Drought
China’s drought-hit areas get rain, bringing flood risks
Tens of thousands of people were evacuated to safer areas by Monday as heavy rains brought flood risks to a region of southwest China that for most of the summer was devastated by a heatwave and drought.
China warns of ‘severe’ threat to harvest from worst heatwave on record
China's autumn harvest is under "severe threat" from high temperatures and drought, authorities have warned, urging action to protect crops in the face of the country's hottest summer on record.
44 Countries Without Water by 2040, 2.8 Billion People will be Thirsty in 2025
By 2040, over 44 countries will face severe water scarcity. In general, the Mediterranean countries belong to the regions of the planet with the highest risk of drought and water scarcity. Today, Europe is already facing the longest period of drought in the last 500 years. This is according to an analysis by Prof. Dr. Yannis Maniatis and Ph.D.
“If you can see me, weep”: Drought-hit River Elbe reveals “hunger stones” from 1616
The stones, embedded into the banks to mark water levels during famines, have been exposed as drought continues to afflict Europe
Surreal scene: Here lies what was Lake Mead (photos)
Extremely low levels at Lake Mead amid drought
Drought forces water use rethink in Spain
Faced with a historic drought and threatened by desertification, Spain is rethinking how it spends its water resources, which are used mainly to irrigate crops.
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Woman returns from US, starts farming in village
A Turkish military anthropologist has left her career in the United States and has returned to her hometown to claim her grandfather's land on which she has started dry farming.
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Drought-hit Milan to close fountains
The mayor of Milan on June 25 announced the northern Italian city's fountains would be switched off as part of water restrictions imposed due to a drought.
Beppe Sala announced the measures the day after the wider Lombardy region declared a state of emergency to last until Sept. 30, directing mayors to curtail non-essential water use.
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As the Great Salt Lake dries up, Utah faces “an environmental nuclear bomb”
As climate change continues to cause record-breaking drought, there are no easy solutions
More farmers buying insurance against drought
More and more farmers that are concerned about the adverse effects of climate change are buying insurance policies to protect them against potential financial losses due to drought.
In the first three months of 2022, a record number of growers applied for this particular insurance.
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