Compare and contrast: The Global Threat of Drying Lands: Regional and global aridity trends and future projections
UN CCD New UN report “The Global Threat of Drying Lands: Regional and global aridity trends and future projections” released. Some highlights: + 77.6% of Earth’s land experienced drier conditions […]
Compare and contrast: Earth’s lands are drying out. Nations are trying to address it in talks this week
The Associated Press Much of Earth’s lands are drying out and damaging the ability of plant and animal life to survive, according to a United Nations report released Monday at […]
Parasite behind fish-killing whirling disease found in B.C. lake
CBC The BC Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship says three trout samples from the southern arm of Kootenay Lake have tested positive for Myxobolus cerebralis, the parasite that […]
Compare and contrast: Ships taking extra caution after seiche exposes parts of the Detroit River’s bank
CBC A seiche that has taken the river and Lake Erie by storm. It’s a natural phenomenon that happens when strong winds push water from one end of a basin […]
Compare and contrast: From Parched to Overflow: How Record-Breaking Rains Revived Lake Casitas
SciTechDaily After more than 15 years of declining water levels, Lake Casitas in Southern California has made a remarkable recovery. By November 2022, the lake had dropped to historic lows […]
Compare and contrast: As floodwaters rise, toxic contaminants released from old landfills pose more of a hazard to nature and to us
The Conversation – United Kingdom Flooding has the potential to stir up long-forgotten sources of pollution and climate change is exacerbating that. Click here to read the story. […]
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 […]