Drought

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  Climate Change

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Drought
Category: Droughts
Category: Drought -- Wikimedia Commons
Drought in Canada
Drought Research Initiative
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Drought in India
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Drought in Pakistan
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In the News . . .

• UK drought: Why we need to get used to wonky vegetables-- BBCNews (17 August 2022)
  
  
• Why there's no 'Dijon' in Dijon mustard -- BBCNews (17 August 2022)
  
  
• France's most famous condiment is running out – CNN Business (08 August 2022)
  
  
• Production of French salers cheese halted due to drought -- The Guardian (13 August 2022)
  
  
• Olive oil prices to rise as heatwave hits production -- BBCNews (10 August 2022)
  
  
• Northern Italy drought threatens olive oil, risotto rice and passata supplies -- The Guardian (13 July 2022)
  
  
• Farmers in drought summit amid fears of food supply crisis -- The Guardian (28 July 2018)
  
  
• Grapes shrivel as Spanish farmers lament a relentless drought -- TheGuardian (08 July 2017)
  
  
• Mugabe's Zanu-PF 'blocking food aid' amid Zimbabwe drought -- BBCNews (08 September 2016)
  
  
• Livestock Insurance Helps African Herders Survive Droughts -- Science (02 September 2016)
  
  
• An Archaeological Mystery In Ghana: Why Didn't Past Droughts Spell Famine? -- NPR (20 July 2016)
  
  
• We Must Rebuild Farmers' Resilience After Ethiopia's Catastrophic El Niño -- Guardian (18 May 2016)
  
  
• Water shortages to be key environmental challenge of the century, Nasa warns -- The Guardian (16 May 2018)
  
  
• India to 'divert rivers' to tackle drought -- BBCNews (16 May 2016)
  
  
• 'Day zero' water crises: Spain, Morocco, India and Iraq at risk as reservoirs shrink -- The Guardian (11 April 2018)
  
  
• Water shortages could affect 5bn people by 2050, UN report warns -- The Guardian (19 March 2018)
  
  
• Plastic particles found in bottled water -- BBCNews (15 March 2016)
  
  
• Severe droughts explain the mysterious fall of the Maya -- BBCEarth (22 February 2016)
  
  
• Study Finds That Weather Disasters Took a Heavy Toll on Crops -- The New York Times (06 January 2016)
  
  
• New drought atlas maps 2,000 years of climate in Europe -- ScienceDaily (06 November 2015)
  
  
• Thai Farmers Ask Spirits for Rain to End Crippling Drought -- ABC News (08 July 2015)
  
  
• Californians Look to Sierra Nevada Native Americans for Drought Solutions -- NPR (10 June 2015)
  
  
• Civilizations That Withered in Drought -- Discovery News (18 May 2015)
  
  
• 'Droughtshaming' hopes to out California water cheats -- BBCNews (20 May 2015)
  
  
• California drought: Farms v households -- BBCNews (20 May 2015)
  
  
• US 'at risk of mega-drought future' -- BBCNews (12 February 2015)
  
  
• Ceramics Show That Relationships Grew Stronger During Megadrought -- Past Horizons (05 February 2015)
  
  
• In a crisis, the bigger your social network, the better -- Science Daily (05 February 2015)
  
  
• Mesoamerican City of Cantona Abandoned After 650-Year Period of Droughts -- Past Horizons (29 January 2015)
  
  
• At Newly Discovered Water Temple, Maya Offered Sacrifices to End Drought -- National Geographic News (27 January 2015)
  
  
• Early Mesoamericans Affected by Climate Change -- Science Daily (21 January 2015)
  
  
• Belize's Famous 'Blue Hole' Reveals Clues to the Maya's Demise --  LiveScience (24 December 2014)
  
  
• California drought: Why farmers are 'exporting water' to China -- Alastair Leithead, BBCNews (18 February 2014)
  
  
• What the West's Ancient Droughts Say About Its Future -- National Geographic News (13 February 2014)
  
  
• Drought Led to Collapse of Civilizations, Study Says -- National Geographic News (24 October 2013)
  
  
• 300-Year Drought Was Downfall of Ancient Greece -- LiveScience (14 August 2013)
  
  

• 11 million people affected by Horn of Africa drought -- BBCNews (04 August 2011)
  
  
• Catastrophic drought is coming back -- Brian M. Fagan lecture for the Long Now Foundation)
  
  
• Climate 1-Stop -- "single location to access proven climate change tools, resources and information"
  
  
• Climate Change -- American Museum of Natural History
  
  
• Data & Products Related to Drought -- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
  
  
• Digital Library for Earth Science Education
  
  
• Ice Cores: Archives of Past Climate -- Guardian (10 June 2011)
  
  
• Montgomery, David R. Dirt: The Erosion of Civilization. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2012.
  
  

• Multiyear Drought in East Africa -- Discovery News (29 July 2011)
  
  
• National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
  
  
• National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration's National Geophysical Data Center
  
  
• Ongoing Drought Hits Crops Hard-- LiveScience (25 July 2012)
  
  
• Scientists find evidence of megadrought in Colorado -- Past Horizons (09 November 2011)
  
  
• Small-Holder Farmers in Kenya Dig for Survival -- Guardian (13 September 2011)
  
  
• Wan J, Yan D, Fu G, Hao L, Yue Y, Li R, et al. (2016). Temporal and Spatial Variations of Drought in China: Reconstructed from Historical Memorials Archives during 1689-1911. PLoS ONE 11(2): e0148072. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0148072
  
  
• World Meteorological Organization