Compare and contrast: The year the rainforest dried up: how the climate crisis beached Brazil’s floating communities
The Guardian Some areas of the Amazon experienced their worst drought in 120 years in 2024. Brazilian rivers such as the Negro fell to their lowest levels on record, affecting […]
Compare and contrast: Drought-like conditions emerge in Pakistan due to scarce rainfall
The Tribune India Despite the recent rainfall spell in the country, the rains did not prove significant in the plain areas of Pakistan, thereby aggravating the drought conditions. The second […]
Compare and contrast: Massive flood refilled an empty Mediterranean Sea millions of years ago
Earth.Com Five million years ago, one of the most spectacular events in Earth’s history unfolded as a massive flood refilled the Mediterranean Sea. This wasn’t a typical flood – it […]
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: 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 […]
Compare and contrast: Funding secured for village’s flood defence scheme
BBC News Plans have been announced for a new flood alleviation scheme in Bilton, near Hull. It comes after East Riding of Yorkshire Council secured government funding to build a […]
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 […]
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: 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 […]
