Compare and contrast: To Save the Great Salt Lake, Farmers Will Have to Grow Less Alfalfa
Inside Climate News New research found that the crop used to feed dairy and beef cows uses the vast majority of agricultural water that would otherwise replenish the largest saline […]
Compare and contrast: ‘Life Threatening’: Flash Flood Warnings in Place in LA
Newsweek A dangerous mix of scorched terrain from recent wildfires in Los Angeles and heavy rainfall is expected to create perilous conditions for flash flooding, mudslides and debris flows through […]
Compare and contrast: Extreme climate pushed thousands of lakes in West Greenland ‘across a tipping point,’ study finds
Science Daily Following two months of record heat and precipitation in fall 2022, an estimated 7,500 lakes in West Greenland turned brown, began emitting carbon and decreased in water quality […]
Compare and contrast: Here’s what’s causing the Great Salt Lake to shrink
Science Daily The Great Salt Lake, the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere, reached historic low levels in 2022, raising economic, ecological and public health concerns for Utah. […]
Thousands of letters from Ontarians and nature groups call for a new Conservation Area in Lake Ontario
Water Canada Canada’s commitment to protecting 30 per cent of its land and freshwater by 2030 includes safeguarding the Great Lakes, which hold 84 per cent of North America’s freshwater […]
Ducks Unlimited Canada and Conservation Sudbury revitalize Lake Laurentian wetland
Water Canada A vital restoration project to rehabilitate a dam in the northeast portion of the Lake Laurentian Conservation Area (LLCA) is now complete. This project ensures the continued ecological […]
Compare and contrast: Declining precipitation frequency may drive earlier leaf senescence by intensifying drought stress and enhancing drought acclimation
Nature Declining precipitation frequency may drive earlier foliar senescence date from 1982 to 2022. A decrease in precipitation frequency intensifies drought stress by reducing root-zone soil moisture and increasing atmospheric […]
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 […]