Large water cutbacks ordered along the Colorado River as the US’ largest reservoirs are on the brink of drying out
Critical drinking water supplies are on the verge of running out in the western USA.
Tag: drought
Chile is on the brink of rationing water in its capital Santiago after more than one decade of drought
The city's governor believes this is one of the very real effects of climate change.
Mandatory water conservation measures loom over South California as the state enters its third year of drought
Officials are calling for people to reduce 15 to 20% of their water use.
California bans wasting water as severe drought continues
December was remarkably wet, but the drought is not done yet.
The Great Plains could be drying down into a new Dust Bowl
A new study says we should get ready for a blast from the past -- in all the wrong ways. ...
Tropical songbirds reproduce less during drought
Climate change is going to make dry periods longer and more frequent.
GMO plants with algae grow more and need less water
Better photosynthesis and water efficiency means more food for everybody.
California will see both more flooding and more drought by the end of the century
Climate change will bring too much of both to the Sunny State.
Climate change will make droughts more intense, more frequent
New research from ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, Australia, says we'll see longer and more frequent droughts due ...
The 2000-2010 drought of the Missouri River was the worst one in 1,200 years
Droughts are becoming more frequent and more severe -- and they're threatening water resources.
Contrary to popular belief, drought actually leads to fewer snakebites
It seems that in this case, the popular belief was wrong.news
European drought reveals cautionary “Hunger Stones” in Czech river
Our forefathers left behind an ominous warning for us -- and we'd best heed it. Otherwise, we can start carving ...
Drought played a key role in the demise of the Mayan civilization
The Mayans expanded haphazardly, and they ended up paying the price for it -- but Mother Nature also had a ...
NASA creates first 3D model of Amazon rainforest canopy to estimate the effects of droughts, climate change
Drought has a massive effect on rainforests. Bad news in the current changing climate.
Europe will see a doubling of drought areas if climate change isn’t addressed
The Mediterranean, one of Europe's most beautiful areas, will bear the brunt of the damage.
Sierra Nevada rose an inch due to water loss from California drought
It was that bad.
New finding could help plants survive drastic droughts
With drought on the rise, this finding couldn't come at a better time.
This solar-powered device can squeeze water out of thin air — 3 liters a day
You can't squeeze blood from a stone, but you can squeeze water from thin air -- even in the driest ...
California’s dry spell may be officially over but some parts of the state will need decades for precipitation to recover
One step forward, two steps back.
Southern Europe might become a desert by 2100, which is really bad news
The paper's authors think it unlikely that we'll be able to prevent it.
Meet the Pipe: a beautiful desalinization plant that might one day serve 1.5 billion gallons of water to California
Who says desalinization isn't sexy?
Scientists find three times more groundwater beneath California’s Central Valley — but a third may already be contaminated
Stanford researchers found California's drought-struck Central Valley harbors three times more groundwater than previously thought.
Climate change is impacting wine grape harvest dates in Switzerland and France, NASA finds
A new collaboration study between NASA and Harvard University found that climate change is breaking an important link between droughts ...
In the last 50 years, droughts and heat waves destroyed 1/10 of crops
Agriculture is a very risky line of work since its inevitable once in a while extreme weather will take a ...
Drought and low aquifer levels made the Guadalupe river vanish
Vidal Mendoza, a U.S. Geological Survey hydrologic technician, has been spending his past Tuesday scanning the upper Guadalupe River, looking ...
California’s grasslands suffer from drought, reducing wildflower diversity
The team looked at 15-years worth of data on California's grasslands, and documented declining plant diversity from 2000 to 2014 ...
Dramatic Californian Drought Forces Salmon to Take the Highway
California's record drought has completely dried off large swaths of rivers, including the San Joaquin River, which means that juvenile ...
Biotech used to build plant tolerance to water shortage – one way to beat California’s worst drought in history
Exploiting plants' natural response to stress caused by drought, researchers have engineered crops that build tolerance and can withstand longer ...
US drought will be the worst in 1000 years
In recent years, a number of independent studies have concluded that the American Southwest and central Great Plains will experience extensive ...
Experimental flow of water along Colorado River leads to Green Rebirth
In March 2014, the US and Mexican governments decided to release a flow of water down the Colorado River, in ...
California drought is the most severe in at least 1,200 years
According to a new study published by researchers working with the American Geophysical Union, the drought that California is experiencing ...
63 trillion gallons of groundwater lost in 2013 drought in Western US
A snake-like trickle of water flows underneath Lake Oroville's Enterprise Bridge. Image credits: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images A new study shows ...
California issued rights for five times the water it actually has
How bad is California's drought? Just look above. Photo: Wiki California is facing one of its direst drought streaks, and ...
Warmest winter on record for California worsens drought streak
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said in a statement that California just came off its warmest winter on ...
Exxon CEO: ‘What Good Is It To Save The Planet If Humanity Suffers?’
"Eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we die" - seems to be the motto at big oil companies. At ...
Geologists map African underwater for the first time – big surprises ensue
Deep in Africa, under some of our planet's most drought threatened areas lie massive water reserves - freshwater aquifers containing ...
Plant stress paints early picture of drought
It was a warm, drought plagued year - in July 2012, farmers in the U.S. Midwest and Plains regions watched ...
Drought caused by global warming puts many forests around the world at risk
Around the globe, local climates are changing. Maybe you haven't noticed it yet, because in most regions this is a slow ...
China releases report on climate change, understands it ‘threatens prosperity’
According to a new report released by the Chinese authorities, global warming "threatens China's march to prosperity by cutting crops, ...
Drought may be a big problem in decades to come
The problem of a water shortage has been on the table for quite a while now, and as time passes, ...
Busy Beavers ease drought
I've always found it strange that beavers are considered by some pests; besides being amazing animals with some amazing habits, ...
