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As floods damage crops,locals survive on mangoes
I t is seven months since flooding from the Shire River buried Joseph Yona’s one-acre crop field in silt. Hundreds of farmers ...
Berkshire Eagle13h
The threat of wildfires is growing as drought is now rated ‘severe’ in most of the Berkshires
The U.S. Drought Monitor has upgraded most of the Berkshires to its heightened danger category, and no rainfall is in sight ...
Is the drought affecting Christmas tree growth in Western Pennsylvania?
While the drought has been wreaking havoc on farmers, leaving fields brown and dead, on Christmas tree farms, most trees are ...
Drought reaches ‘critical’ level in Massachusetts
The severe drought has worsened in Massachusetts, expanding beyond the Boston metropolitan area to now include central and ...
The Heritage Foundation7d
Defying Predictions: How Increased CO2 and Innovation Are Mitigating Effects of Drought on U.S. Crops and Forest Productivity
Crop yields have increased steadily since 1960 because of the development of drought-tolerant varieties ... in the western U.S. has shown little overlap between these patches of dead trees and major, ...
White smokers on the lake floor: Spectacular chimneys discovered in the Dead Sea
In an interdisciplinary research project coordinated by the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), researchers ...
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Deadly floods in Spain destroy fruit and veg crops sold in UK
The Association of Agricultural Empresarios, one of Spain’s largest farmer groups, said it expected significant damage to ...
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White smokers on the lake floor
In an interdisciplinary research project coordinated by the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), researchers ...
Maine experiencing ‘abnormally dry’ fall, heightened wildfire concerns
About 74% of the state was abnormally dry or in a moderate drought at the end of October, making it easier for wildfires to ...
A minor drought broken, a major one remembered
The last summer rain fell on central Arkansas on Sept. 16. After that, we had no rain until Saturday, Oct. 26. I have only western windows in my residence. They face the high orange brick base of a ...
The New Republic on MSN2d
The Woman Who Defined the Great Depression
Babb’s observations of rural poverty, particularly during the Depression and the Dust Bowl, would filter through the ...