Compare and contrast: Scientists find most microplastics in drinking water smaller than EU detection limits
EuroNews Green Scientists say that most microplastics found in drinking water are very fine and thus more likely to pass from the human intestine into the blood and organs. Most […]
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: ‘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: The UK is surprisingly short of water – but more reservoirs aren’t the answer
The Conversation – Europe But new reservoirs are not really the best and certainly not the only answer to water supply issues. A stronger focus on reusing water and demanding […]
Compare and contrast: Giant freshwater aquifer in southern Africa is under threat from mining
The Conversation – Africa A huge underground water resource the size of Austria, the Stampriet Transboundary Aquifer System, stretches for 87,000km across Namibia, South Africa and Botswana. It supplies 50,000 […]
Compare and contrast: As Drought Shrivels Hydro, This African Nation Pivots to Solar
Yale Environment 360 An unprecedented drought has lowered reservoirs in hydropower-dependent Zambia, leading to economically crippling blackouts and spurring a push for solar. With multiple utility-scale arrays now in the […]
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 […]
Compare and contrast: Sweden just turned the humble water tower into art
Fast Company Varberg, a coastal city south of Gothenburg, built what may be the world’s most stunning water tower. Cast in stark concrete and perched atop a small hill, the […]
Compare and contrast: Tibet quake highlights earthquake risk for dams on roof of the world
Reuters Some 68 major dams in the Himalayan region exploit the enormous hydropower potential of high-altitude lakes and rivers – just a fifth of which has been tapped, researchers say, […]
Compare and contrast: Alien Water Hyacinth is Lethal for Lakes-But it’s Being Turned into Biodegradable Plastic Bags and Plant Pots
Good News Network Blooming in an ornamental pond, the water hyacinth seems lovely and harmless, but look at how it can take over freshwater ecosystems like Kenya’s Lake Naivasha, and […]
