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Thirsty for Good Stocks? Look to Water Scarcity.

These are dry times. Droughts are becoming more common and are lasting longer. In the Western United States, for example, the demand for freshwater is outpacing supply, leading states like California to introduce stricter water controls. How dry is the West? A recent study shows the region is suffering the…

Benzinga

African Nations Seek Funds as Cost of Climate Change Rises

From drought to cyclones and sea level rise, the cost of damage caused by climate change in Africa will only get higher as the world warms, sparking concerns from activists and officials about how to pay for it. Africa's islands and coastal states — and the 116 million people that…

Asharq Al-Awsat

African nations seek funds as cost of climate change rises

From drought to cyclones and sea level rise, the cost of damage caused by climate change in Africa will only get higher as the world warms, stirring concerns from activists and officials about how to pay for it

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How Europe’s drought is making Britain's energy crisis worse

Along the River Elbe, in Germany and the Czech Republic, is a series of rocks that are submerged in all but the lowest water conditions. The locals call them “hunger stones” because they are warnings: if the stone is visible, then famine will follow. Carvings on the stones record droughts…

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Spotty fall colors likely in New England amid drought

This summer’s drought is expected to cause a patchy array of fall color in the leaf-peeping haven of New England

The Independent UK

California: Drought, record heat, fires and now maybe floods

Californians sweated it out amid a record-breaking heat wave entering its 10th day Friday that has helped fuel deadly wildfires and pushed energy supplies to the brink of daily power outages

The Hindu

California: Drought, record heat, fires and now maybe floods

The record-breaking heat that has pushed California's electrical grid to the breaking point for more than a week is almost over but it's a sign of things to come

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Drought declared across Wales after months of dry weather

North east Wales has been changed from prolonged dry weather status to drought

Wales Online

Climate change: colonial diaries in South Africa are helping scientists reconstruct weather patterns of the past to protect against future events

The current climate crisis raises many questions. Some are forward-looking: how can this be fixed? Some look to the recent past: how did we get here? And some reach further back into history: are today’s extreme heat waves, catastrophic droughts and floods all due to climate change? Was climate and…

The Conversation

Drought declared across whole of Wales despite recent flooding

Country-wide drought is first for 16 years, after third-driest six months since records began

The Guardian - UK

Father 'lucky to be alive' after 35ft fall now can't work amid cost of living crisis

Tree surgeon Grant Clark, 35, spent three weeks in hospital after a terrifying fall and now requires full-time care from his wife

Wales Online

Storms, early spring rain delight outback residents still recovering from drought

After the wettest winter in six years, outback locals delight in a rainy start to spring, helping the country still recovering from drought.

ABC News

Falling leaves in August: has autumn come early?

UK’s drought has caused leaves to turn brown – but this is a defensive reaction by trees to conserve water

The Guardian - UK

Water use drops 10% in July as California deals with drought

California’s water use dropped more than 10.4% in July compared with two years ago as the most populous state struggles with a years-long drought

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A lost world returns with a warning

America's mega-drought is revealing natural wonders unseen in decades. But their return from the watery depths heralds a deepening crisis.

Los Angeles Times

When it comes to fighting climate change, California says consider the beaver

LOS ANGELES — As California grapples with drought, a record heat wave and persistent wildfires, one state agency is turning to the beaver in its battle against climate change.

The Guardian - UK

China reports ‘most severe’ heatwave and third driest summer on record

Average temperature in August was 1.2C higher than norm, which caused widespread drought

Al Jazeera

Drought and hunger in Somalia, Ethiopia and region: What to know

Millions of people are facing food shortages due to the worst drought in 40 years and rising global food costs.

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Hemp was supposed to save Texas farmers during a drought. It hasn’t yet.

Hemp advocates promised the Texas Legislature the crop was drought resistant. The 2022 drought has proven otherwise. And farmers are abandoning the nascent market.

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The crisis in Jackson shows how climate change is threatening water supplies

Historic flooding and record droughts are stressing water systems across the country, and experts warn that with climate change intensifying the crisis in Jackson, Miss., may be just the beginning.

Al Jazeera

China droughts highlight energy challenge as climate heats up

Hotter weather is expected to push China’s enormous energy consumption even higher in the coming years.

France 24

UN says at least $1 billion needed to prevent famine in Somalia

The UN humanitarian chief predicted Tuesday that at least $1 billion will be needed urgently to avert famine in Somalia in the coming months and early next year when two more dry seasons are expected to compound the historic drought that has hit the Horn of Africa nation.

The Independent UK

Nebraska drought exposes remains of steamboat that sank in 1870

Drought has caused the water level in the Missouri River to fall significantly

The Independent UK

Mysterious white mounds spark alarm after appearing across Great Salt Lake: ‘We are concerned’

Droughts in the US west have created a perfect condition for the strange mounds to form

USA Today Sports Media Group

‘A land of permanent drought’: Desert golf courses in California work to cut water usage

From taking out turf to upgrading irrigation systems, golf courses are constantly focused on water.

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