Compare and contrast: Hell and high water: flooded-in northern rivers residents grapple with ‘no water, no phone or power’
The Guardian The rivers are brown and engorged, creeping towards breaching their banks. There is water everywhere – across roads, flooding country people in. The rain has been incessant, pounding […]
Compare and contrast: Amazon tree loss may worsen both floods and droughts: study
Phys.org Deforestation in the Amazon causes more rain in the wet season and less rain in the dry season, according to new research published Wednesday underscoring the rainforest’s “pivotal” role […]
Compare and contrast: Indonesia uses cloud seeding to stop heavy rains as floods hit Jakarta
Al Jazeera Indonesian authorities are using cloud seeding to mitigate heavy rainfall that has caused severe flooding in the capital, Jakarta, and its surrounding areas, killing at least one person […]
Compare and contrast: Hundreds evacuated as torrential rains flood Indonesia capital
Phys.org Hundreds evacuated from dozens of flooded neighborhoods around Jakarta on Tuesday as torrential rains pounded the Indonesian capital and its surrounding satellite cities, causing several rivers to overflow. […]
Compare and contrast: Bangladesh delegation visits India to discuss sharing of water resources
The Tribune India The Ganges is one of the 54 rivers shared by India and Bangladesh. Long-standing differences over its water sharing were resolved with the signing of the Ganges […]
Compare and contrast: Critical snowfall-to-precipitation ratios identified in high mountain Asia amid global warming
Phys.org A recent study, published in npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, has identified critical thresholds of snowfall-to-precipitation (S/P) ratios sensitive to global warming, as well as their projected future trajectories […]
Compare and contrast: River-linking project faces backlash in water-stressed India
The Globe and Mail A first-of-its-kind river-linking project, inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the end of December and now under construction, is being touted by the Indian government […]
Compare and contrast: Swedish police investigate suspected water pump sabotage
BBC News Swedish police are investigating a suspected sabotage incident on a water pump on the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea. “Technicians found that someone has opened an […]
Compare and contrast: Republican Attack on Science Targets Water Research that Benefits All
Circle of Blue National Science Foundation grants, including water research grants, have been reviewed for ideological influence. Click here to read the story.
Compare and contrast: ‘Ultimate bringers of life’: How one Cornwall farmer is using beavers to stop flooding
The Guardian Since releasing a couple into an enclosure on his Cornwall farm in 2017, he says they [beavers] have saved it from drought, prevented flooding in the nearby village, […]