The Latest Breaking News from Drought

Data shows a threefold increase in internal displacement across the African continent since 2009, with flooding and drought posing a growing threat

Hydropower production in Canada is plummeting as extreme weather linked to climate change, particularly sudden swings between drought and flood, hampers output while threatening the structure of dams themselves.

Data from NASA satellites show a plunge in freshwater on Earth since May 2014, with 13 of the 30 most powerful droughts across the globe having taken place since January 2015.

Cameron Smith will arrive in Melbourne with an itch to scratch after falling short in a final-round shootout for the second time in two weeks.

The U.S. Northeast is experiencing an unusually severe and widespread drought during months that are typically the wettest

We are used to seasonal droughts in the Karoo. But this did not stop. This is Sybil’s story

Spain is increasingly either parched or flooded – and one group is profiting from these extremes: the water-grabbing multinational companies forcing angry citizens to pay for it in bottles

Drought conditions expanded to record-breaking levels across the US during the month of October as temperatures also climbed to record highs.

December arabica coffee (KCZ24 ) Wednesday closed up +15.55 (+5.56%), and January ICE robusta coffee (RMF25 ) closed up +142 (+3.05%). Coffee prices on Wednesday settled sharply higher, with arabica soaring to a 13-year nearest-futures high. Concern about longer-term coffee crop damage due to Brazilian drought conditions fueled fund buying...

December arabica coffee (KCZ24 ) today is up +13.10 (+4.68%), and January ICE robusta coffee (RMF25 ) is up +138 (+2.96%). Coffee prices today are sharply higher, with arabica soaring to a 13-year nearest-futures high. Concern about longer-term coffee crop damage due to Brazilian drought conditions pushes prices sharply higher....

Scientists have found new evidence that desertification, potentially linked to global warming, leads to large amounts of nutrient-rich dust landing in the sea, causing ocean algae to grow rapidly. Biological oceanographer John A. Gittings and an international group of researchers have found an example of this phenomenon in the Indian…