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 […]
Compare and contrast: Sea-level rise could affect fresh water availability
EurekAlert! A new publication launched by leading European Ocean scientists, titled Navigating the Future VI (NFVI), highlights our lack of understanding of saltwater intrusion into coastal freshwater systems under current […]
Compare and contrast: Spain rescuers search underground parking as fresh flooding hits Barcelona
BBC News The Spanish city of Barcelona has been hit by flooding on Monday, as search and rescue efforts continue following devastating flooding around Valencia last week. Spain’s state meteorological […]
Compare and contrast: Protecting northern water supplies from toxic metals in thawing permafrost
Phys.org As the climate warms and Arctic permafrost thaws, some of the toxic elements locked away in it are starting to emerge and could contaminate the water supplies that many […]
Compare and contrast: Coastal cities have a hidden vulnerability to storm-surge and tidal flooding – entirely caused by humans
The Conversation – United States Below the surface of many estuary waterways, a form of urbanization has been slowly increasing the vulnerability of coastlines to extreme storms and sea-level rise: […]
Compare and contrast: Texas Sued New Mexico Over Rio Grande Water. Now the States are Fighting the Federal Government
Inside Climate News After the Supreme Court sided with the federal government in the long-standing Texas v. New Mexico case, the parties are going back to the drawing board. The […]
Compare and contrast: Toxic foam covers one of India’s most sacred rivers putting millions of Hindus at risk
EuroNews Green One of India’s most sacred rivers, the Yamuna in New Delhi, is covered in white toxic foam. The pollution puts millions of residents at risk as the river […]