved the first of five big dam projects expected to get its support in the coming months. Climate change has […]
Compare and contrast: New research shows a quarter of freshwater animals are threatened with extinction
The Associated Press Nearly a quarter of animals living in rivers, lakes and other freshwater sources are threatened with extinction, according to new research published the journal Nature on Wednesday. […]