Making every drop of water count
Water Canada Demand for water is rising and Alberta is looking at ways to make more water available for farmers, ranchers, businesses and growing communities. The Water Act has not […]
Partnerships at the core of successful Town of Ajax wetland restoration projects
Ducks Unlimited CAN With over 70 per cent of wetlands already lost in developed areas of Ontario, the most significant impact is on wildlife habitat. However, urban areas are increasingly […]
Extreme rainfall—a long-standing hypothesis on temperature dependence may finally be settled
Phys.org Flash floods resulting from extreme rainfall pose a major risk to people and infrastructure, especially in urban areas. Higher temperatures due to global climate change affect continuous rainfall and […]
How the biggest flood in the history of the Earth created the Mediterranean
National Geographic While evidence for the flood is still accumulating, this is the scientist’s best picture yet of what’s likely the largest flood in the history of the Earth. […]
What We Can Learn from Water, a Great Force of Life
The Free Press All forms of life have a relationship with water. Water droplets in our breath connect us intimately, as we learned during the pandemic. Nishnaabeg think of water […]
This region nearly ran out of water. Locals and experts say other Canadian towns should pay attention
CBC In five of the last eight summers, the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) has implemented stage 4 watering restrictions, the highest level, which ban all outdoor water use. That […]
Is this river alive? Robert Macfarlane on the lives, deaths and rights of our rivers
The Guardian We have forgotten that our fate flows with that of rivers, and always has. Our relationship with fresh water has become intensely instrumentalised, privatised and monetised: river understood […]
First Nation in Yukon says Whitehorse dam license renewal decision falls short on salmon protections
APTN News Built in 1958, the dam is an important piece of infrastructure for the Yukon, generating around 75 per cent of the territory’s energy needs in the summer and […]
Hotter temps trigger wetlands to emit more methane as microbes struggle to keep up
Phys.org Rising temperatures could tip the scale in an underground battle that has raged for millennia. In the soils of Earth’s wetlands, microbes are fighting to both produce and consume […]
The Economic Case for Preserving America’s Wetlands
Mother Jones America’s wetlands were historically viewed as useless areas that stood in the way of development. More than half of the 221 million acres of wetlands that existed when […]