Compare and contrast: New research reveals why the mighty Darling River is drying up – and it’s not just because we’re taking too much water
The Conversation – Australia Water flows in mainland Australia’s most important river system, the Murray-Darling Basin, have been declining for the past 50 years. The trend has largely been blamed […]
Compare and contrast: The Fate of Thousands of US Dams Hangs in the Balance, Leaving Rural Communities With Hard Choices
Inside Climate News Dams across the country are aging, and also facing pressures from urban sprawl and intensifying floods wrought by climate change. Click here to read the story.
Compare and contrast: Hurricane Helene’s Devastation Shows No Region Is Safe from Climate-Fueled Disaster
Scientific American The swath of devastation, which cut hundreds of miles inland from Florida’s Gulf Coast into southern Appalachia, is a stark reminder of the worsening impacts of climate change. […]
Compare and contrast: Melting glaciers force Switzerland and Italy to redraw part of Alpine border
The Guardian Glaciers in Europe, the world’s fastest-warming continent, are retreating at an accelerated pace because of human-caused climate breakdown. Click here to read the story. Click the following […]
Compare and contrast: Helene now a tropical storm after speeding through Florida with deadly force
CBC Helene weakened to a tropical storm over Georgia early Friday after making landfall in northwestern Florida as a hurricane, bringing “nightmare” storm surge and dangerous winds and rain across […]
Compare and contrast: ‘We used to sail and fish and play’: how did an Argentinian lake the size of New York City disappear?
The Guardian Drought and mismanagement have turned Lake Colhu Huap into a virtual dustbowl. Now the race is on to save its sister lake from the same fate. If nothing […]
Compare and contrast: Baltimore City Is Investing in Wetlands Restoration For Climate Resiliency and Adaptation. Scientists Warn About Unintended Consequences
Inside Climate News Wetlands restoration and shoreline rehabilitation efforts in South Baltimore promise to make communities resilient against climate change and severe weather while spawning new green spaces. Scientists say […]
Compare and contrast: Global heating ‘doubled’ chance of extreme rain in Europe in September
The Guardian Researchers found global heating aggravated the four days of heavy rainfall that led to deadly floods in countries from Austria to Romania. Click here to read the […]
Compare and contrast: Atmospheric methane increase during pandemic due primarily to wetland flooding
Science Daily A new analysis of satellite data finds that the record surge in atmospheric methane emissions from 2020 to 2022 was driven by increased inundation and water storage in […]
Compare and contrast: Eye on the Fertile Crescent: Life Along the Mideast’s Fabled Rivers
Yale Environment 360 A series of dams and years of conflict have transformed the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which gave rise to some of the world’s earliest civilizations. Kurdish photographer […]
