Compare and contrast: Hiroshima flooding: A case study of well usage and adaptive governance
Science Daily Society is often vulnerable to disasters, but how humans manage during and after can turn devastation into opportunities for improved resilience. For instance, private wells are attracting attention […]
Compare and contrast: Chemicals in sewage sludge fertilizer pose cancer risk, EPA says
The Associated Press Harmful chemicals in sewage sludge spread on pasture as fertilizer pose a risk to people who regularly consume milk, beef and other products from those farms, in […]
Compare and contrast: ‘Forgotten’. How one Mexican city struggles against big industry for water
Al Jazeera “Water flows toward the money and to companies like Coca-Cola, not to the people”. San Crist bal, a city of 200,000 people, is home to a bottling plant […]
Compare and contrast: Wildfires can contaminate drinking water systems with harmful chemicals – here’s what Los Angeles needs to know
The Conversation – United States What many people don’t realize is the extent to which their community drinking water systems can be damaged by fire, how their water is affected […]
Compare and contrast: Municipal water systems aren’t designed to fight wildfires, but maybe they should be, experts say
Daily Bulletin Municipal water systems aren’t designed to fight wildfires, but maybe they should be, experts say” Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling for an independent investigation into the ’causes of […]
Compare and contrast: Researchers use lab data to rewrite equation for deformation, flow of watery glacier ice
Science Daily Laboratory experiments designed to deform ice at its pressure-melting temperature were like grabbing a bagel at the top and the bottom, then twisting the two halves to smear […]
Prorogation puts Indigenous water bill at risk of being left in ‘legislative wasteland’: experts
Parliament Today A bill that would have granted First Nations authority over water and wastewater infrastructure died on the order paper when the House was prorogued. Click here to […]
New year, new power: Ford government can now overrule conservation authorities
The Narwhal As of Jan. 1, the Ontario government has new rules for how and when it can permit development that oversteps the organizations tasked with watershed protection. Click […]
Compare and contrast: Floods, droughts, then fires: Hydroclimate whiplash is speeding up globally
EurekAlert! The “expanding atmospheric sponge,” or the atmosphere’s ability to evaporate, absorb and release 7% more water for every degree Celsius the planet warms, is a key driver of the […]
First Nations around Ontario’s Lake Nipigon come together to protect their waters
The Narwhal Six years ago, Rocky Bay First Nation an Indigenous community of more than 1,000 people just north of Lake Superior began to study the health of their food […]
