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The Latest Breaking News from Drought

Tear out your lawn, check. Drought-tolerant plants, check. Next up: recycled water

LOS ANGELES -- Tearing out our lawns is a good start toward wiser water use in Southern California, but it's not enough.

Los Angeles Times

Environmentalists, property owners sue to block $2.5-billion dam project in Santa Clara County

As California endures water restrictions due to widespread drought, a proposed $2.5-billion reservoir expansion project in Santa Clara County promises to increase the amount of freshwater for more than a million people.

Los Angeles Times

A blueprint for tackling urban drought

As cities move to secure their water supplies in the backdrop of extreme drought, two cities in two continents provide solutions.

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Artemis 1 Moon rocket succeeds in critical preflight test

In this edition of Inverse Daily, read about NASA's Artemis 1 Moon rocket, severe drought in Southern Arabia, and more.

Inverse

Europe wildfire risk heightened by early heat waves, drought

Extended drought conditions in several Mediterranean countries, a heat wave last week that reached northern Germany and high fuel costs for aircraft needed to fight wildfires have heightened concerns across Europe this summer

The Independent UK

Surviving a megadrought

Parts of the US have endured an epoch-defining megadrought, but continue to find ways to survive through a diverse policy-based response.

Newsroom.co.nz

Are Panthers unlikeliest team to end their playoff drought in 2022?

There are currently nine teams that haven't reached the playoffs in each of the last three seasons. Are the Panthers the least likely to end their drought?

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Beyond Reasonable Drought: Severe Aridity Helped Foster Rise Of Islam, New Study Says

This is according to a new study conducted by an international team of experts.

Zenger

Monterrey suffers weeks-long water cutoff amid drought

The industrial hub of Monterrey has long been one of Mexico’s most prosperous cities, so its almost 5 million residents were shocked when they lost the most basic of services: water

The Independent UK

Ancient stalagmites point to a massive drought that upturned 6th century Arabia

Researchers used radiometric dating to chart the historic rainfall in the southern Arabian Peninsula. They identified a significant drought that coincided with the demise of the powerful Himyarite Kingdom.

Inverse

Pookila mouse breeding program begins after drought, land clearing and predators take a toll

With fewer than 3,000 Pookila mice left in the wild in Victoria, scientists are pairing genetically diverse animals together in the hope of turning the endangered rodents' fortunes around.

ABC News

Drought still impacting on SA penguins

A new study has found the millennium drought is still impacting on penguin numbers in colonies south of Adelaide.

AAP

How to survive a megadrought: lessons from America

Large swaths of the United States have become decimated by historic drought, forcing a range of new policies and environmental projects.

Crikey

Indigenous lessons on climate change's slow-motion car crash

Indigenous communities around the world pioneered drought resilience and adaptation. As extreme heat intensifies, the world needs to heed their lessons, writes Ademola Oluborode Jeged

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California drought: ‘Smart’ water meters coming to San Jose, other Bay Area cities in latest effort to boost conservation

You’ve got a smart phone. Maybe a smart watch. Or even a smart doorbell.

Reuters

Dams, taps running dry in northern Mexico amid historic water shortages

Her elderly neighbor is hard of hearing so Maria Luisa Robles, a convenience store worker in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, shouted the question a second time: Have you run out of water?

Reuters

A Somali boy's mission to find food as climate change takes its toll

Each morning in this Somali border town, 11-year-old Bashir Nur Salat plots his day's mission behind a crooked wire fence. Armed with only a friend's yellow school shirt, a borrowed book and toothy grin, he eyes his prize through the mesh: lunch.

The Guardian - UK

‘We just pray for rain’: Niger is in the eye of the climate crisis – and children are starving

Aguié’s clinic is full of malnourished children, with more dying in villages, as the global food crisis worsens years of drought

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360info

Special Report: Cities in drought

In the grips of drought, cities are turning to innovative solutions to preserve their water supplies for the present and the future.

360info

Building resilience in Indonesia’s drought-ridden island of Java

Community engagement can ease the pressures of urban drought, but government interventions are the key to sustained change.

360info

Lessons to stop drought becoming disaster

The best of traditional and modern approaches can support each other to avoid droughts becoming disasters.

360info

Indigenous peoples have adapted to drought for millennia

Indigenous communities around the world pioneered drought resilience and adaptation. As extreme heat intensifies, the world needs to heed their lessons.

360info

From Cape Town to Santa Cruz: urban drought lessons

As cities move to secure their water supplies in the backdrop of extreme drought, two cities in two continents provide blueprints for solutions.

360info

Surviving the megadrought in Southwestern US

Parts of the United States have endured an epoch-defining megadrought, but continue to find ways to survive through a diverse policy-based response.

The Hindu

Monsoon jitters: On rain deficit and droughts

Episodes of drought in India happen when the monsoon fails in July and August

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