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Compare and contrast: Land under water: What causes extreme flooding?
Science Daily
If rivers overflow their banks, the consequences can be devastating — just like the catastrophic floods in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate of 2021 showed. In order to limit flood damage and optimize flood risk assessment, we need to better understand what factors can lead to extreme forms of flooding and to what extent. Using methods of explainable machine learning, researchers have shown that floods are more extreme when several factors are involved in their development. Click here to continue reading
High and dry: The rising tide of flood risks and the insurance dilemma
Canadian Climate Institute
A national low-cost insurance program tied to a broader strategy could help long-term flood resilience in many communities across Canada. Click here to continue reading
Compare and contrast: India’s Bengaluru fast running out of water – and it’s not summer yet
Al Jazeera
Bengaluru, the city of lavish headquarters of multiple global software companies in southern India, is drying up. Residents say they are facing the worst water crisis in decades as they witness an unusually hot February and March. Water experts fear the worst is still to come in April and May. Click here to continue reading
Compare and contrast: Where Water Stress Will Be Highest by 2050
Statista
As this infographic based on projections by the World Resources Institute (WRI) shows, 51 of the 164 countries and territories analyzed are expected to suffer from high to extremely high water stress by 2050, which corresponds to 31 percent of the population. Click here to continue reading
Compare and contrast: Climate change puts global semiconductor manufacturing at risk. Can the industry cope?
The Conversation – Canada
Despite the industry’s dependence on water, little attention has been paid to how changing environmental conditions may impact it. Globally and regionally there are signs of trouble. Click here to continue reading
Compare and contrast: South Texas lawmaker asks governor declare emergency due to ‘water crisis’
CW39
A South Texas lawmaker is asking for additional state assistance to save agriculture in the region, which is suffering due to a lack of water to grow crops. He also asked for greater pressure on Mexico to comply with the boundary waters treaty. Click here to continue reading
Compare and contrast: How Dire Is the Water Shortage in Mexico City?
The Inter-American Dialogue
Mexico City could run out of water by late June, an official from the national water commission, Conagua, said last month. The Cutzamala System—which is responsible for providing the capital with nearly a quarter of its water supply—is at 40 percent capacity, a historic low. Click here to continue reading
Compare and contrast: Taps have run dry across South Africa’s largest city in an unprecedented water crisis
Associated Press
Water management authorities with Gauteng province, which includes Johannesburg and the capital, Pretoria, told officials from both cities that the failure to reduce water consumption could result in a total collapse of the water system. Click here to continue reading
Compare and contrast: Twist of groundwater contaminants
EurekAlert!
In recent years, the world has been experiencing floods and droughts as extreme rainfall events have become more frequent due to climate change. For this reason, securing stable water resources throughout the year has become a national responsibility called ‘water security’, and ‘Aquifer Storage Recovery (ASR)’, which stores water in the form of groundwater in the ground when water resources are available and withdraws it when needed, is attracting attention as an effective water resource management technique. Click here to continue reading
Compare and contrast: Decline in the stability of water yield in the watersheds
EurekAlert!
treme climatic events such as droughts, heatwaves, and cold spells not only modify hydro-meteorological conditions but also alter the underlying characteristics (e.g., wildfires due to droughts changing the vegetation cover). Intense human activities, such as river channel modifications, afforestation, deforestation, industrialization, and urbanization, further amplify the variability of watershed system components. These changes directly or indirectly impact the hydrological processes of the watershed system. Eur. Click here to continue reading