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NASA Satellites Reveal Freshwater Decline as Global Droughts and Warming Persist
NASA’s GRACE satellites have recorded a significant decline in Earth’s freshwater reserves since 2014, revealing a loss of 1,200 cubic kilometres—two and a half times the volume of Lake Erie. This trend, highlighted in the journal Surveys in Geophysics, is attributed to persistent droughts and rising global temperatures, particularly in regio...
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Florida Is Expecting Severe Drought Conditions And Wildfire After Hurricane Ian: Report
While Hurricane Ian drenches Southwest Florida in massive amounts of rain, the state's northwest is expected to experience drought conditions and wildfire.
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Utah's Great Saltwater Lake Drops To Lowest Level After Amid Drought: Report
The Great Salt Lake in Utah fell to its lowest recorded level this month as western United States continues to weather a historic drought.
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Watch: Maharashtra Woman Risks Life To Fetch Water From Almost Dry Well
During summer, when many parts of India reel under drought and heatwave conditions, many women in rural areas have to risk their lives to fetch water for their families.
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Floods, Droughts Making India, Pak Most Vulnerable To Climate Change: UN Report
Extreme climatic conditions are threatening the food security in South Asia with escalated floods and droughts making India and Pakistan the most vulnerable to climate change, cautioned the latest IPCC report released on Monday.
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Debt Piles For Afghan Farmers, Herders In Need Of Seed, Cash Amid Drought
"Catastrophic and famine-like conditions" hang over Afghanistan's farmers and herders, whose needs continue to rise with the onset of winter, the UN's Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) said on Friday.
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Maharashtra Drought Worsens As IMD Forecasts Delayed Rainfall
As drought conditions in Maharashtra worsen, the India Meteorological Department has warned that rainfall for 2019 has been delayed by at least a week and it could take another month before monsoons reach the beleaguered state
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200 Maharashtra Talukas Facing Drought-Like Conditions: Chief Minister
Around 200 talukas in Maharashtra are facing "scarcity-like" conditions and two senior ministers have been asked to submit a report on this issue, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Tuesday.
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Rivers, Wells Dry Up In Kerala After Floods, Government Orders Study
With mercury levels rising and abnormal drying up of rivers and wells reported in flood-hit Kerala, the state government has decided to conduct scientific studies on the post-flood phenomenon in the state.
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Nitish Kumar Reviews Drought Preparedness In Bihar
With a drought-like condition looming large over Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today held a meeting with officials from different departments to take stock of the situation.
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NASA To Monitor Plants' Water Usage Through New Instrument
NASA plans to install on the International Space Station (ISS) an instrument that will measure the temperature of plants from space, enabling researchers to determine plant water use and to study how drought conditions affect plant health.
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41 Elephants Die In Kerala's Forests In 6 Months
At least 41 wild elephants have died in Kerala's forest ranges in the last six months however, none of these deaths were due to wither drought conditions or due to the lack of food and water in the forest, according to Forest Minister K Raju in a written reply in the Assembly.
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Why are Drought-Affected States not Lifting Sufficient Food Grain: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday sought response from 13 drought-affected states as to why they were not lifting enough food grain to made available at subsidised rates to the priority and vulnerable sections of the people in affected areas.
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PM Modi Reviews Drought Conditions In Rajasthan, Jharkhand
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today chaired high-level meetings to reviewed the drought and water scarcity situations in parts of Rajasthan and in Jharkhand.
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Oommen Chandy Government To Extend Rs 4 Lakh Aid For Heatwave Victims
Kerala government will provide Rs 4 lakh in assistance to families of those who died due to extreme weather conditions and has decided to write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare the state as "drought affected", State Revenue Minister Adoor Prakash said today.
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NASA Satellites Reveal Freshwater Decline as Global Droughts and Warming Persist
NASA’s GRACE satellites have recorded a significant decline in Earth’s freshwater reserves since 2014, revealing a loss of 1,200 cubic kilometres—two and a half times the volume of Lake Erie. This trend, highlighted in the journal Surveys in Geophysics, is attributed to persistent droughts and rising global temperatures, particularly in regio...
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Florida Is Expecting Severe Drought Conditions And Wildfire After Hurricane Ian: Report
While Hurricane Ian drenches Southwest Florida in massive amounts of rain, the state's northwest is expected to experience drought conditions and wildfire.
-
Utah's Great Saltwater Lake Drops To Lowest Level After Amid Drought: Report
The Great Salt Lake in Utah fell to its lowest recorded level this month as western United States continues to weather a historic drought.
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Watch: Maharashtra Woman Risks Life To Fetch Water From Almost Dry Well
During summer, when many parts of India reel under drought and heatwave conditions, many women in rural areas have to risk their lives to fetch water for their families.
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Floods, Droughts Making India, Pak Most Vulnerable To Climate Change: UN Report
Extreme climatic conditions are threatening the food security in South Asia with escalated floods and droughts making India and Pakistan the most vulnerable to climate change, cautioned the latest IPCC report released on Monday.
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Debt Piles For Afghan Farmers, Herders In Need Of Seed, Cash Amid Drought
"Catastrophic and famine-like conditions" hang over Afghanistan's farmers and herders, whose needs continue to rise with the onset of winter, the UN's Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) said on Friday.
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Maharashtra Drought Worsens As IMD Forecasts Delayed Rainfall
As drought conditions in Maharashtra worsen, the India Meteorological Department has warned that rainfall for 2019 has been delayed by at least a week and it could take another month before monsoons reach the beleaguered state
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200 Maharashtra Talukas Facing Drought-Like Conditions: Chief Minister
Around 200 talukas in Maharashtra are facing "scarcity-like" conditions and two senior ministers have been asked to submit a report on this issue, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Tuesday.
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Rivers, Wells Dry Up In Kerala After Floods, Government Orders Study
With mercury levels rising and abnormal drying up of rivers and wells reported in flood-hit Kerala, the state government has decided to conduct scientific studies on the post-flood phenomenon in the state.
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Nitish Kumar Reviews Drought Preparedness In Bihar
With a drought-like condition looming large over Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today held a meeting with officials from different departments to take stock of the situation.
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NASA To Monitor Plants' Water Usage Through New Instrument
NASA plans to install on the International Space Station (ISS) an instrument that will measure the temperature of plants from space, enabling researchers to determine plant water use and to study how drought conditions affect plant health.
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41 Elephants Die In Kerala's Forests In 6 Months
At least 41 wild elephants have died in Kerala's forest ranges in the last six months however, none of these deaths were due to wither drought conditions or due to the lack of food and water in the forest, according to Forest Minister K Raju in a written reply in the Assembly.
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Why are Drought-Affected States not Lifting Sufficient Food Grain: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday sought response from 13 drought-affected states as to why they were not lifting enough food grain to made available at subsidised rates to the priority and vulnerable sections of the people in affected areas.
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PM Modi Reviews Drought Conditions In Rajasthan, Jharkhand
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today chaired high-level meetings to reviewed the drought and water scarcity situations in parts of Rajasthan and in Jharkhand.
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Oommen Chandy Government To Extend Rs 4 Lakh Aid For Heatwave Victims
Kerala government will provide Rs 4 lakh in assistance to families of those who died due to extreme weather conditions and has decided to write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare the state as "drought affected", State Revenue Minister Adoor Prakash said today.
