Compare and contrast: New 3-D Study of the Greenland Ice Sheet Shows Glaciers Falling Apart Faster Than Expected
Inside Climate News Crevasses are widening faster as meltwater drives fissures deeper into the ice and lubricates the base of glaciers, increasing concerns about how quickly their melting will raise […]
Compare and contrast: UK’s biggest water company seeks court approval for emergency funding to prevent nationalization
The Associated Press Thames Water, which serves 16 million customers in and around London, is seeking court approval for up to 3 billion pounds ($3.7 billion) of emergency funding to […]
Compare and contrast: ‘The flood of the century’: How well prepared is Paris for a natural disaster?
France 24 It has been more than 100 years since Paris’s last great flood, meaning the city is well overdue another mammoth deluge that authorities predict could leave hundreds of […]
Earth scientists study Sikkim flood in India to help others prepare for similar disasters
Science Daily Experts from the global Earth science community — including a scientist from the University of Calgary — have pieced together what happened during the massive Sikkim flood to […]
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 […]