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News tag: International

International news

Compare and contrast: ‘Water Is the New Oil’ as Texas Cities Square Off Over Aquifers

Inside Climate News Two cities and the Texas A&M University System are suing to stop a project that would pump up to 89 million gallons per day of groundwater 80 […]

Compare and contrast: What are atmospheric rivers and why do they cause flooding?

Reuters Atmospheric rivers are storms akin to rivers in the sky that dump massive amounts of rain and can cause flooding, trigger mudslides and result in loss of life and […]

Compare and contrast: Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas

The Guardian Amazon, Microsoft and Google are operating datacentres that use vast amounts of water in some of the world’s driest areas and are building many more, the non-profit investigatory […]

Compare and contrast: Why the Trump administration wants to end water fluoridation

Fast Company U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he wants communities to stop fluoridating water, and he is setting the gears of government in motion to help […]

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 […]

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