This article highlights a new study, published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, which looks at worldwide water management. Surface water and groundwater are interconnected but often managed separately, we must consider them as one resource so that neither gets depleted. This study took data from satellites, climate models, monitoring networks, and many scientific papers to investigate water management strategies and tied in the sustainability component.

This article in CBC News highlights the possible flood danger to Manitoba communities along the Red River. The Red River originates at the confluence of the Bois de Sioux and Otter Tail rivers between the U.S. states of Minnesota and North Dakota, flows northward through the Red River Valley and into Manitoba. It empties into Lake Winnipeg, whose waters join the Nelson River and ultimately flow into Hudson Bay. With heavier snowstorms south of the border this winter, the flood risk is increased.

This article in The Guardian highlights a new study which investigates global freshwater supply. It is expected that demand for water will exceed supply by 40% by the end of this decade. Governments need to be more mindful of where they are allocating water supply, especially in the agriculture and mining industries. The economics of water are being discussed more in-depth by governments across the world as this crisis worsens.

A new study has found that river migration in the Arctic will be significantly less than originally thought. This can be attributed to new vegetation growth, meaning less erosion. Although the Canada1Water project won’t have these impact assessment capabilities at its first release, the team is hoping it can be used for studies like this in the future.

This article in Global News covers the impacts that climate change will have on various parts of Canada, and although many of the effects can be seen countrywide, some are specific to different regions.

An article in The Conversation talks about the impacts of the Arctic warming and just how impactful it will be on the lives of residents in this region. People living in Artic rely on cold and frozen conditions to move around and live their lives, and reliability of these cold conditions is quickly diminishing. Precipitation is now coming in the form of rain instead of snow, leading to the collapse of infrastructure and ecosystems.

This article in The Guardian warns about England’s drought conditions from the past summer and how easy it is to slip back into that state. While some regions of the UK have recovered from drought conditions, other areas as still struggling with the lingering impacts of this historic drought. If England were to have another hot and dry period, these conditions would be quick to return.