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Drought, heat waves could worsen air pollution for vulnerable communities

LOS ANGELES — Within just a few years, California endured its driest three-year period on record and its hottest September in history — a brutal summer month that nearly broke the state's overtaxed electric grid.

Los Angeles Times

Water ban in drought-stricken Tunisia adds to growing crisis

Risk of unrest rises amid fourth dry year, poor grain harvest, weak economy and likely food subsidy cuts

The Guardian - UK

Spring brings commerce, concerns for states along Mississippi River

DUBUQUE, Iowa — As Old Man River slowly awakens from its winter slumber, eagles work the edges of the opening channels and marina docks groan as the slow current wrestles the ice. Anglers — and an occasional whitetail deer — tread cautiously on the big river.

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Listen, science indicates your plants may be screaming

We now have the first research evidence that plants can make airborne sounds, heard up to a few metres away.

Newcastle Herald

Drought-ravaged California sees one of the largest snowpacks on record

Experts think snowpack will be either the first or second biggest documented in 70 years after winter of extreme storms

The Guardian - US

California’s snowpack is among the deepest ever. Now get ready for perilous ‘big melt’

LOS ANGELES — California’s wet and wintry start to the year has resulted in perhaps the deepest snowpack recorded in more than 70 years, officials said Monday.

Los Angeles Times

NSW winery accused of stealing water during drought

NSW authorities have charged a border-region winery after it allegedly stole 161 Olympic pools worth of irrigation water via an illegal pipeline.

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Maharashtra farmers' 'Mission 500' movement gets UN recognition

MUMBAI: "Mission 500 Crore Litre Water Storage”, a farmers' movement that works on a basic principle -- "of the people, by the people, for the people" -- in Maharashtra received an honour of being part of the United Nations Water Conference 2023 at New York. Movement that has simple creative…

The Times of India

Bill Madden: Mets get early reminder of old baseball adage ‘you never have enough pitching’

NEW YORK — That age-old baseball lament — “You never have enough pitching” — could not ring more true for the Mets as they embark on their mission to end their 37-year championship drought.

Tribune News Service

Mikel Arteta hails Gabriel Jesus after he ends goal drought with Arsenal brace

Jesus’ comeback has been a gradual one but it was completed just at the right time as he shone in a 4-1 win.

The Independent UK

Climate crisis: Mum buries toddler by the roadside in drought-hit Somalia

"We didn’t have enough to feed them and they succumbed"

Belfast Live

Drought or no drought? California left pondering after record winter deluge

Severe storms may have filled reservoirs but in the Golden State, a dry spell is ‘always lurking in the background’

The Guardian - US

Broncos enter 2023 with NFL’s 2nd-longest active playoff drought

The Broncos haven't reached the playoffs in seven years, the NFL's 2nd-longest active drought, tied for 5th-longest among U.S. sports teams.

USA Today Sports Media Group

New TV show details animals' heartbreaking struggle to survive drought in Africa’s savannas

If life isn’t harsh enough for the animals of Kenya, their plight has been worsened by the longest drought in the country for 20 years

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SI’s MLB Experts Pick Which Teams Could End World Series Droughts This Season

Will it be the Mariners, Padres, Guardians or Yankees? Our baseball experts weigh in.

The Independent UK

To conserve, Nevada may try to buy back groundwater rights

Lawmakers in Nevada are considering a bill to allow the state to buy groundwater rights in diminished basins so nobody could use them again

The Independent UK

England hit by wettest March in more than 40 years – Met Office

Figures show Wales and Northern Ireland also had one of their top 10 wettest Marches on record.

Reuters

Tunisia to cut off public water supplies overnight due to drought

Tunisia will cut off water supplies to citizens for seven hours a night in response to the country's worst drought on record, state water distribution company SONEDE said in a statement on Friday.

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Tunisia Introduces Water Quota System Due to Severe Drought

Tunisia on Friday introduced a quota system for potable water and banned its use in agriculture until Sept. 30 in response to a severe drought that has hit the country, the agriculture ministry said. Tunisia, which is suffering a fourth straight year of serious drought, recorded a drop in its…

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California snowpack reaches all-time high after 17 atmospheric rivers

Half of the state is no longer considered to be in drought following the onslaught of storms, new data shows.

Daily Mirror

New York Jets take over unwanted record as Sacramento end 16-year Play-Off wait

The Sacramento Kings finally surrendered their unwanted record of 16 years without a play-off appearance, meaning the New York Jets now have the longest active drought in North American sports.

The Conversation

Attention plant killers: new research shows your plants could be silently screaming at you

If you’re like me, you’ve managed to kill even the hardiest of indoor plants (yes, despite a doctorate in plant biology). But imagine a world where your plants actually told you exactly when they needed watering. This thought, as it turns out, may not be so silly after all.

Sports Illustrated

Jets Have Longest Playoff Drought in Big Four Sports

The Kings surrendered their spot on the list after making the playoffs on Wednesday.

Radio France Internationale

Macron rolls out water-saving plan as record drought saps resources

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday unveiled a water crisis plan for sharing, reusing and saving an historically abundant resource that's grown increasingly scarce as the country rushes to limit the impacts of an enduring drought.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Michael Jordan’s Hornets now have the NBA’s longest playoff drought after Kings make postseason

Maybe the Hornets should try lighting a beam to turn things around.

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