Compare and contrast: Tropical Storm Sara Is A Dangerous Central America Flood Threat
The Weather Channel Tropical Storm Sara is slowing its forward speed along the coast of Honduras and may unleash catastrophic flooding and mudslides in parts of Central America through the […]
Compare and contrast: Schools closed and people evacuated as torrential rain returns in Spain
The Guardian On Wednesday morning, the state meteorological agency, Aemet, put large parts of eastern and southern Spain on amber alert and issued the highest level of warning for the […]
Compare and contrast: Pathogens which cling to microplastics may survive wastewater treatment
Science Daily Wastewater treatment fails to kill several human pathogens when they hide out on microplastics in the water, according to a new study. Click here to read the […]
Compare and contrast: Nearly all of US states are facing droughts, an unprecedented number
The Guardian Every US state except Alaska and Kentucky is facing drought, an unprecedented number, according to the US Drought Monitor. About 54% of land in the 48 contiguous US […]
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 […]