Compare and contrast: Water is the other US-Mexico border crisis, and the supply crunch is getting worse
The Conversation – United States Climate change is shrinking surface and groundwater supplies in the southwestern U.S. Higher air temperatures are increasing evaporation rates from rivers and streams and intensifying […]
Coal mine pollution: international inquiry details plan to investigate Canada, U.S. contamination
The Narwhal After decades of pollution from B.C. coal mines, the International Joint Commission is proposing a plan to explore data and propose solutions to issues like selenium contamination from […]
Compare and contrast: Temperatures at north pole 20C above average and beyond ice melting point
The Guardian Temperatures north of Svalbard in Norway had already risen to 18C hotter than the 1991-2020 average on Saturday, according to models from weather agencies in Europe and the […]
Compare and contrast: Europe’s troubled waters: Report urges swift action as Commission plans Water Resilience Strate
WWF EU As discussions on making Europe more climate and water resilient intensify, the European Commission has released a set of reports covering the implementation of the Water Framework Directive […]
Compare and contrast: The last drops of our water’: how a mine left some of Peru’s poorest high and dry
The Guardian A canal running from the lake that is supposed to carry water to lowland villages has also run dry. Damian says the water began to disappear two years […]
Compare and contrast: 2.2 billion gallons of water flowed out of California reservoirs because of Trump’s order to open dams
CNN There are two major problems, water experts said: The newly released water will not flow to Los Angeles, and it is being wasted by being released during the wet […]
Compare and contrast: Critics call Trump’s release of California reservoir water dangerous, wasteful
Global News Water experts are sounding the alarm after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the opening of two dams in Central California late last week, letting approximately 2.2 billion gallons […]
Compare and contrast: Discovery of water droplet freezing bridges atmospheric science, climate solutions
Science Daily A groundbreaking study on the freezing of water droplets suspended in air sheds light on a key process in Earth’s water cycle: the transformation of supercooled water into […]
Compare and contrast: Temperature, rainfall and tides speed glacier flow on a daily basis
Science Daily Even though ‘glacial’ is commonly used to describe extremely slow, steady movement, a new study has found that glaciers speed up and slow down on a daily — […]
Compare and contrast: Europe’s water resources under pressure, most surface bodies polluted, EU says
Reuters Most of European Union surface water bodies are polluted by chemicals, the European Commission said on Tuesday, in a report that revealed the damaged state of Europe’s water resources. […]