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European Commission map of drought conditions across South America from February 2023 to January 2024.. The 2023–2024 South American drought refers to an ongoing drought across several states of Brazil in addition to Peru, Bolivia, and Colombia, which has led to several significant impacts including record low water levels, significant water shortages, sweeping crop failures, and widespread ...
[15] [16] In mid-January 2023, weather forecasts regarding the probable occurrence of the El Niño phenomenon in 2023 and 2024 were published in various media. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] [ 19 ] Given that Earth's average temperature has already increased by 1.2 °C since pre-industrial times, a large enough El Niño event in 2023-2024 could even push the ...
The GPCC drought index provides SPEI datasets at a 1.0° spatial resolution for limited timescales (1, 3, 6, 9, 12, 24, and 48 months). [5] Inputs to SPEI datasets can include high-resolution potential evapotranspiration (PET) from the Global Land Evaporation Amsterdam Model (GLEAM) and hourly Potential Evapotranspiration (hPET). GLEAM is a set ...
Annual forecast from the Met Office says next year could be around 1.2C above pre-industrial temperatures, making it one of the warmest on record. 2023 forecast to be 10th year in a row that hits ...
Satellite images reveal the impact of the long drought on one of the country's main water sources.
Scientists said that this increased the drought risk for other regions of England. [12] It was the wettest March in over 40 years for England and Wales. [13] According to South West Water, Devon and Cornwall are experiencing the driest conditions in nearly 90 years. [14] From 25 April 2023, South West Water extended a hosepipe ban to parts of ...
Known for its glowing swaths of yellow, orange and red, the U.S. Drought Monitor has warned farmers, residents and officials throughout the nation of impending water scarcity every week since 1999
2023's June-July-August season was the warmest on record globally by a large margin, as El Niño conditions continued to develop. [16] September 2023 was the warmest September on record globally, with an average surface air temperature 0.5 °C above the temperature of the previous warmest September (2020). [17]