Category Archives: drought
TreeHugger
The water shortages in the US Southeast are serious now, as Lloyd’s post of this morning well points out. Before you go read Lloyd and the New York Times, we suggest you do a little scenario thinking with us.
Here are two equally plausible scenarios for the next year. I named them to make for easy [...]
Source:
National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration
Date:
October 11, 2007
More on:
Weather, Climate, Severe Weather, Global Warming, Drought Research, Atmosphere
Warm Winter Predicted For United States
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071010131931.htm
Science Daily — NOAA forecasters are calling for above-average temperatures over most of the country and a continuation of drier-than-average conditions across already drought-stricken parts of the Southwest and Southeast in its winter outlook [...]
Source:
Oregon State University
Date:
September 26, 2007
More on:
Rodents, Botany, Nature, Exotic Species, New Species, Endangered Animals
Invasion Of New Beach Grass Could Weaken Shoreline Protection
Science Daily — An invasion of American beach grass is under way along the Oregon coast, threatening to change dune ecology and reduce the ability of dunes to protect roads, property and towns from [...]
Climate Crisis Coalition
Plight of African Cotton Farmers Getting Worse
By John Zodzi, Reuters, August 15, 2007
“Known as ‘white gold’ to peasant farmers whose living depends on it, cotton has long been one of the few cash crops they can cultivate without irrigation across West Africa’s arid Sahel, bringing much-needed funds into poor villages. But these days [...]
SciDev.net
Drought in southern Africa
20 June 2007
Source: Business Daily Africa
While Africa struggles against the effects of climate change — a problem for which it is largely not responsible — it must also face its own environmental policy and practice failings, argues Rwandan president Paul Kagame in this Business Daily Africa article.
Africa, he says, should confront environmental [...]
TreeHugger
Southern California may be in danger of succumbing to a “perfect drought” if actions aren’t taken soon to help remedy the situation, according to a recent article in Guardian Unlimited. Leading climatologists, environmentalists and city planners have warned that the use of water may need to be severely curtailed in light of the drought-like conditions [...]
Thank-you Franscud-Caught in the Stream for giving me this link.
Lake Okeechobee in South Florida is facing one of its worst droughts ever recorded, with 41 inches of rain having fallen across the southern half of the state over the last year, more than 10 inches below the average. Lake Okeechobee, a vital reservoir for [...]
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