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Matt Calkins: End of Mariners' playoff drought never in doubt for always-positive Rick Rizzs

SEATTLE — On a scale of 1 to Rick Rizzs, how much joy did you feel Friday when Cal Raleigh clinched a playoff berth for the Mariners?

Tribune News Service

From drought babies to rain babies, families in western Queensland welcome drenching

In a change from dry conditions, families whose babies were born during the drought are now welcoming "rain babies" born in the record-breaking wet.

ABC News

EPA will center climate change response in Texas on sea level rise, floods, drought and severe storms

The federal agency plans to increase efforts to help states adapt to the effects of climate change most damaging to each region.

The Texas Tribune

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Thursday briefing: How food prices and the climate crisis brought famine to Somalia once more

In today’s newsletter: One million people have already been displaced by the country’s second famine in just over ten years. This is how Somalia found itself in a dire situation once again

The Guardian - UK

Climate change fingerprints found all over this summer's scorching droughts

Global warming made drought conditions that gripped much of the Northern Hemisphere 20 times more likely, study finds.

Axios

Climate change made summer drought 20 times more likely

Widespread drought that dried up large parts of Europe, the United States and China this past summer was made 20 times more likely by climate change, according to a new study

The Independent UK

Climate crisis made summer drought 20 times more likely, scientists find

Record northern hemisphere drought in 2022 hit crops and power stations, worsening food and energy crises

The Guardian - UK

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Megadroughts helped topple ancient empires. We’ve found their traces in Australia’s past, and expect more to come

Most Australians have known drought in their lifetimes, and have memories of cracked earth and empty streams, paddocks of dust and stories of city reservoirs with only a few weeks’ storage. But our new research finds over the last 1,000 years, Australia has suffered longer, larger and more severe droughts…

The Conversation

Thousands of salmon found dead as Canada drought dries out river

A lack of rain on the western coasts saw 65,000 dead salmon wash up on the creek

The Guardian - US

First Thing: Trump asks supreme court to intervene in Mar-a-Lago dispute

Appellate court ruling prevented special master from examining 100 files seized from Mar-a-Lago. Plus, a record-breaking pumpkin

The Guardian - UK

'So many children dying': Somalia drought brings famine near

Somalia is in the midst of the worst drought anyone there can remember

The Independent UK

California’s three-year drought continues with no relief in sight

Despite some rainfall, state is still suffering from an extreme water shortage driven by the climate crisis – and La Niña may worsen it

The Guardian - US

The biggest victim of the great California water crisis isn't cities or farmers

LOS ANGELES — As California fast approaches what is likely to be a fourth year of punishing drought, residents are being asked to cut their water use to historic lows. But while city dwellers are rising to the occasion — including record reductions in Los Angeles in August — urban…

Los Angeles Times

Kenya lifts ban on genetically modified crops in response to drought

Kenya has lifted a ban on genetically modified crops in response the worst drought to affect the East African region in 40 years, with authorities hoping it will improve crop yields and food security.

Reuters

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The Independent UK

California wells run dry as drought depletes groundwater

As California’s drought deepens, more rural communities are running out of water

Los Angeles Times

California suffering through driest 3 years ever recorded, with no relief in sight

LOS ANGELES — California's drought has become the state's driest three-year period on record, surpassing that of 2013-15 — and a fourth dry year is looking increasingly likely, officials said Monday.

The Independent UK

Nebraska Sandhills wildfire razes camp, prompts evacuation

A wildfire raging in drought-stricken west-central Nebraska has destroyed much of a youth campsite and led officials to evacuate a nearby village

The Independent UK

California braces for dry winter as Western drought drags on

California's dry streak is unlikely to break this winter

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Chicago Sun-Times

Alabama returns to No. 1 in AP College Football Poll

With Kansas’ return to the Top 25, Illinois now has the longest ranking drought.

Liverpool Echo

'I knew it would come' - Dwight McNeil reflects on first Everton goal and makes 'drought' admission

Summer arrival Dwight McNeil scored his first goal in over 18 months to give Everton back-to-back wins

The Guardian - US

The end of a way of life? Ranchers struggle to survive the south-west’s megadrought

Farmers are being forced to sell off parts of herds and seeing cows perish as drought conditions worsen. Some worry is this is the end of the road for ranching in the region

The Guardian - UK

With ever hotter UK summers it’s time to rethink the future of grass

This summer saw vast tracts of parks and lawns scorched by drought in the UK, but more watering is not a sustainable solution. Patrick Barkham asks what the future holds for grass

USA Today Sports Media Group

Jets now have second-longest postseason drought among major sports

Jets' streak of playoff futility gets a little more gas now that the Seattle Mariners have made the playoffs.

AAP

Eels seek 2001-style ambush to win NRL GF

Parramatta remain outsiders for the NRL grand final but could find inspiration from one of the darkest days of their 36-year title drought to beat Penrith.

Sports Illustrated

‘Let’s F—ing Party’: The Mariners Finally End Their 21-Year Playoff Drought

After two decades of bad decisions and bad bounces and bad play, it’s time for Seattle baseball to celebrate again.

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