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New Yorkers are being asked to “help conserve every drop possible” as city leaders issued a drought watch amid an historic dry spell across the region. Mayor Eric Adams and the city’s Department of Environmental Protection issued a drought watch on Saturday as part of an effort to conserve New York’s water resources. October was […]
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News National Weekly roundup of local and international climate change news for the week of Oct. 21 to Oct. 27, 2024. Published Oct 26, 2024 • Last updated 14 hours ago • 10 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an […]
A woman scoops water from a hole she has dug in a dried-up riverbed in Lusitu, Zambia. (AP pic) JOHANNESBURG: Joyce Lakela runs a nursery in Tembisa, a Johannesburg township, but these days she spends most of her time trying to find water. “It’s been going on for five days,” she said, lamenting shortages affecting […]
Flooding, drought and temperature change set for Europe Credit:Pixabay:analogicus The European Union‘s budget falls dangerously short of addressing the growing threat of climate change, leaving member states ill-prepared to cope with increasingly frequent and severe weather events that are reshaping the continent. In recent weeks, Europe has seen several episodes of freak weather hit the […]
Food production is concentrated in too few countries, many of which face water shortages, the researchers said. Source link
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News Weekly roundup of local and international climate change news for the week of Oct. 7 to Oct. 13, 2024. Published Oct 12, 2024 • Last updated 18 hours ago • 13 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. […]
Water has been in the news a lot lately — from the recent hurricanes hitting Florida and the Carolinas in the United States, to European and Asian countries experiencing significant flooding, to much of Brazil suffering from what is being called the worst drought in hundreds of years — water is top of the mind […]
Samuel – October 12, 2024 The Ballon d’Or has traditionally been dominated by European and South American players, with Argentine captain Lionel Messi winning the most with eight. African players have been significantly underrepresented in the prestigious award over the years, with only George Weah having the opportunity to become the only African player to […]
CNN — Lake Powell, the second-largest human-made reservoir in the US, has lost nearly 7% of its potential storage capacity since 1963, when Glen Canyon Dam was built, a new report shows. In addition to water loss due to an intense multiyear drought, the US Geological Survey and the Bureau of Reclamation report found, Lake […]