Compare and contrast: The Panama Canal’s other conflict: Water security for the population and the global economy
The Conversation – United Kingdom The Panama Canal is one of the most important waterways in the world, with about 7% of global trade passing through. It also relies heavily […]
Compare and contrast: When Water Dries Up, Violence Thrives: The Link Between Climate, Conflict, and Migration in Africa
Resilience “An AK-47 grows better than millet in the Sahel.” This chilling metaphor from a Nigerian farmer sums up the vicious cycle linking environmental degradation and instability. With 65% of […]
Compare and contrast: Wastewater Facility Designed for Fast-Growing Region
Engineering News Record Charlotte Water is constructing a $650-million advanced wastewater treatment facility to treat water from across a fast-growing region of nearly 3 million people by partnering with neighboring […]
Compare and contrast: ‘The worst I’ve ever seen it’: Kentucky and Tennessee are reeling from floods after unrelenting rain.
Fast Company Days of unrelenting heavy rain and storms that killed at least 18 people worsened flooding as some rivers rose to near-record levels and inundated towns across an already […]
Compare and contrast: Africa’s last glaciers: an expedition to map ice loss in the Rwenzori mountains – in pictures
The Guardian The project in Uganda has captured the disastrous effects of the climate crisis on a vital source of water that is central to the lives and sacred beliefs […]
Compare and contrast: South Africans flush toilets with drinkable water: study in Cape Town looked at using seawater instead
The Conversation – Africa As the planet gets hotter and freshwater sources dry up, cities and towns will not be able to continue the global norm of using millions of […]
Compare and contrast: The Bright Side: Morocco ‘water highway’ saves cities from thirst
France 24 Morocco is spending hundreds of millions of dollars on tapping northern rivers to supply water to parched cities farther south. Inaugurated last August, the “water highway” had supplied […]
Compare and contrast: The trajectory of wetland change in China between 1980 and 2020: Hidden loss and restoration effects
EurekAlert! There was a substantial wetland shrinkage in area before 2015, with a small rebound between 2015 and 2020. Although this area value looks like small, we must see the […]
Compare and contrast: Why is Pakistan’s new canal project sparking water shortage fears?
Al Jazeera A network of six canals will be built across the country to irrigate millions of acres of barren lands as part of the $3.3bn (945 billion rupees) project […]
Compare and contrast: South Carolina could lose 1 million acres of wetlands as federal protections vanish, report says
Phys.org As flood threats rise, wetlands across South Carolina could play an important role in fending off high water before it soaks homes, businesses, roads and other property that people […]