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Displaying 1329 of about 1329 resultsBy Brad Udall, Senior Research Scientist, Colorado Water Institute, Colorado State University; Douglas Kenney
Senior Research Associate and Director, Western Water Policy Program, University of Colorado; Douglas Kenney, Senior Research Associate and Director, Western Water Policy Program, University of Colorado
As Midwest states struggled with record…
"The government must come up with a sound plan now or we will have a huge population of climate refugees to deal with," says one legislator
By Zofeen T. Ebrahim
KARACHI, Pakistan - As shopkeeper Ali Akbar went to open his store last week along the main street of Thatta, in Pakistan's Sindh province, he found himself wading through a sea of…
Taking stock of a widespread water intervention in Africa
As African countries respond to worsening natural disasters, there is a risk that quick fixes may come at the expense of long-lasting solutions. Such appears to be the case with small reservoirs across Africa, which are often constructed as an emergency response to drought and its devastating co…
By Hayden Higgins
One of South India's biggest cities is almost out of water.
A year after Cape Town, South Africa had its own "Day Zero" crisis, the reservoirs in Chennai are nearly dry, leaving millions in this usually-wet coastal city wondering if they will have water to drink this summer.
Raj Bhagat Palanichamy, a senior project associate an…
By Donald John MacAllister, British Geological Survey; Alan MacDonald, British Geological Survey, and Seifu Kebede Gurmessa, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Like many countries in east Africa, Ethiopia is highly vulnerable to drought. Since 1965, Ethiopia has experienced 15 severe droughts affecting more than 65 million people and causing serious econ…
By Tim Radford
Climate change will take its toll of the US. The evidence repeatedly points to an ever more arid future for the American West.
LONDON, May 26, 2020 – The great American West is becoming inexorably more parched, with an inescapably arid future ahead. The winter snows will be lighter, and the spring melt much earlier. The river…
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The cycle of droughts and floods is likely to continue; we need to prepare for it and make it work for those at risk
By Simon Missiri, IFRC's Regional Director for Africa a.i. and Special Advisor to the Secretary General
Since June, more than 2.…
Snowy areas in in the Rocky Mountains of North America, the European Alps and northern Europe are thawing prematurely as the Earth warms. Additionally, seasonal flows in less snowy areas are delayed as warm-season rain arrives later in the year becoming a more dominant source of river flow. Precipitation over winter is reduced.The findings, publish…
This second edition of Ready for the Dry Years reveals that the severity of two drought events during 2015-2016 and 2018-2020 exceeds anything recorded in the past two decades, since the major El Niño of 1997-1998. Evidence presented in the Report shows that this could be set to continue as the climate warms. The report expands the geographical coverage…