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News tag: Ecosystem

Ecosystem news

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 […]

Compare and contrast: How the Return of Salmon to the Klamath River Shows Us What’s Possible in Wildlife Conservation

Scientific American Once a tragic example of degraded wildlife habitat, the Klamath River’s dam removal demonstrates how people can halt the decline of, and even restore, wildlife.   Click here […]

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 […]

Water levels starting to rise in some parts of N.W.T., but still very low

CBC Water levels are still very low in most areas of the Northwest Territories, despite an increase in precipitation this past summer.   Click here to read the story.

Compare and contrast: Kenya launches China-supported bamboo agroforestry initiative to manage floods

Ghana News Agency The project is designed to control flooding, enhance climate resilience, improve food security for local communities, and restore the ecological health of the Nzoia River, a major […]

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