Archive for ‘drought’
Greenhouse report makes Australia sweat
February 22nd, 2008
The Australian government’s top climate change adviser said the “awful arithmetic” of rising greenhouse gas emissions meant the 21 million people living on the world’s driest continent would be among the biggest losers from global warming.
Wildfires Rip Through Virginia, Carolinas
February 11th, 2008
Wind-whipped wildfires chased churchgoers from worship, forced hundreds of residents to flee homes and closed highways across the rain-starved Carolinas and Virginia on Sunday. No injuries were reported.
Drought Could Shut Nuclear Plants Down
January 24th, 2008
Nuclear reactors across the Southeast could be forced to lower productivity or temporarily shut down later this year because of the long running drought.
No water in Nairobi slum
January 24th, 2008
In Nairobi’s central slum, Kibera, nearly a million people are crowded together with no proper water supply.
South Florida Under Tough New Water Restrictions
January 15th, 2008
New water restrictions for South Florida residents start today. Residents who water their lawns are under new limits with the latest restrictions, which officials hope will lessen the strain on the water supply.
Guatemala to open park at ancient Maya ruins
January 15th, 2008
Guatemala will create a tourist park at the ruins of an ancient Maya city that is home to one of the world’s largest pyramids, the country’s president said Monday.The Maya built soaring temples and elaborate palaces in Central America and southern Mexico before mysteriously abandoning their cities around 900 A.D.
Biotech companies race for drought-tolerant crops
January 14th, 2008
Outside the headquarters of Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc, the pavement is iced over and workers arriving for the day are bundled up against the cold. But inside a laboratory, a warm, man-made drought is in force, curling the leaves of rows of fledgling corn plants as million-dollar machines and scientists in white coats monitor their distress.
Drought-hit Cyprus considers importing water
January 9th, 2008
Drought-stricken Cyprus may import water to beat a crippling shortage that is threatening to tap the island’s reservoir reserves dry, its agriculture minister said on Wednesday.
Australia hit by floods, fires amid global warming
January 3rd, 2008
Australia endured bushfires, floods and record high temperatures in its drought-ravaged foodbowl in 2007 as global warming brought the nation’s sixth hottest year on record, the weather bureau said on Thursday.
US drought spans coast to coast; dancing for rain
December 30th, 2007
Surveying some of the 3,240 hectares he farms in a semi-rural area outside Washington, Chris Tranchitella looks out on empty fields that produced a harvest much lower than he had hoped.
Tiny new U.N. fund to combat droughts, rising seas
December 11th, 2007
A new U.N. fund to help poor nations cope with climate change threats such as droughts or rising seas can start up in 2008 after a draft deal at U.N. talks in Bali, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
UN kicks off Bali climate conference
December 3rd, 2007
Faced with melting polar ice caps and worsening droughts, climate experts at a massive U.N. conference Monday urged quick action toward a new international pact stemming an increasingly destructive rise in world temperatures.
Global warming dries up Australia’s parched lands
December 3rd, 2007
One of the highest polluters per capita in the developed world, Australia has at last ratified the Kyoto protocol, and its new centre left Labor government is attending the Bali Climate Summit. The meeting comes as scientists warn climate change is continuing to fuel Australia’s drought, threatening to cripple the country’s farming heartland for years to come.
Much-Needed Rain Comes To The Southland
November 30th, 2007
This storm system originated in Baja, Mexico and is now working its way into our area.
Cyprus water crisis highlights climate change
November 19th, 2007
A small pool of water at the bottom of Cyprus’s largest reservoir is shrinking by the day: without rain, the main source of surface water for most of the island will dry up by the end of the year.
