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News tag: International

International news

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 […]

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 […]

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