• In the last week, an additional 1.2% of the Golden State was identified as being in severe drought. (latimes.com)
  • The Drought Monitor may not show it, but those of us who are living through the severe fires know that Central and Southern Coastal California are bone dry and incendiary ," Patzert said. (latimes.com)
  • Most of Northern California above the Bay Area is in severe drought, and a portion of the state along the Oregon border, mainly in Siskiyou County, is in extreme drought. (latimes.com)
  • They found that western and central Europe experienced particularly severe drought and substantially reduced crop yields. (bangkokpost.com)
  • Moisture in the top 7cm of soil across the Northern Hemisphere was made five times likelier to experience severe drought due to climate change, the study found. (bangkokpost.com)
  • The farmer's county, parish, city or district included in the applicable region must be listed as suffering exceptional, extreme or severe drought conditions by the National Drought Mitigation Center . (irs.gov)
  • To qualify, the sales must be solely due to drought, flooding or other severe weather causing the region to be designated as eligible for federal assistance. (irs.gov)
  • The climate scientists also zoned in on Western and Central Europe which experienced particularly severe drought. (yahoo.com)
  • The severe drought had widespread repercussions across three continents. (yahoo.com)
  • The U.S. Drought Monitor says that most 70 percent of Oregon is now in "severe drought" and some southern parts of the state are in "extreme drought. (seattletimes.com)
  • Farmer Matt Ireson feeds his cattle due to lack of vegetation caused by a severe drought in western New South Wales, Australia, in September. (chinadaily.com.cn)
  • Furthermore, the lat-est report from the Copernicus Drought Observatory high-lights the extent of water scarcity in the Western Mediterranean, where severe drought has become the norm in the past few years. (oliveoiltimes.com)
  • As a result, most of the west-ern Mediterranean is cur-rently under warn-ing and alert con-di-tions, the two most severe lev-els, accord-ing to the com-bined drought indi-ca-tor, which incor-po-rates data on rain-fall, soil mois-ture and veg-e-ta-tive stress. (oliveoiltimes.com)
  • She counts among millions of farmers who suffered crop losses from severe episodes of droughts that affected half the country's 116 districts during the 2018-19 growing season. (wfp.org)
  • That's thanks to a World Food Programme (WFP) initiative helping farmers recover from droughts that are likely to become more severe and frequent with climate change. (wfp.org)
  • The 2011 Tuvalu drought was a period of severe drought afflicting Tuvalu, a South Pacific island country of approximately 10,500 people, in the latter half of 2011. (wikipedia.org)
  • On Vaitupu the drought was also severe, but not as bad as the other islands. (wikipedia.org)
  • I can really remember back to the 1950s when we had, you know, probably the most severe drought on record. (kxan.com)
  • Some businesses and amenities on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast must stop using all treated drinking water within hours as severe drought in the region forces declaration of a state of local emergency, but officials say there's no need to panic. (comoxvalleyrecord.com)
  • The brewery is one of many businesses and amenities on the Sunshine Coast to be told to stop using all treated drinking water as of 11:59 p.m. Tuesday due to severe drought. (comoxvalleyrecord.com)
  • The Sechelt area usually records about 200 millimetres of rain between July and October, but has received less than 10 mm, pushing the entire Sunshine Coast and several other B.C. regions to Level 5 drought conditions, the most severe on the province's scale. (comoxvalleyrecord.com)
  • Cook and his colleagues used the tree-ring record called the Old World Drought Atlas to better understand how frequently and how severe Mediterranean droughts have been in the past. (nasa.gov)
  • More than half of the United States was in drought this summer, amid ongoing waves of wildfires in the southwest. (yahoo.com)
  • Wildfires, Droughts, Pandemics. (time.com)
  • Since drought conditions are low, and drought is easily the single biggest climate factor regarding wildfires, it should come as no surprise that wildfires have not become more frequent or numerous in recent years. (climatedepot.com)
  • Much of Europe has been baking in high temperatures that have triggered huge wildfires, with unprecedented droughts causing shortages, threatening crops and disrupting river shipping routes. (yahoo.com)
  • To reauthorize the National Integrated Drought Information System, and for other purposes. (govtrack.us)
  • Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018 , the Under Secretary, acting through the National Integrated Drought Information System, shall develop a strategy for a national coordinated soil moisture monitoring network. (govtrack.us)
  • The three months from June-August were the hottest in Europe since records began, and the exceptionally high temperatures led to the worst drought the continent has witnessed since the Middle Ages. (bangkokpost.com)
  • Successive heatwaves between June and July, which saw temperatures top 40 degrees Celsius in Britain for the first time, saw some 24,000 excess deaths in Europe. (bangkokpost.com)
  • Maarten van Aalst, director of the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre and professor of climate and disaster resilience at University of Twente, said governments needed to do far more to prepare for future heat and drought shocks, which will become ever more frequent as temperatures rise. (bangkokpost.com)
  • Mainland China also suffered extreme temperatures and issued its first national drought alert. (yahoo.com)
  • ATLANTA (AP) - Federal authorities say warmer-than-average temperatures and no rainfall are deepening a drought that's sparking forest fires across the Southeastern U.S., forcing people to evacuate dozens of homes. (timesfreepress.com)
  • Temperatures continue to rise, drought conditions are worsening, and the combined effect of all these forces will multiply to create cascading crises in the years to come. (time.com)
  • High temperatures and drought this year may reduce yields in some parts of the country, but many other regions unaffected by the extreme weather are expected to increase yields, so it is expected that China will still have a good harvest," Li Guoxiang, a research fellow at the Rural Development Institute, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told the Global Times on Saturday. (globaltimes.cn)
  • The island is struggling with exceptionally warm temperatures, drought and sandstorms. (nzherald.co.nz)
  • The resulting lack of rain and higher temperatures, which increase evaporation from soils, lead to droughts. (nasa.gov)
  • Climate change is already creating water issues around the globe via droughts, floods, and increasing water temperatures. (medscape.com)
  • Because the normal drought sale replacement period is four years, this extension immediately impacts drought sales that occurred during 2017. (irs.gov)
  • But because of previous drought-related extensions affecting some of these areas, the replacement periods for some drought sales before 2017 are also affected. (irs.gov)
  • East Africa endured a harrowing drought in 2017 but early humanitarian action averted a famine in Somalia. (straitstimes.com)
  • A yearslong drought, which ended in 2017, killed 163 million trees in California-and that deadwood proved to be the kindling for this year's devastation. (time.com)
  • Just as compelling, Climate at a Glance: Drought reports that in 2017 and 2019, the United States registered its smallest percentage of land area experiencing drought in recorded history. (climatedepot.com)
  • The Statesman Journal reports Friday that forecast in the report released this week means that the state's existing drought could get worse. (seattletimes.com)
  • A drought like summer 2022 can be expected around once in 20 years in both regions, they added, and extreme heat was driving the drought rather than changes in rainfall patterns. (yahoo.com)
  • When rainfall is lower than average for an extended period of time, drought can occur. (cdc.gov)
  • If this scenario unfolds, it would exacerbate drought conditions in Arizona, Colorado, Utah and California and worsen the wildfire outlook for the remainder of 2020 and into 2021. (latimes.com)
  • NEW YORK/LONDON (REUTERS) - As droughts worsen across the world, investors are turning up the heat on companies wasting water and trying to pick winners from a sparse crowd of specialist listed companies looking to address the problem. (straitstimes.com)
  • Natural disasters in California, like an extended drought, or everyday exposures, such as air pollution can worsen existing chronic conditions and increase injuries. (cdc.gov)
  • Farmers and ranchers who were forced to sell livestock due to drought may get extra time to replace the livestock and defer tax on any gains from the forced sales. (irs.gov)
  • The one-year extension gives eligible farmers and ranchers until the end of the tax year after the first drought-free year to replace the sold livestock. (irs.gov)
  • The relief applies to farmers who were affected by drought that happened between September 1, 2020, and August 31, 2021. (irs.gov)
  • hile the historic drought that has plagued the Midwest for months wreaks havoc upon many conventional farmers' soil, organic farmers are saying it is not conventional farming or genetically modified crops that will save agriculture from the effects of climate change. (barbrastreisand.com)
  • Unlike industrial farming, organic farmers' soil conservation techniques are better prepared to weather droughts. (barbrastreisand.com)
  • The government is ramping up aid to support drought-stricken farmers as they struggle to make ends meet and feed their stock. (chinadaily.com.cn)
  • The Global Times spoke to several farmers in East China's Zhejiang Province. (globaltimes.cn)
  • China has also introduced policies to boost grain production this year including issuing one-time subsidies for farmers, to stabilize their income and incentivize farmers to grow grain. (globaltimes.cn)
  • It was a big kick As part of their Fighting for our Farmers - Drought Relief Appeal the telethon raised a total of $7.5 million. (katherinetimes.com.au)
  • You can't stop a drought, you can do all sorts of things to try and give yourself a bit more time, I hope that level of expertise comes into communities and farmers who don't have it, will be able to get the help. (katherinetimes.com.au)
  • Farmers were also encouraged to produce drought-tolerant and nutritious crops such as cassava, orange maize, cowpeas and groundnuts. (wfp.org)
  • The "man-made California drought" is the term House Republicans use to describe the state's current dry condition, as if it were somehow the hand of humankind, environmentalists or, even worse, Democrats that has stopped the snowfall over the Sierra and kept the dams that store water for fields, orchards and homes from being replenished. (latimes.com)
  • Drought conditions continue to expand in California. (latimes.com)
  • The most recent U.S. Drought Monitor data, released Thursday, shows more of California slipping into drought . (latimes.com)
  • Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. (latimes.com)
  • But the new laws give local agencies five to seven years to develop those groundwater plans, and until 2040 to implement them-a "rather languid" schedule in a time of crisis, according to Richard Frank, a professor of environmental law at the University of California, Davis. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • Roth claimed, "Drought conditions in Northern California may prompt an early start to the 2020 wildfire season - and as Californians have learned in recent years, climate change is fueling more devastating droughts and fires. (climatedepot.com)
  • The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) does report, here and in the chart below, that Northern California is currently experiencing "moderate drought," and is one of the few places in the country experiencing dryer than average conditions. (climatedepot.com)
  • At the same time, NOAA reports most of California is experiencing normal conditions, while Southern California is experiencing "moderately moist" conditions. (climatedepot.com)
  • When there's a drought in California, the grass turns brown. (medlineplus.gov)
  • The water levels have dropped significantly in Roy Creek during the 2022 drought. (kxan.com)
  • Extreme drought conditions across the Northern Hemisphere this summer were made at least 20 times more likely by the human-driven climate crisis, new analysis has revealed. (yahoo.com)
  • In drought conditions, wild animals will leave their usual habitat for water or food, often straying closer to developed areas. (straitstimes.com)
  • Thursday's national drought report shows 41.6 million people in parts of 15 southern states now live in drought conditions. (timesfreepress.com)
  • Also, Climate at a Glance: Drought reports the United States is undergoing its longest period in recorded history without at least 40 percent of the country experiencing "very dry" conditions, with peaks in drought around 1978, 1954, 1930, and 1900 being much larger than what the U.S. experienced during any time in the 21st century or the late 20th century. (climatedepot.com)
  • AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) - The amount of Texas experiencing drought conditions increased for the first time in eight weeks, according to the Texas Water Development Board's Monday report for the week of Sept. 20. (myhighplains.com)
  • According to map data released by the US Drought Monitor, the High Plains appeared to range from experiencing "abnormally dry" to "extreme" drought conditions as of the week of Sept. 20, with the majority of the area remaining within the "abnormally dry" to "moderate" drought condition range. (myhighplains.com)
  • A week ago, 59% of Texas' surface area appeared to be experiencing drought conditions, in contrast to the most recent 60% estimation. (myhighplains.com)
  • As drought conditions continue to fluctuate across Texas, water managers and regulatory groups have continued to work to gather data and strategize, on both local and regional levels, to ensure water access and quality for the state. (myhighplains.com)
  • Much of East Texas remains under either extreme or exceptional drought conditions. (kicks105.com)
  • According to the latest map of the Combined Drought Indicator, which is based on July data, 47 per cent of the territory is in 'warning' conditions which means there is a deficit of moisture in the soil, and 17 per cent is in alert conditions where vegetation is stressed. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • With parts of the UK experiencing the driest conditions since the drought of 1976, experts have warned that the source of the River Thames has dried up for the first time on record. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • Get timely updates on local drought conditions, outlooks, and impacts from NIDIS and its partners. (drought.gov)
  • while La Niña effects increase the chances of drought conditions in Tuvalu. (wikipedia.org)
  • The drought conditions resulted in water being rationed on the islands of Funafuti and Nukulaelae as water reserves ran low. (wikipedia.org)
  • Lew Adams, owner of the Roy Creek Canyon Reserve, said conditions in the canyon are similar to those during the 2011 drought. (kxan.com)
  • Both for modern society and certainly ancient civilizations, it means that if one region was suffering the consequences of the drought, those conditions are likely to exist throughout the Mediterranean basin,' he said. (nasa.gov)
  • Millions of these adults have multiple chronic conditions to manage at the same time. (cdc.gov)
  • The "Hands-off" scenario resulted in amplified impacts driven by intensifying trends, affecting particularly the agricultural production under drought conditions. (lu.se)
  • Applying AMF and EF + AMF yielded a noticeable survival rate in the most extreme drought conditions (25% FC). (bvsalud.org)
  • RMNCAH is particularly important in Somalia, where health outcomes for women and children remain among the poorest in the world due to many reasons ranging from limited access to health services, prolonged conflict and insecurity to recurrent droughts, floods, and subsequent food insecurity (2) . (who.int)
  • As California's drought continues, and more than a dozen rural communities ponder what to do when their drinking water runs out sometime in March, it would be nice if the state's Republican politicians brought some straightforward plans for relief to the table. (latimes.com)
  • What does La Niña mean for California's drought? (latimes.com)
  • With global warming, droughts in the 21st century will set in more rapidly, last longer and be more intense. (slf.ch)
  • 12.2 million Afghans, 32 per cent of the population, now face 'crisis' or 'emergency' levels of food insecurity - placing Afghanistan among the top three countries in the world with the highest number of people in emergency food insecurity and already exceeding levels seen during the 2018-19 drought. (nrc.no)
  • Bone dry: Almost half of EU land is currently under a drought warning or worse because of a combination of heatwaves and a 'wide and persistent' lack of rain, experts have warned. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • Together, these data show the range of natural variation in Mediterranean drought occurrence, which will allow scientists to differentiate droughts made worse by human-induced global warming. (nasa.gov)
  • Amidst worsening conflict and the ongoing adverse impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, Afghanistan may also be headed for another drought. (nrc.no)
  • Afghans are taking on catastrophic levels of debt just to pay for food, rent, and healthcare even before the impacts of a drought fully hit. (nrc.no)
  • And with today's release by the National Weather Service and USDA of the DROUGHT MONITOR-the official measure of drought and dry weather in the U.S.-a state of MODERATE DROUGHT has been assessed over much of Cook and sections of DuPage and northwest Will counties. (wgntv.com)
  • Despite the unprecedented heat and drought that plagued the south of the country this summer, China's autumn harvest is in full swing, completing 672 million mu (44.8 million hectares), more than half of all the farmland across China grown with autumn plants, as of Saturday, with several major grain production areas seeing a significant increase. (globaltimes.cn)
  • What they really mean when they refer to the "drought" are the cuts in water allocations to agricultural interests in the Central Valley, not just in dry years but potentially even in wet ones, as the state works out a plan to distribute water wisely among interests who need, or at least want, more than will ever be available. (latimes.com)
  • The World Weather Attribution service calculated that the agricultural and ecological drought over the Northern Hemisphere was at least 20 times likelier thanks to global heating. (bangkokpost.com)
  • The 2022 summer has shown how human-induced climate change is increasing the risks of agricultural and ecological droughts in densely populated and cultivated regions of the North Hemisphere," said Sonia Seneviratne, a professor at the Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science at ETH Zurich in Switzerland and one of the study contributors. (bangkokpost.com)
  • Lack of moisture in the root zone is also referred to as agricultural and ecological drought. (yahoo.com)
  • The findings were that human-caused - or anthropogenic - climate change made agricultural and ecological drought at least 20 times more likely in the Northern Hemisphere. (yahoo.com)
  • In the smaller Western and Central Europe region, climate change made the agricultural and ecological drought about 3-4 times more likely. (yahoo.com)
  • The Mediterranean Agricultural Markets Network has empha-sized the need to improve soil man-age-ment in response to the drought. (oliveoiltimes.com)
  • Providing fast and accurate data helps agricultural decision-makers and other groundwater users better plan for, recognize, deal with, and document multiple-year droughts. (unl.edu)
  • Kernza has a root system many times larger than wheat (see figure), which has several ecological benefits. (lu.se)
  • It followed a climate change-fuelled heatwave in South Asia that also destroyed crops, and happened at a time when global food prices were already extremely high due to the war in Ukraine," she said. (bangkokpost.com)
  • Times of drought likely motivated our water sharing customs in addition to the development of methods, crops, and ceremonies that helped weather water scarcity and became cornerstone to acequia traditions. (lasacequias.org)
  • This saying points to two of the most important things we can do to adapt to drought: care for our soils and care for our crops. (lasacequias.org)
  • When the drought hit, all the crops we had planted dried up. (wfp.org)
  • Meanwhile, other Tuvaluans were being forced to pay for imported foods as the consequence of failing crops as the result of the drought. (wikipedia.org)
  • Perennial crops like Kernza TM can also help reduce erosion, cope better with drought and improve soil structure," says Jonas Ardö, Professor of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science at Lund University. (lu.se)
  • Climate change is leading to combined drought and high temperature stress in many areas, drastically reducing crop production, especially for high-water-consuming crops such as maize. (bvsalud.org)
  • The depth and length of the current drought, however, combined with the state's ever growing demand for water, led to new and broader support for reform. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • Consumer Reports has speculated that the current drought could again spur on a frenzy of freezer sales, and, conveniently, offers tips on making a smart freezer purchase. (time.com)
  • The state's third straight year of drought has brought reservoirs to record lows. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • To address these challenges, the Ministry of Water Resources launched a special operation for water supply in the Yangtze River basin to combat the drought, transferring water from upstream reservoirs to water-scarce areas in the middle and lower reaches, thus securing the irrigation needs of autumn grain, according to media reports. (globaltimes.cn)
  • Officials from various aid agencies, including the International Red Cross and the Tuvalu Red Cross, worked with the New Zealand and Tuvaluan governments to alleviate the drought and shortages. (wikipedia.org)
  • PARIS: Human-caused climate change made this summer's drought across the Northern Hemisphere at least 20 times more likely, according to a rapid analysis released Wednesday that warns such extreme dry periods will become increasingly common with global heating. (bangkokpost.com)
  • For the top one metre of soil -- known as the root zone -- this summer's dryness was made at least 20 times likelier due to global heating. (bangkokpost.com)
  • Overall, a Northern Hemisphere drought such as this summer's was now likely to occur once every 20 years in today's climate, compared to once every 400 years in the mid eighteenth century. (bangkokpost.com)
  • This summer's historic drought is bound to yield rising prices at the supermarket . (time.com)
  • The worst is in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee, but extreme drought also is spreading into western North and South Carolina. (timesfreepress.com)
  • According to Cook, the range of how extreme wet or dry periods were is quite broad, but the recent drought in the Levant region, from 1998 to 2012, stands out as about 50 percent drier than the driest period in the past 500 years, and 10 to 20 percent drier than the worst drought of the past 900 years. (nasa.gov)
  • MUMBAI: It's not just about parched land and dry taps, but there's a humanitarian crisis that's unfolding in the villages of Marathwada , which is reeling under four successive droughts and bureaucratic apathy. (indiatimes.com)
  • These times of water shortage remind of times when the ancestors of acequia culture also withstood drought. (lasacequias.org)
  • What's been happening on the precipitation front over the vast majority of the Chicago area is characterized as the opening stages of a FLASH DROUGHT. (wgntv.com)
  • In order to facilitate effective utilization of ensemble hydrological predictions in the actual reservoir management, a real-time reservoir operation method for drought management is developed considering operational ensemble forecasts of precipitation in Japan. (cuny.edu)
  • The two major circulation patterns that influence when droughts occur in the Mediterranean are the North Atlantic Oscillation and the East Atlantic Pattern. (nasa.gov)
  • The wells will be chosen for their ability to detect the onset, magnitude and recovery of hydrological drought. (unl.edu)
  • It is difficult to write a piece on 'the art of acequia irrigation' at a time when so many parciantes are already feeling the effects of water shortage. (lasacequias.org)
  • Cooperative extensión responding to family needs in time of drought and water shortage. (bvsalud.org)
  • Because of that, TWDB said that officials are expecting warmer and drier weather, which will likely contribute to an increase in drought coverage across Texas. (myhighplains.com)
  • Most recently, the term "man-made drought" has been used by Reps. Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield), Devin Nunes (R-Tulare) and David Valadao (R-Hanford) in conjunction with House Bill 3946, a retread of earlier bills that sought to upend years of negotiations and reams of carefully crafted law and policy to protect water rights and balance the needs of the state's many interests and communities. (latimes.com)
  • a strategic reserve for drought years, when shares of surface water shrink. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • Aquifers provide 30 to 40 percent of the state's water supply in normal years but close to 60 percent in drought years. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • A donor conference last week raised almost US$1.4 billion (S$1.94 billion) for the region, which the UN says is facing its worst drought in 40 years. (straitstimes.com)
  • Twenty-two years since Diamondbacks played in the Fall Classic seems like a long time. (phoenixnewtimes.com)
  • More than three million Afghans are likely to be acutely affected by a drought this year that could be even more devastating than one three years ago. (nrc.no)
  • China has focused on the construction of high-standard farmland and water conservancy and irrigation facilities for many years, which has played key roles in reducing the adverse effects of drought, according to Li. (globaltimes.cn)
  • A primary consideration for weathering drought is to shift the cropping system toward crop types that are hardier during dry years. (lasacequias.org)
  • More than half of Europe is now under a warning for drought that is on course to become its worst in 500 years as Germany 's most-important river is running dry. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • The drought-stricken island nation of Madagascar is a "wake up call" to what the world can expect in coming years due to climate change, the head of the United Nations' food aid agency said on Tuesday (US time). (nzherald.co.nz)
  • In addition to identifying the driest years, the science team discovered patterns in the geographic distribution of droughts that provides a 'fingerprint' for identifying the underlying causes. (nasa.gov)
  • Between the years 1100 and 2012, the team found droughts in the tree-ring record that corresponded to those described in historical documents written at the time. (nasa.gov)
  • Cycles of drought have affected North America for the last 10,000 years. (cdc.gov)
  • Kernza has been bred since the 1970s, so it is a short time compared to thousands of years of deliberate breeding. (lu.se)
  • A new NASA study finds that the recent drought that began in 1998 in the eastern Mediterranean Levant region, which comprises Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria and Turkey, is likely the worst drought of the past nine centuries. (nasa.gov)
  • In other words, when the eastern Mediterranean is in drought, is there also drought in the west? (nasa.gov)
  • LONDON (Reuters) - Parts of England are likely to declare a drought on Friday, local media reported ahead of a meeting between the government, its environment agency and water companies to discuss a long period of dry weather. (yahoo.com)
  • This plant is subjected to long periods of drought, accentuated by the current climate emergency, causing plant death, especially in its early growth stages. (bvsalud.org)
  • In conclusion, using indigenous strains of AMF, alone or in combination with EF, is a beneficial strategy to produce A. araucana seedlings with an enhanced ability to tolerate prolonged drought periods, which could be of great relevance for the survival of these native species under the current climate change. (bvsalud.org)
  • The potential that a dry winter may result from La Niña is not good news for a state parched by drought and suffering the worst wildfire season on record . (latimes.com)
  • Air quality in West Coast cities has ranked among the world's worst, with Portland's air at points being almost three times more unhealthy than in notoriously polluted cities like New Delhi. (time.com)
  • Food, however, is a different situation as the Manning catchment is in the grip of the worst drought in the area's recorded history . (manningrivertimes.com.au)
  • Livestock such as cattle - an essential source of subsistence in the region - are dying en masse. (straitstimes.com)
  • While droughts are not uncommon in Australia and native species are hardier than livestock, additional factors such as human activity, introduced animals and dwindling water sources are compounding the stress on populations. (chinadaily.com.cn)
  • With no end to the drought in sight, Kingsford is hopeful governments will take measures to protect vulnerable species, such as keeping farm livestock out of national parks so that wildlife has a food source during the dry spells. (chinadaily.com.cn)
  • Drought-tolerant plants have built-in features to minimize water loss and maximize water uptake. (msu.edu)
  • Reservoir operation for drought management is then optimized considering the prediction for the coming one month by using sampling stochastic dynamic programming, which can consider both the stochastic and time-series natures of the ensemble prediction, so as to minimize drought damage caused by deficit in release waters. (cuny.edu)
  • The use of saline water in irrigation has become an alternative in areas subjected to frequent drought, but this practice affects plant growth due to osmotic impact and excess of ions. (bvsalud.org)
  • How can we protect the environment in times of armed conflict? (lu.se)
  • For its part, the government, working with WFP, supported drought-hit communities by providing nutritious meals to school children in the hardest-hit districts. (wfp.org)
  • The per-sis-tent drought has also reduced soil mois-ture, dimin-ished river flow and stunted plant and crop growth. (oliveoiltimes.com)
  • It's the fourth time since May that remains have been uncovered as Western drought forces the shoreline to retreat at the shrinking Colorado River reservoir behind the Hoover Dam. (fox5atlanta.com)
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  • Access unlimited news content and The Canberra Times app. (katherinetimes.com.au)
  • These treatments also kept the maximum quantum efficiency of PSII (Fv/Fm 0.71 for AMF and 0.64 for EF + AMF) stable, as well as high foliar water content (>60%) and stable CO2 assimilation under drought stress. (bvsalud.org)
  • BOOLIGAL, Australia - From abandoned baby kangaroos to wallabies being blinded by the sun and koalas having to go walkabout to look for eucalyptus leaves, Australia's exotic wild animals are struggling to adapt to a crippling drought. (chinadaily.com.cn)
  • The Browns are tied for the second-longest playoff drought in NFL history, and only just snapped it following the 2020 season. (fanduel.com)
  • Here's everything you need to know about the longest NFL postseason droughts, both active and all-time. (fanduel.com)
  • The New York Jets hold the unfortunate honor of the league's longest active playoff drought at 11 seasons. (fanduel.com)
  • Check out the rest of the longest active droughts below. (fanduel.com)
  • Here are the other longest playoff droughts in NFL history. (fanduel.com)
  • But if I can keep winning medals like this, I can handle things 10 times as tough as this. (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • He joined the Los Angeles Times in 1996. (latimes.com)
  • The Los Angeles Times has launched a new way to make money and gain leftists accolades from the false climate crisis: a new newsletter called "Boiling Point. (climatedepot.com)
  • In the intervening time subsequent legislation may have amended or repealed the provisions below. (govtrack.us)
  • Michigan State University Extension has put together a list of plants that are drought-tolerant, hardy to Michigan and have few known insect and disease problems. (msu.edu)
  • Researchers from the University of Córdoba have completed a study into the effectiveness of silicon fertilization to increase resistance to pests, drought and disease. (oliveoiltimes.com)
  • Some of the numerous and far-reaching health implications of drought include reduced quantity and quality of drinking water, diminished air quality, and increases in illness and disease. (cdc.gov)
  • At a time when global food security is in disarray, maintaining stable grain production is a major contribution that China has made to the world, they noted. (globaltimes.cn)
  • Endangered brush-tailed rock wallabies are in an extremely dire situation due to fire and drought with no food available Photos: Lachlan Gilding, Aussie Ark. (manningrivertimes.com.au)
  • For the first time since 2001, the Arizona Diamondbacks are headed to the World Series. (phoenixnewtimes.com)
  • It's been more than two decades since Arizona beat the New York Yankees in seven games in an all-time classic 2001 World Series. (phoenixnewtimes.com)
  • When informed by reporters of ending the 25-year drought, Lee perked up and said, "This is the first time I've heard that. (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • A farmer surnamed Hu from the Ninghai county in Zhejiang told the Global Times on Saturday that production this year is expected to be reduced mainly due to the drought. (globaltimes.cn)
  • Below-normal monsoon rains this summer left India in a drought for the second year in a row. (circleofblue.org)
  • New York is on the verge of pushing its drought to 12 seasons if eliminated from playoff contention this year. (fanduel.com)
  • Atlanta's postseason drought was pushed to five seasons this year after a lackluster campaign. (fanduel.com)
  • The Jacksonville Jaguars could snap their playoff drought this year by defeating the Tennessee Titans in the regular-season finale. (fanduel.com)
  • Leisure time has increased, resulting in hundreds of millions of swimming visits each year to the ocean, lakes, and swimming pools. (medscape.com)
  • how do trees adjust to warmer droughts on different time scales and where are the limits? (slf.ch)