Compare and contrast: Leaves’ resilience to raindrops offer insights into energy harvesting potential
Phys.org To a leaf, a falling raindrop is equivalent in mass to a bowling ball dropping on a person so how does the leaf survive? New research elucidates the raindrop’s […]
Compare and contrast: Baltimore’s wastewater plants have made improvements: Will they bring lasting change?
Phys.org Water-filled chambers that were once clogged with mucky brown sediment or choked by vegetation now run clear. It’s been over two years since Maryland’s largest wastewater treatment plant reached […]
Stopgap Columbia River Treaty leaves U.S. with more electricity, trickier flood management
The Spokesman-Review The U.S. Department of State announced the temporary agreement late last month. It shifts flood risk management mostly to the U.S., which could make it trickier to manage […]
Compare and contrast: Valencians struggling to recover from devastating floods
BBC News The floodwater left a six-feet-high (1.8m) mark on the wall, and although the water has now gone, mud still clings to the machines. But as well as claiming […]
Halalt First Nation Sues Forest Firm, Governments for Flooding
The Tyee Halalt First Nation in the Cowichan Valley has launched a class-action lawsuit against private forest giant Mosaic Forest Management and three levels of government for damages related to […]
Compare and contrast: Study finds US hydropower generation may increase despite climate variability
Water Power Magazine A national study has found that overall hydropower production in the United States could increase over the next 15 years despite climate change causing regional and seasonal […]
Federal government partners with Port Coquitlam to strengthen flood protection efforts
Water Canada “Climate change is an escalating threat to communities across Canada, affecting all of us. Investments in disaster mitigation infrastructure aren’t just about reducing risks they’re about safeguarding our […]
Compare and contrast: Farmers Are Using Wool To Save Water in the Drought-Ridden West
TIME Wilde was less interested in compost and more intrigued by waste wool’s potential to be a water-saving, plant-feeding, synthetic-fertilizer-replacing gamechanger for a drought-ravaged West. Click here to read […]
Compare and contrast: ‘No way, not possible’: California has a plan for new water rules. Will it save salmon from extinction?
The Press Democrat Growers and cities support the Newsom administration proposal, saying it strikes a balance for uses of Delta water. But environmentalists say the “healthy rivers” rules would actually […]
Compare and contrast: Plumbing poverty: More people living without running water in US cities since global financial crisis
Phys.org More American cities even those seen as affluent are home to people living without running water as people are being “squeezed” by unaffordable housing and the cost-of-living crisis, new […]