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Brazil Is Losing Surface Water To Climate Change, Land Conversion
Brazil is home to 12 per cent of Earth's freshwater reserves, much of it in the Amazon, but is losing natural surface water as climate change and land conversion from forest to farming take their toll, a report said Friday.
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'Climate Whiplash' Hitting World's Cities Amid Rising Temperatures: Study
The weather in some of the world's most densely populated cities is swinging from droughts to floods and back again as rising temperatures play havoc with the global water cycle, a study commissioned by the charity WaterAid showed on Wednesday.
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Ahead Of Champions Trophy, South Africa Great Hopes To See Proteas Ending ICC Trophy Drought
Former captain Graeme Smith is optimistic that South African will end its prolonged wait for an ICC trophy this year, long before they host the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup in 2027.
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Joe Biden Announces $1 Billion In Aid For African Countries
The United States will provide more than $1 billion in humanitarian aid for people displaced by drought or conflict in 31 African countries, US President Joe Biden said in Angola Tuesday.
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New York's First Drought Warning In 22 Years As City Faces Water Crisis
New York City has declared its first drought warning in 22 years, responding to a severe lack of rainfall and a series of brush fires that plagued the Northeast this autumn.
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Climate Change Threatens Amazon Rainforest As Unprecedented Sand Dunes Appear
But as the Amazon battles the effects of climate change, a historic drought is making travel more difficult than ever.
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Ecuador Declares National Emergency Over Forest Fires, Water Shortage
Ecuador on Monday declared a national emergency due to water shortages, drought and forest fires that have razed more than 10,000 hectares in the south of the country so far this month.
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Saudi Minister Cites India's Efforts In Fighting Land Degradation, Drought
As Saudi capital Riyadh gets ready to host the Conference of the Parties (COP16) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Dr Osama Faqeeha, Deputy Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture, has praised India's efforts.
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Drought And Heat Hit Greece's Chestnut, Harvest Set To Shrink
The chestnut harvest in Greece is expected to drop to about 15,000 tonnes in 2024 because of the extreme weather, half the average over the past five years, according to George Nanos, a professor of Pomology at the University of Thessaly.
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Worst Drought On Record Lowers Amazon Rivers To All-Time Lows
The worst drought on record has lowered the water level of the rivers in the Amazon basin to historic lows, in some cases drying up riverbeds that were previously navigable waterways.
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Drought Sinks Longest Polish River To Record-low Level
Poland's longest river, the Vistula, on Sunday hit a record-low water level in the capital because of drought, the national weather agency said.
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Sunken Village Emerges Amidst Greece's Record Drought
Record-breaking temperatures and prolonged drought in Greece have exposed a sunken village in Athens' main reservoir for the first time in 30 years.
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Fires In Brazil's Amazon Rainforest In August Highest Since 2010
The number of fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest region for the month of August surged to the highest level since 2010, government data showed on Sunday, after a record drought that has been plaguing the biome.
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Namibia To Kill 700 Animals, Including Elephants, Zebras, And Hippos, For Meat Amid Severe Drought
The meat will be distributed to those affected as part of a drought relief program. This comes amid an ongoing El Nino-induced drought that has impacted 68 million people in Southern Africa, leading to widespread food shortages.
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Nearly 70 Million Suffering From Drought In Southern Africa: Report
About 68 million people in Southern Africa are suffering the effects of an El Nino-induced drought which has wiped out crops across the region, the regional bloc SADC said on Saturday.
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Brazil Is Losing Surface Water To Climate Change, Land Conversion
Brazil is home to 12 per cent of Earth's freshwater reserves, much of it in the Amazon, but is losing natural surface water as climate change and land conversion from forest to farming take their toll, a report said Friday.
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'Climate Whiplash' Hitting World's Cities Amid Rising Temperatures: Study
The weather in some of the world's most densely populated cities is swinging from droughts to floods and back again as rising temperatures play havoc with the global water cycle, a study commissioned by the charity WaterAid showed on Wednesday.
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Ahead Of Champions Trophy, South Africa Great Hopes To See Proteas Ending ICC Trophy Drought
Former captain Graeme Smith is optimistic that South African will end its prolonged wait for an ICC trophy this year, long before they host the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup in 2027.
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Joe Biden Announces $1 Billion In Aid For African Countries
The United States will provide more than $1 billion in humanitarian aid for people displaced by drought or conflict in 31 African countries, US President Joe Biden said in Angola Tuesday.
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New York's First Drought Warning In 22 Years As City Faces Water Crisis
New York City has declared its first drought warning in 22 years, responding to a severe lack of rainfall and a series of brush fires that plagued the Northeast this autumn.
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Climate Change Threatens Amazon Rainforest As Unprecedented Sand Dunes Appear
But as the Amazon battles the effects of climate change, a historic drought is making travel more difficult than ever.
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Ecuador Declares National Emergency Over Forest Fires, Water Shortage
Ecuador on Monday declared a national emergency due to water shortages, drought and forest fires that have razed more than 10,000 hectares in the south of the country so far this month.
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Saudi Minister Cites India's Efforts In Fighting Land Degradation, Drought
As Saudi capital Riyadh gets ready to host the Conference of the Parties (COP16) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Dr Osama Faqeeha, Deputy Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture, has praised India's efforts.
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Drought And Heat Hit Greece's Chestnut, Harvest Set To Shrink
The chestnut harvest in Greece is expected to drop to about 15,000 tonnes in 2024 because of the extreme weather, half the average over the past five years, according to George Nanos, a professor of Pomology at the University of Thessaly.
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Worst Drought On Record Lowers Amazon Rivers To All-Time Lows
The worst drought on record has lowered the water level of the rivers in the Amazon basin to historic lows, in some cases drying up riverbeds that were previously navigable waterways.
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Drought Sinks Longest Polish River To Record-low Level
Poland's longest river, the Vistula, on Sunday hit a record-low water level in the capital because of drought, the national weather agency said.
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Sunken Village Emerges Amidst Greece's Record Drought
Record-breaking temperatures and prolonged drought in Greece have exposed a sunken village in Athens' main reservoir for the first time in 30 years.
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Fires In Brazil's Amazon Rainforest In August Highest Since 2010
The number of fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest region for the month of August surged to the highest level since 2010, government data showed on Sunday, after a record drought that has been plaguing the biome.
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Namibia To Kill 700 Animals, Including Elephants, Zebras, And Hippos, For Meat Amid Severe Drought
The meat will be distributed to those affected as part of a drought relief program. This comes amid an ongoing El Nino-induced drought that has impacted 68 million people in Southern Africa, leading to widespread food shortages.
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Nearly 70 Million Suffering From Drought In Southern Africa: Report
About 68 million people in Southern Africa are suffering the effects of an El Nino-induced drought which has wiped out crops across the region, the regional bloc SADC said on Saturday.
