Compare and contrast: China’s ‘Hawaii’ under water as tropical storm dumps record rainfall
Reuters For a third day, extreme rainfall pounded the southern Chinese province of Hainan, known as China’s “Hawaii”, amid the transit of yet another tropical cyclone, leaving the island half-submerged […]
Compare and contrast: Spain’s deadliest floods in decades kill at least 64 people
Reuters At least 64 people have been killed in the deadliest flooding to hit Spain for three decades after torrential rain battered the eastern region of Valencia on Tuesday, leaving […]
Compare and contrast: Scientist on personal mission to improve global water safety makes groundbreaking discovery
Phys.org A study published in Environmental Science & Technology Letters and led by the University of Bristol sheds new light on how arsenic can be made less dangerous to humans […]
Compare and contrast: ‘My life has improved’: Water tower and rationing bring hope to drought-stricken community in Zambia
EuroNews Green Brought by the naturally occurring El Ni o weather pattern, the drought has triggered emergency responses in at least five countries.” A prolonged drought in Southern Africa has […]
Africa Week of Action Against Water Privatisation
Public Services International The Our Water Our Right Africa Coalition (OWORAC) launched the 4th edition of its annual Week of Action Against Water Privatisation, coinciding with the World Bank’s Annual […]
Compare and contrast: Water for a Desert Lake in Algeria
NASA Earth Observatory Projections from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) indicate that while parts of the Sahara may receive more rainfall as global temperatures increase, other parts may […]
Compare and contrast: Britain launches sweeping review of scandal-ridden water utility sector
The Globe and Mail Britain on Wednesday launched a major review to tackle the crisis in its water utility sector after years of underinvestment and pollution scandals affecting rivers, lakes […]
Compare and contrast: North Carolina farms face depleted, toxic soil after historic Helene flooding
The Guardian Suddenly, there’s deep climate trauma here, in a place where we mistakenly thought hurricanes happened to Floridians and coastal communities, not us. It’s not just a question of […]
Compare and contrast: ‘Environmental nonsense’: Here’s why France wants to ban bottled water
EuroNews Green A French politician has called for a ban on small plastic water bottles, calling them “completely absurd” and “environmental nonsense”. In France, at least 13 billion plastic bottles […]
Compare and contrast: COP16: Colombia launches ‘Water Police’ to safeguard rivers and water sources
The City Paper Bogota 8,000 police officers will safeguard Columbia’s vital water resources, including rivers, lakes, reservoirs, high-altitude wetlands – p ramos – and endangered watersheds, the new Water Police […]
