Compare and contrast: Greek farmers fear for crops as Bulgaria water deal expires
Reuters Since 1964, water from Bulgaria’s mountains has flowed freely along the Arda River into 50,000 acres (20,000 hectares) of the Evros plain in Greece, under a World War Two […]
Compare and contrast: Nature-based solutions (Nbs) for flood mitigation: Recent UK case studies
E3S Web of Conferences Research: This study reports the findings from two UK projects and showed that the Nbs interventions successfully attenuated all storm event discharge peaks during the monitoring […]
Compare and contrast: Tracing metals from Earth to water to life in China’s Yellow River
Phys.org The Yellow River, which stretches from the Tibetan Plateau to the Bohai Sea in China, is so called because of the color lent by massive amounts of suspended sediments […]
Compare and contrast: Research contrasts drought sensitivity of Eurasian and North American grasslands
Science Daily Grasslands in Asia and North America differ in their responses to drought, according to a new paper in the journal Nature led by faculty at Colorado State University. […]
Compare and contrast: Boiling river provides a window into the future of Amazonia
Phys.org It’s a place where few living things can survive in the water. Deep in the world’s largest rainforest, there is a boiling river. Found in eastern central Peru, it […]
Compare and contrast: Drought and farming: how women in South Africa are using Indigenous knowledge to cope
The Conversation – Africa Africa’s small-scale farming sector is hit hard when there’s a drought because these farmers rely on rainwater. South Africa has been affected by major drought episodes […]
Compare and contrast: Western France put on high alert as storm ‘Herminia’ brings severe flooding
France 24 The “Herminia” depression has unleashed downpours especially in the Ille-et-Vilaine department, with administrative centre Rennes experiencing its worst flooding in 40 years.Eight other French departments were on orange […]
Compare and contrast: Nature-based solutions in municipal stormwater management in Sweden: costs, co-benefits, responsibilities and policies
Prevention Web Research: This report focuses on sustainable stormwater management in Swedish municipalities and aims to further understanding of the planning and policy context for the implementation of nature-based solutions […]
Compare and contrast: ‘Dam for a dam’: India, China edge towards a Himalayan water war
Al Jazeera Last month, China approved the construction of its most ambitious – and the world’s largest – dam over the Yarlung Zangbo, in Tibet’s Medog county, right before it […]
Compare and contrast: Widespread flooding, 180 000 without power as severe storm hits Sao Paulo, Brazil
The Watchers A severe storm struck the city of Sao Paulo at approximately 15:30 local time (LT) on Friday, January 24, causing severe flooding across the region and destroying several […]