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The weird weather that entrenched Californias drought
2016-06-15 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Several months after storms fueled by a fierce El Nio exploded over the northern Sierra Nevada, California's mountain snowpack has nearly disappeared. Scientists bid adieu last week to an El Nio that had been among the strongest on record, but that brought disappointingly few wintertime snowflakes and raindrops to the Southwest. Snow that bucketed down in northern California during a string of March storms has largely withered during a sunny and warm spring. Snow-free conditions in late May...
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Drought Dries Up Money from Honey
2016-06-15 15:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: "It is everything" is how smallholder farmer Nyovane Ndlovu describes beekeeping, which has long been an alternative sweet source of income for drought-beaten farmers in Zimbabwe. A drought worsened by the El Nino phenomenon -- which has now eased -- led to a write-off of crops in many parts of Zimbabwe and across the Southern Africa region where more than 28 million people will need food aid this year. More than four million people need assistance in Zimbabwe, which has made an international...
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Seeds for Supper as Drought Intensifies in South Madagascar
2016-06-14 13:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Havasoa Philomene did not have any maize when the harvesting season kicked off at the end of May since like many in the Greater South of Madagascar, she had already boiled and eaten all her seeds due to the ongoing drought. Here, thousands of children are living on wild cactus fruits in spite of the severe constipation that they cause, but in the face of the most severe drought witnessed yet, Malagasy people have resorted to desperate measures just to survive. "We received maize seeds in January...
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Rainfall following drought linked to historic nitrate levels in Midwest streams in 2013
2016-06-08 05:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Drought periods followed by rainfall caused nitrate levels to increase to the highest ever measured in some Midwest streams during a 2013 study, according to a U.S. Geological Survey report published today in the Journal of Environmental Quality. Nitrate, a form of nitrogen, is a common pollutant in U.S. streams and groundwater. Excessive concentrations in streams and lakes can adversely affect biological communities and spur algal growth, which can lead to harmful algal blooms and deplete oxygen...
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Warming world: Can India cope with drought?
2016-06-07 11:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: With an estimated 300 million in 256 districts across India afflicted by recent droughts, the government needs a wide range of plans to cope with future events. Severe heat waves intensified across northern and parts of western India when temperature in some places rose to above 50C. The meteorological department issued a warning of likelihood of further intensification of temperature, pointing to the impact of worsening climate change. These changes led to drought like situations for two...
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