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A drought is a period of drier-than-normal conditions. [1]: 1157 A drought can last for days, months or years.Drought often has large impacts on the ecosystems and agriculture of affected regions, and causes harm to the local economy.
In 2024 the World Meteorological Organization published a report saying that climate change had severely destabilized water cycle during the year 2023, causing both stronger rainfall and stronger drought. The world’s rivers had their driest year in at least 30 years and many of the world’s major river basins were drying up like the basins ...
The Western Governors' Association described the need for NIDIS in a 2004 report, Creating a Drought Early Warning System for the 21st Century: The National Integrated Drought Information System. The NIDIS Act calls for an interagency, multi-partner approach to drought monitoring, forecasting, and early warning, led by the National Oceanic and ...
Department of Workforce Solutions Cabinet Secretary Sarita Nair wrote in an email Monday the state's infrastructure needs to be upgraded to "better withstand extreme heat, drought and flooding."
In arid New Mexico, rural towns eye treated oil wastewater as a solution to drought. Valerie Volcovici. September 11, 2024 at 6:06 AM. By Valerie Volcovici.
Similarly, it was found that climate change had intensified drought conditions in Southern Africa in 2007, which elevated food prices and caused "acute food insecurity" in the country of Lesotho. Agriculture in Southern Africa was also adversely affected by drought after climate change intensified the effects of 2014–2016 El Niño event.
Even so, Ohio's recent drought has not affected any planting recommendations, Raudenbush said Monday. He did note that any planting recommendations vary due to different factors and depend on any ...
In late 2007, NIDIS launched the U.S. Drought Portal, or drought.gov, a website that pulls together many federal, state, and academic resources for monitoring drought. [9] [10] In January 2021, NIDIS worked with NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information to launch a completed redesigned U.S. Drought Portal. The new website features ...