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Thanks to climate change and the environmental shifts it brought forth (i.e. an increase in global average temperatures, droughts and other extreme weather manifestations), the American and the Canadian prairie might soon be hit by dust storms similar to those that occurred in the 1930s, during the Dust Bowl.
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28 November 2012
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Using their Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instruments, the NASA Terra and Aqua satellites were able to compile a map showing the extent of dried-up vegetation in the continental United States. The images used for this study were collected this August.
The US Drought Monitor reports that, at ... |
3 October 2012
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Researchers from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) found in a new study that the forests covering the southwestern parts of the country will experience the effects of global warming and climate change with more severity than other forests will.
Working together with colleagues at the University of Arizona ... |
1 October 2012
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We have already written about how new environmental conditions such as prolonged droughts stand to lead to a major food crisis, yet a report recently made public by Britain's National Pig Association warns us that, due to poor harvests, a global pork shortage is pretty much “unavoidable.”
To cut a ... |
26 September 2012
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In the aftermath of this year's drought, American farmers who are in the business of growing cattle for dairy and meat found themselves unable to properly look after the animals in their care due to the fact that much of the corn crops were lost to the extreme temperatures and harsh environmental conditions.
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24 September 2012
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Underground water supplies throughout most of the United States are still severely depleted, as evidenced in new maps compiled from data relayed by NASA satellites. Most of these supplies, including aquifers, are currently heavily exploited for drinking water and farming.
The drought that struck the country through... |
20 September 2012
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According to the results of a new State of the Climate report, published by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), the summer of 2012 was the third warmest ever recorded since measurements began, in 1895. The month of August was the 16th warmest on ... |
11 September 2012
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According to investigators at the University of Leeds, in the United Kingdom, severe droughts can significantly impair river ecosystems and food webs. The effect is especially severe in freshwater rivers, the team says.
The research was conducted using a number of artificial streams the team had access to. Periodic... |
10 September 2012
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Only yesterday, The World Bank warned that food prices in July rose by as much as 10% when compared to those from the previous month, and that this increase needs to be linked to the severe droughts which recently hit both the US, and Eastern Europe.
Naturally, concerns are now raised with respect to how the poor w... |
31 August 2012
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Just recently, José Graziano da Silva, agronomist and director-general for UN's Food and Agricultural Organization, backed up a request made by US's National Cattlemen's Beef Association which stated that the country's current biofuel production standards need be lowered as soon as possible... |
10 August 2012
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Not very long ago, we talked about how global warming is bound to make drought periods last longer. As well as this, we reported on how heavy rainfalls and floods might also soon be a thing of the day.
It is not difficult to imagine that such extreme weather manifestations will take their toll on our society's... |
31 July 2012
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Experts recently used the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument on the NASA Terra satellite to image the extent of the massive drought currently affecting the United States.
Statistically speaking, the adverse weather currently amounts to a drought of historic proportions, affecting corn,... |
17 July 2012
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Some of our past articles dealt with how climate change and global warming are beginning to alter weather patterns worldwide, leading to extreme phenomena such as droughts and flash floods.
As was to be expected, these weather manifestations ended up impacting on national agricultures throughout the globe, meaning ... |
16 July 2012
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The water-holding frog is a species most often found in Australia, where it seems to thrive both in forests and in swamps. Due to its high adaptability to environmental conditions, it is estimated that its population is relatively large. What makes this frog such an interesting creature is that it has evolved to sync... |
14 July 2012
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A report published by the US Drought Monitor indicates that nearly 88 percent of arable surfaces in Indiana are plagued by drought. The situation is extremely severe and becoming even more so by the day, experts comment.
The new document was released this Thursday, on June 14, and contains data provided by the US D... |
15 June 2012
10:38 GMT |
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If lifeforms ever had a chance to develop on the Red Planet, they may all be dead now, due to the fact that the planet has been plagued by intense drought for at least 600 million years. This actually makes a lot of sense, even when considering that water-ice still exists at Mars' poles.
At this point, the sur... |
6 February 2012
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The former capital of the Khmer Empire, the city of Angkor, may have been left to fall into disarray after its inhabitants tried unsuccessfully to battle a massive drought that plagued the lands. The kingdom, which flourished in Cambodia between the 9th to 15th centuries, has long since disappeared.
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3 January 2012
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Experts have already agreed on the fact that climate change can be correlated with significant ecosystem shifts. At this point in time, this phenomenon is also being associated with an excessive drought that has affected up to 500 million trees only in Texas.
Unfortunately, its impact goes beyond the condition of t... |
22 December 2011
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People who enjoy eating walnuts on a daily basis should be aware that their diet is threatened by climate change. Walnut trees (Juglans) are a highly demanding species of trees that require specific conditions. Rapidly expanding deforestation correlated with extreme drought could make this tree population extremely... |
1 December 2011
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Caroline Spelman, the British Environment Secretary, notes that homeowners will have to start saving water, given that this winter is expected to bring poor rainfalls. In her opinion, a severe drought is “almost certain” for next summer. As a result, people from the UK will have to forget about watering... |
1 December 2011
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UN officials highlight that climate change is correlated with extreme weather, heat waves and severe drought. All these unfriendly conditions could make us forget about football, one of the most popular sports all across the Globe. While most of the people tend to disregard the serious consequences triggered by thi... |
29 November 2011
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A team of experts from the Bangor University in Wales, UK is now able to correlate pear areas, a great source of carbon, with the impact they have on climate change. Apparently, it seems that these surfaces contribute to the acceleration of this phenomenon, as drought releases a much higher CO2 concentration that sci... |
26 November 2011
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The US National Science Foundation (NSF) is funding investigators from the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) in a new study meant to assess the intricacies of Earth's water cycle in detail. The work could help address issues such as drought, which is currently threatening huge surfaces. According to res... |
24 October 2011
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The drought conditions affecting northeast Africa are so intense that the United Nations have declared a famine in the area. More than 11.5 million people in Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Djibouti are affected by the worse drought to hit the area in several decades.Experts with the US Department of State (DoS) say tha... |
4 August 2011
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As a major crisis is unfolding in the Horn of Africa, the European Space Agency (ESA) is keeping tabs on the situation from orbit. The organization uses its satellites to track how more and more vegetation is destroyed daily, while precipitations stubbornly refuse to fall. Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti are th... |
22 July 2011
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The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has just released a new report on the state of forests in the country, and the picture the document paints is not at all flattering for southwestern forests, experts say. At the current rate, they are faced with a bleak future. Experts being the investigation have determined... |
14 December 2010
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Rain has finally fallen on certain eastern parts of the Australian continent; nevertheless a recent report says that the south-eastern part of the country will suffer from an increasing risk of below-average rainfall and drier conditions in the future.The South Eastern Australian Climate Initiative (SEACI) report is ... |
25 October 2010
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As climate change is beginning to make its effects felt more and more, and Western Hemisphere is exposed to an increased risk of experiencing more intense droughts in the coming years. A group of investigators says that extreme drought will very likely affect the United States and other countries in the Western Hemis... |
20 October 2010
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According to experts, it would appear that the average size of plants tends to decrease in recent years, when compared to the mean sizes they had in past decades. The researchers believe that this effect may be attributed to global warming.The worldwide phenomenon is taking place as pollution produced by humans spews... |
20 August 2010
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A new report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has determined that deforestation rates at a global scale have been diminishing for the past ten years. This event is not due to more people becoming aware of the importance of forests, but to the fact that China has been planting enormous amounts of new ... |
25 March 2010
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Following decades of ongoing studies, climate researchers have discovered a very peculiar link between the southwestern corner of Australia and a region of eastern Antarctica. It would appear that a negative correlation exists between them, in the sense that, when the Australian land is battered with drought and lack... |
9 February 2010
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According to experts at the American space agency, the main aquifers in California, and the Sierra Nevada mountains have lost enough freshwater since 2003 to fill Lake Mead, which is the largest water reservoir in the United States. The study also reveals that, unless steps to mitigate these phenomena are taken quick... |
16 December 2009
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New scientific models of the way the climate in the United States will evolve over the course of the next four decades show that Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah will be most affected by increasing heat waves, which will boost the average temperatures up by a significant amount. The computer model also reveals ... |
28 May 2009
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The state of California has been, over the last three years, under what's possibly the most severe dry spell the region has registered in a long time. Because of the drought that has affected most of its territory, the area now has to ration water, according to the LA Department of Water and Power (DWP), the lar... |
18 February 2009
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A new computer model shows that droughts triggered by global warming will in the future affect the Amazon so hard, that it could cause a widespread drought, which will in turn have devastating consequences on the world. If the rain forest in the Amazon region burns, then the rain patterns throughout the globe will ch... |
10 February 2009
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Because in recent years worldwide carbonated drinks have decreased, the Coca Cola franchise has moved a large part of its activities in the bottling of tap water sector. The “Dasani” brand is owned by the company, which has managed to keep up its international sales at very high levels, among other produc... |
23 December 2008
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Because drought years see less rain, land managers use these times to burn deeper and deeper inside forests, as the trees are very dry and burn more easily, and the danger of the fire being put out by the rain is negligible. But the lack of rain also means that tremendous amounts of carbon dioxide, previously stored ... |
9 December 2008
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New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) announced last week that some areas of the country would most likely suffer the effects of a long-lasting drought, making this the second year in a row when people in the eastern part of the country are deprived of regular amounts of rainf... |
28 November 2008
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There's no life without water, from elephants and humans to bacteria. We must consume 2.5 liters of water from food and beverage to remain healthy. Water is also necessary for livestock and farming, the means for producing our food. Our planet could be covered by a global ocean 2.5 km (1.5 mi) deep if even. But ... |
5 December 2007
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This is one of the most mysterious cultures of the New World. The obscure native culture named Gallina occupied a small zone of northwestern New Mexico around A.D. 1100 but by 1275 they were all gone. Now, seven Gallina skeletons (five adults, one child and one infant), appearing to have been victims of a brutal mass... |
16 July 2007
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And as they do, economic and social changes will be profound enough to become a threat to homeland security. Water - either too little or too much of it - is going to be the major problem for the United States, scientists and military experts said Monday. Lack of water and food in places already the most volatile wi... |
17 April 2007
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