drought

Climate science and solutions
Morocco reckons with drought to stave off disaster
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Environment
Once the epicenter of hydraulic engineering, Mexico City is now running out of water
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The Polar jet stream carries weather systems around the northern hemisphere. It's powered by the temperature differential between the Arctic and areas farther south, but new research finds that it's being disrupted as rapid warming in the Arctic reduces t
Global Politics
Here’s a new climate change reality that Trump’s new policies ignore
Abebe Haregewoin (right) and his father in Ethiopia.
Global Politics
Famine haunted his childhood in Ethiopia. Now he sees food running out again.
Mavis, a housekeeper from the Pretoria township of Mamelodi, depends on her garden to help provide for her five children and seven grandchildren. But with this year's region-wide drought, her garden is just a dusty patch of seedlings. “I want rain every d
Environment
For one South African house cleaner, this year’s big drought means crying, hungry children
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Environment
‘Little Teresa’ helps São Paulo women fight drought and male domination — with rain barrels
Protesters march through São Paulo recently demanding equitable distribution of water throughout São Paulo state. Unofficial rationing has brought frequent water outages to neighborhoods throughout the Brazilian megalopolis of 20 million people.
Environment
São Paulo residents demand their city take a new attitude about water
Oregon dry lakebedEmigrant Lake near Ashland, Oregon in October 2014. Current drought conditions have caused the lake to fall to less than 10 percent of its capacity.
Environment
The worst droughts in 1,000 years may be on the horizon for the American West