Drought

Drought Situational Analysis of Cropping in Rajasthan
Under the present drought and dry spell in India, Rajasthan state is adversely effected. An assessment of the sowing has been monitored by the authors on their visits to the farmers. The article describes the second visit followed by the first.

Drought and Water Conservation
Understanding the severity of drought and doing your part to conserve water can really make an impact on your local water supply.

Electric Fences to Stop Invasion of Kenya Nature Parks
Drought and changing weather patterns increase numbers of squatters heading for protected areas

How to Make Money with the Coming Water Scarcity?
Water scarcity and droughts become a global problem. Areas in China, California, Australia, India, Argentine and Spain suffer serious economic problems and losses. This offers chances for lucrative investments in industries that provide solutions to overcome the threatening water scarcity.

Droughts 'may Lay Waste' to Parts of Us
Large number of American cities 'close to a threshold' where heatwaves make them uninhabitable

Drought Threatens Chinese Wheat Crop
Low rainfall in the north has put nearly half of the country's harvest at risk

Rich Nations Must Plan for Floods, Heat and Drought Now, Warns Panel
Hardest hit of developed regions will be Australia with water security becoming a major concern

Drought Land 'will Be Abandoned'
Climate change will cause 'economic deserts' even in rich countries, warns UN environment chief

The Rains Have Come, the Land is Lush But Ethiopians Still Go Hungry
Despite appearances, a cycle of drought and escalating food prices is taking its toll

LA Turns to Rainmakers As Drought Starts to Bite
Politicians back experimental scheme to boost rainfall by firing silver iodide particles into sky

Los Angeles to Fight Drought With 'cloud-seeding'
Officials plan to spend $800,000 firing silver iodide particles into the sky in the hope of boosting rainfall by as much as 15%

US South-west Warned of Dire Climate Challenges
The US south-west faces dramatic challenges in the next 50 years from drought, wildfires and changing ecosystems, report warns

Climate Change Threat to Us Crops and Water
American south-west faces dramatic challenges in next 50 years from drought, wild fires and changing ecosystems

Provinces Pay Price for Green Olympics
Millions of gallons of water are being diverted to Beijing from areas hit by drought

Drought Management - Survival In The Dry
Dealing with extended drought conditions can be a daunting affair. Not knowing when a drought will break not only tests farmers, the general community in towns and cities is also affected by subsequent water restrictions and higher food prices.

Scarce Water and Population Boom Leads California to 'perfect Drought'
No rain forecast in south of state until September - Sprinklers and car washing could be stopped

Great Trek of Africa's Wildebeest Threatened By Great Drought
One of the planet's greatest wildlife shows - the annual migration of more than a million wildebeest across east Africa's plains - is facing obliteration.

Australia Suffers Worst Drought in 1,000 Years
Depleted reservoirs, failed crops and arid farmland spark global warming tussle.

Water scarcity - see the world react
Water shortages are no longer just a third world problem - how will the developed world react to these problems

Drought Threatens Amazon Basin
· Extreme conditions felt for second year running · Record sea temperatures and illegal logging blamed

Spain Heading for Worst Drought Since 1947 As Reservoir Levels Fall
Spain's reservoirs are in a worse state than last year as the country heads for what some experts are predicting will be the worst drought for 60 years.

Forget Drought: First We Have to End This Cowardice
Our early brush with climate change shows what an unequivocal scandal the privatisation of water represents. By Polly Toynbee

UN and Kenya Appeal for Aid in Worst Drought for 22 Years
The UN and the Kenyan government yesterday made a joint appeal for food aid worth more than $220m (£126m) to fight starvation in the country's arid north-east region, where the worst drought in 22 years has decimated livestock.

Amazon Dries Out As Worst Ever Drought Hits Rainforest
· Drop in water level affects towns dependent on river · Crisis blamed on Gulf coast hurricanes.

Global Warming Could End Sahara Droughts, Says Study
Global warming could significantly increase rainfall in Saharan Africa within a few decades, potentially ending the severe droughts that have devastated the region, a new study suggests.

Holiday Home Prices Wilt In Euro Drought
Europe’s worst drought in living memory has particularly affected the popular holiday destinations of Spain and Portugal. But this could bring reductions in the prices of second homes, and the autumn could provide a good opportunity for those considering buying an overseas home.

Droughts, Twisters, Floods: What on Earth Has Happened to Our Weather?
Britain's biggest water company is pressing ahead with plans to ban hosepipes and sprinklers in August.

One in six countries facing food shortage
One in six countries in the world face food shortages this year because of severe droughts that could become semi-permanent under climate change, UN scientists warned yesterday.

Sewage Could Solve Australia's Drought
A severe drought is drying up drinking water across Australia, threatening to shut down big population centres but also creating the conditions for a revolution in water use.

Spain and Portugal in Water Fight
Portugal has accused Spain of stealing its water as the two Iberian countries battle a drought that has seriously reduced levels in rivers flowing across their border.

Spanish Forced to Ration Water
Water is being rationed in half of Spain to save it for domestic use, as parts of the country suffer the worst drought for 60 years.

France Fears Summer of Drought As Rains Fail
France faces its worst drought in 30 years, the environment ministry warned yesterday, saying parts of the country have received 90% less winter rainfall than normal and at least six areas have already introduced water rationing.

Cities Fall Out Over Cloud
Chinese meteorologists are accusing each other of what could prove to be one of the defining crimes of the 21st century: rain theft. The use of cloud-seeding guns, rockets and planes to induce rainfall has created tensions between drought-plagued regions, which are competing to squeeze...

Hey You, Hands Off My Cloud
Chinese meteorologists are accusing each other of what could prove to be one of the defining crimes of the 21st century: rain theft. The use of cloud-seeding guns, rockets and planes to induce rainfall has created tensions between drought-plagued regions, which are competing to squeeze...

Ethiopians Shifted From Drought Areas
Ethiopia has begun a resettlement programme which aims to move up to a million people away from the country's drought-stricken and over-worked central highlands to more fertile regions. Tens of thousands of families are to be moved before the rains come in May as the result of a pilot...

Nuclear Plant Hosed Down As Drought Wreaks Havoc
Our correspondents round up how the heatwave is hitting Europe.

France Suffers Worst Drought for 25 Years
More than half of France's 95 departments have introduced water rationing, the environment ministry said yesterday, as crops wither, cattle suffer and rivers run dry in the most serious drought to strike the country for 25 years. "We are concerned not just for farmers but for France's...

Liberalisation Makes Rajasthan's Drought Lethal
It is not just lack of rain, but also economic exclusion, that is causing starvation in northern India, says Liz Stuart of Christian Aid.

Scientists Discover the Harbinger of Drought
Subtle temperature changes in tropical seas may trigger northern hemisphere's long, dry spells. The four-year droughts that scorched harvests in Afghanistan, seared the Mediterranean scrub and baked cornfields in the American south-east may have had a common cause, according to US researchers.

Time Running Out for Millions As Drought Returns to Ethiopia
Blighted by years of failed rains, villagers cannot survive alone.

Drought-hit Farmers Turn Water Thieves in Tradition of Ned Kelly
Australia's outback has seen its fair share of thieves, from legendary Aboriginal emu-stealer Lungkata to 19th century sheep rustler Ned Kelly. But things appear to have hit rock bottom with the latest pinchable commodity: water. As drought takes hold of the eastern states of...

In the Shadow of the Drought
Heavy rainfall over the weekend has caused a mood of jubilation in Australia, parts of which have not seen a drop of water in years, writes David Fickling.

New Yorkers sweat out a drought
Dirt builds up and waiters are banned from offering customers unsolicited glasses of water as New Yorkers swelter through a severe drought, reports Oliver Burkeman