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Heavy rainfall over the weekend has eased the effects of the prolonged drought in central and eastern China, Xinhua reports. The rains are expected to continue over the next few days. Meanwhile, spring rains and melting winter snowpack have caused heavy flooding in central South Dakota, threatening to raise the Missouri River to record levels, [...]
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Though a recent study points to Europe’s abundant shale gas reserves, the government of France is increasingly likely to ban shale gas exploration in the wake of growing domestic opposition to the technique, the Financial Times reports. The Danube River, one of Europe’s major waterways, has dropped to a 100-year low in Austria, forcing shippers [...]
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Genetically-modified crops are not the solution to Europe’s growing food demand, according to the European Union’s farm commissioner. Warming temperatures are affecting European farming more severely than North America’s, according to a new climate study published in the journal Science. The study found that the climate shifts over the past three decades are linked to [...]
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An escalating confrontation over resources; a confrontation with global implications.
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Severe weather impacts could compromise tea farming for two of the world’s biggest players in the industry.
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Farmers on the edge of poverty in China’s rural provinces face a bleak future in the wake of warmer temperatures, more frequent droughts and infrequent rainfall. The changing climate is forcing many harvesters into poverty or keeping them from climbing out.
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The second installment Climate Change Coping Strategies of excerpts from James G. Workman’s Heart of Dryness
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Cloud seeding, a weather modification technique that induces precipitation, might be the key to keeping the Earth’s temperature in balance, scientists say.
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India is taking major steps to alleviate the effects of its devastating drought.
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A new variety of rice might prepare India’s agriculture for a drier future.
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Researchers from the Australian National Universities (ANU) have created an unprecedented visual atlas of global rainfall projections over the next century.
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The tourism industry of one of India’s most popular destinations is drying up, as the city of Udaipur runs out of water.
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Mumbai’s weather goes from one extreme to another, as heavy monsoon rains follow a prolonged dry spell in western India.
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Many enterprising Coloradoans collected rainwater in secrecy for years in the past, but today they no longer have to hide their habit
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May marks the season for rainmakers in Australia. As the month approaches, Aboriginal weather watchers look to blooming wattle trees, flitting native birds and flocking cockatoos for signs of rain. But this year, autumn arrives with a dire forecast.
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An interactive map of Circle of Blue’s coverage of “The Biggest Dry“.
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An Industrialized Nation Reckons With A 12-Year Drought In The Murray-Darling Basin
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Posted on Monday, March 09, 2009
Australia’s Epic Drought is Global Warning Circle of Blue Reports The grievous consequences of drought and global warming are more visible and dangerous in Australia than in any other industrialized nation.