Compare and contrast: China reports problems at five reservoirs in Tibet after earthquake
Reuters Chinese authorities in Tibet have detected problems, including cracks, at five out of 14 hydropower dams that they have inspected since a magnitude 6.8 earthquake rocked the southwest region. […]
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. […]
Compare and contrast: Climate emergency: 2025 declared international year of glaciers
UN News Co-facilitated by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), this global initiative seeks to unite efforts worldwide to protect these vital […]
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: Global water research overlooks needs of the Global South, study says
Phys.org Rivers that flow across international borders are essential for the lives of billions of people they supply drinking water, support agriculture and provide livelihoods. However, these rivers face increasing […]
Charlottetown offering flood protection rebate program
Saltwire This is the second year for the program, which offers households within the city a 75 per cent rebate on approved flood-protection devices and associated installation labour, up to […]
Compare and contrast: Drought, fires and deforestation battered Amazon rainforest in 2024
Associated Press “The fires and drought experienced in 2024 across the Amazon rainforest could be ominous indicators that we are reaching the long-feared ecological tipping point,” said Andrew Miller, advocacy […]
Compare and contrast: After intense flooding, Barcelona is still battling drought
BBC News “We are suffering this severe drought, and at the same time we are suffering some results of extreme precipitation,” says Marc Prohom, head of climatology at the Meteorological […]
Compare and contrast: To mitigate impact of wildfires on communities’ water, report fills gaps in guidance to public drinking water system staff
Science Daily Wildfires increasingly threaten public drinking water systems, but guidance on how to address damage to these systems from a wildfire has been insufficient, conflicting or inaccurate. A new […]
School, nursing station close in northern Manitoba First Nation due to lack of running water
CBC A First Nation in northern Manitoba that has been under a boil water advisory for more than six years has had little running water at all for the past […]