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- Drought in the Southwestern U.S. Sat, 28 Dec 24, 5:00amBy Andy May The featured image is a photograph of the Big Bend area in Texas in October 2015 when the drought index was moderately moist. The photo was taken…
- U.S. Water Woes – Northeast Wed, 18 Dec 24, 5:00pmMegalopolises need fresh clean drinking water – a lot of it. NY City needs a billion gallons a day. NY City ‘steals’ much of that water from the Catskills – at least in the opinion of the people that live there...
- The Misunderstanding of Drought Thu, 21 Nov 24, 5:00pm“Oversize plumbing pipes move water inefficiently, wasting money and increasing the risk of waterborne diseases. And water efficiency is especially important as climate change makes droughts more frequent and severe.”
- ‘I’m switched off’: frustration and fatigue as power cuts keep Ecuador in the dark Mon, 11 Nov 24, 11:00pmFacing a severe drought and reliant on hydropower, the country is enduring relentless blackouts. But experts say opportunities have been missed to adapt and diversify
- ‘Levels are dropping’: drought saps Zambia and Zimbabwe of hydropower Mon, 11 Nov 24, 4:00pmVast human-made Lake Kariba is at near-record low, causing daily power cuts and devastating two African economies
- Wrong, Grist, Climate Change Isn’t Causing a Rise in Authoritarianism Mon, 4 Nov 24, 1:00amIts not just the data that disagree with Grist’s hypothesis, anyone with a thinking mind knows that history does as well. To imply that today we are seeing more autocrats than previous centuries is laughable. According...
- Stick to Finance, Financial Times; Weather is Not Getting Worse Sun, 1 Sep 24, 7:00amThe juxtaposition throughout the article of the two discussing climate change and policy, including how people need to change the way they eat and take vacations, with frequent breaks to discuss how nice their lunch in prosperous...
- Climate Change has Decimated Societies Around the World Mon, 17 Jun 24, 7:00amAnyone arguing CO2 is driving all the climate changes and all the extreme weather events are either very ignorant of these weather dynamics, or dishonest grifters trying to manipulate your support for their political agenda!
- Met Office Warns: Extremely Wet Summer…After Warning Droughts Would Become More Frequent Thu, 30 May 24, 11:00pmClimate science keeps contradicting itself
- California’s Unprecedented Mega-Permadrought Mon, 15 Apr 24, 7:00amHydrological Drought, as opposed to Meteorological Drought, is the deux ex machina of California drought mongers
- The Lake Garda Climate-Freak-Show Disappears… Italy’s Largest Lake Now Overflowing! Thu, 11 Apr 24, 3:00amJust a year ago, the media and climate “experts”, however, were warning that Italy’s largest lake, at 370 square kilometers, risked drying up – a sure consequence of climate change, no doubt!
- Where Did That Drought Go? Thu, 4 Apr 24, 8:00pmWhile it was pouring with rain a year ago, the Environment Agency was still warning of drought!
- The Seattle Times Says Washington State is in a Serious Drought. Is this True? Fri, 29 Mar 24, 4:00amIn summary, Seattle Times ClimateLab articles are not doing anyone a favor by telling tall tales about drought and climate change. El Nino conditions are evident right now, with low snowpack but near normal precipitation. ...
- Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #591 Mon, 11 Mar 24, 9:00pm“The cavemen had the same natural resources at their disposal as we have today, and the difference between their standard of living and ours is a difference between the knowledge they could bring to bear on those resources...
- California Enjoys the Northwest’s Water (Megadrought Update) Sun, 18 Feb 24, 5:00amTwo years ago, media outlets were headlining strident messages that California had moved into a "megadrought" and that there was little hope for relief.