Inland towns need far more water storage.
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Many rural town water supplies cannot weather even a single year of drought. This is a failure of planning and funding on a grand scale.
Studies on mortality in sub-Saharan Africa haven’t focused on the effects of climate change.
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African countries need to take into account the effects environmental changes, like climate change, have on their ability to deal with food security, poverty reduction and lowering mortality rates.
The white “bathtub ring” around Arizona’s Lake Mead (shown on May 31, 2018), which indicates falling water levels, is about 140 feet high.
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Western states adopted a 7-year plan in May 2019 to manage low water levels in the Colorado River. Now they need to look farther ahead and accept that there will be less water far into the future.
More efficient irrigation means less water can escape and make its way back into the Murray and Darling rivers.
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A federal program to help the Murray-Darling environment accidentally lowered water levels – but not as much as previous reports had feared.
Wading through floodwater in Wainfleet, Lincolnshire.
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As climate change threatens to bring more sudden rainstorms, we need to rethink the way we manage water.
A commuter train passes the swollen River Taff, near Cardiff.
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The UK has seen drought conditions since 2018, but the flooding of June 2019 shouldn’t come as a surprise.
Governments have been reluctant to work towards increased overbank flows, but the Basin needs it to boost its resilience.
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The Murray-Darling Basin might not survive future climate change shocks without changes to the plan.
Muddy water from debris flows like those in the Macalister catchment (West Gippsland, February 2007) can disrupt a region’s drinking water supply for years.
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Australia’s water supplies are at risk as climate extremes provoke erosion events that threaten lakes and dams.
A mixture of grains and crops keeps the doctor away.
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Combining and fermenting readily available indigenous African crops can help counter malnutrition on the continent.
Stucco frieze from Placeres, Campeche, Mexico, Early Classic period, c. 250-600 AD.
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Many people think climate change caused Classic Maya civilization to collapse abruptly around 900 A.D. An archaeologist says that view is too simplistic and misses the bigger point.
Gardeners use water crystals to drought-proof their plants.
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Water crystals help drought-proof plants. But these tiny polymers are leaving gardeners concerned.
Autumnal displays may be dimmed in the future.
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Record-breaking summer heat might mean trees delay and mute their autumn hues.
An Aboriginal flag planted on the riverbed in front of the last stagnant pools of water that are now the Darling River at Wilcannia.
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For the Barkandji people, the crisis on the Barwon-Darling represents the biggest threat to their continued survival on country since the sheep invaded.
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Cyclone Idai hit poor countries the hardest and shows why disaster resilience is a necessity.
Bushfires ravaged parts of central Queensland amid heatwaves in November 2018.
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Australia’s environment took a beating in 2018, as temperatures rose, rainfall declined, the health of rivers and ecosystems worsened, and floods, droughts and bushfires all took their toll.
Lessons learned from the threat of Cape Town’s “Day Zero.”
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Cities need to pay attention to how extreme weather events effect their resources.
The dry Kluane Lake in Yukon Territory.
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Extreme events, from floods to droughts to polluted drinking water threatens Canadians’ safety.
As climate change threatens Australian trees, it’s important to identify which are at risk.
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Climate extremes are killing Australian trees, but we don’t know where they’re dying. Scientists are asking the public to use their phones to help.
A young girl walks through a field of failed maize crops in the semi-arid Kitui County in southeastern Kenya.
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The availability of data and evidence in the agricultural sector is critical for decision making
Torrential rains in Malawi have caused dozens of deaths.
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High poverty levels mean people lack access to land and work and they are often driven to settle in zones that are exposed to natural hazards.