Compare and contrast: How slow warnings, poor defences left Spain exposed to deadly floods
Reuters Mixed messages and confusion cost lives, experts say, and poor coordination and lack of infrastructure worsened the disaster. Deaths were recorded in 14 of the 24 towns that had […]
Compare and contrast: News Release 8-Nov-2024′ Greener and cleaner: Yeast-green algae mix improves water treatment
EurekAlert! The active sludge method of wastewater treatment requires electricity to ensure the flow of oxygen that feeds bacteria and other organisms that process the water. Adding microalgae to conduct […]
Compare and contrast: Microplastics impact cloud formation, likely affecting weather and climate
Phys.org Microplastics act as ice nucleating particles, microscopic aerosols that facilitate the formation of ice crystals in clouds. This means that microplastics could impact precipitation patterns, weather forecasting, climate modeling […]
Compare and contrast: Welsh Water dumped sewage in conservation area
BBC News Tens of thousands of cubic metres of untreated waste water, including sewage, was dumped in a river in 2023, campaigners have said. 56,000 cubic metres – the equivalent […]
Compare and contrast: Severe drought puts nearly half a million children at risk in Amazon – report
The Guardian Two years of severe drought in the Amazon rainforest have left nearly half a million children facing shortages of water and food or limited access to school, according […]
Compare and contrast: Warning millions will struggle to pay water bill rises
BBC News Millions of households in England and Wales will struggle to pay their water bills when they go up, a consumer watchdog has warned. The water regulator, Ofwat, has […]
Compare and contrast: Oranges, peppers, tomatoes: The fruit and veg that could be in short supply as Spanish farms flooded
EuroNews Green Spain’s deadly floods are likely to threaten food supply chains across the country and throughout wider Europe. Click here to read the story.
Compare and contrast: ‘Ecosystems are collapsing’: one of Australia’s longest rivers has lost more than half its water in one section, research shows
The Guardian A section of one of Australia’s longest rivers, the Murrumbidgee, lost more than half of its water over a 30-year period due to dams and other diversions, according […]
Compare and contrast: Colombia’s Petro Says Bogota Faces ‘Structural’ Water Shortage
BNN Bloomberg The Chingaza system, which includes the Chuza reservoir and is where the capital usually gets most of its water, is close to 52% of its capacity, well below […]
Compare and contrast: Dams have taken half the water from Australia’s second biggest river – and climate change will make it even worse
The Conversation – Australia The largest wetland on Australia’s second longest river, the Murrumbidgee in the southern Murray-Darling Basin, is drying up. We found river regulation such as dams and […]
