Compare and contrast: How Tearing Down Small Dams Is Helping Restore Northeast Rivers
Yale Environment 360 More than 30,000 small dams currently block river tributaries from Maine to Maryland. New initiatives to remove them are aimed at restoring natural flows, improving habitat for […]
Watersheds Canada promotes the importance of wetlands on World Wetlands Day
Water Canada As we come together to celebrate World Wetlands Day on February 2nd, it is important to reflect on what makes these areas the wonders they are. Brimming with […]
Federal government invests in improved flood protection in the Village of Tahsis
Water Canada This project involves constructing two flood walls and an earth berm along the North Maquinna Drive from north of Rogers Street to Head Bay Road to safeguard the […]
Compare and contrast: A Lifeline for New York’s Threatened Wetlands
Inside Climate News The city’s only wetlands “mitigation bank” on Staten Island sells credits to waterfront developers so they can comply with a federal “no net loss” policy for these […]
Compare and contrast: How reduced rainfall threatens plant diversity
Phys.org Published in the Journal of Ecology, the research reveals that increased dryness leads to a reduction in plant species diversity in drylands and uncovers the mechanisms through which rising […]
Massive Himalayan flood a warning for Western Canada as glaciers melt
CTV News Scientists warn similar conditions are developing in the Canadian Rockies, where retreating glaciers are exposing unstable moraines and forming new lakes that could burst catastrophically. Click here […]
Compare and contrast: Slush flows can be more deadly than avalanches: How scientists are racing to stop this hidden hazard
EuroNews Green Predicting when and where they might happen is currently very difficult leaving local communities vulnerable to this under-researched phenomenon. Scientists in Norway are developing a tool to help […]
Earth scientists study Sikkim flood in India to help others prepare for similar disasters
Science Daily Experts from the global Earth science community — including a scientist from the University of Calgary — have pieced together what happened during the massive Sikkim flood to […]
Compare and contrast: Replacing Grass Can Help Save Water, but Just How Much?
Inside Climate News Advocates say replacing “nonfuctional turf” with hardscaping or even artificial grass can have trickle down benefits beyond the actual gallons conserved. Click here to read the […]
Compare and contrast: Greek farmers fear for crops as Bulgaria water deal expires
Reuters Since 1964, water from Bulgaria’s mountains has flowed freely along the Arda River into 50,000 acres (20,000 hectares) of the Evros plain in Greece, under a World War Two […]