Compare and contrast: Britain launches sweeping review of scandal-ridden water utility sector
The Globe and Mail Britain on Wednesday launched a major review to tackle the crisis in its water utility sector after years of underinvestment and pollution scandals affecting rivers, lakes […]
Compare and contrast: North Carolina farms face depleted, toxic soil after historic Helene flooding
The Guardian Suddenly, there’s deep climate trauma here, in a place where we mistakenly thought hurricanes happened to Floridians and coastal communities, not us. It’s not just a question of […]
Compare and contrast: ‘Environmental nonsense’: Here’s why France wants to ban bottled water
EuroNews Green A French politician has called for a ban on small plastic water bottles, calling them “completely absurd” and “environmental nonsense”. In France, at least 13 billion plastic bottles […]
Compare and contrast: COP16: Colombia launches ‘Water Police’ to safeguard rivers and water sources
The City Paper Bogota 8,000 police officers will safeguard Columbia’s vital water resources, including rivers, lakes, reservoirs, high-altitude wetlands – p ramos – and endangered watersheds, the new Water Police […]
Compare and contrast: The 2022 European drought: What was the role of climate change?
Science Daily A research team has now discovered that more than 30 percent of the extraordinary intensity and physical extent of the drought can be attributed to human-induced climate change. […]
Compare and contrast: Half of all global food threatened by growing water crisis, report says
NBC News Densely populated areas such as northwestern India, northeastern China and southern and eastern Europe will bear the brunt of water mismanagement, according to the Global Commission on the […]
Compare and contrast: The system that moves water around the Earth is off balance for the first time in human history
CNN Humanity has thrown the global water cycle off balance “for the first time in human history,” fueling a growing water disaster that will wreak havoc on economies, food production […]
Compare and contrast: Nile basin nations say water-sharing accord has come into force without Egypt’s backing
The Canadian Press A regional partnership of 10 countries says an agreement on the equitable use of water resources from the Nile River basin has come into force despite the […]
Compare and contrast: Atmospheric rivers are shifting poleward, reshaping global weather patterns
The Conversation – United States Atmospheric rivers – those long, narrow bands of water vapor in the sky that bring heavy rain and storms to the U.S. West Coast and […]
Compare and contrast: AI-trained CCTV in rivers can spot blockages and reduce floods
Science Daily Machine learning-equipped camera systems can be an effective and low-cost flood defence tool, researchers show. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more […]
