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An unusually dry year. Using Landsat satellite data, researchers can determine that Mexico's current drought is more widespread than its last one in 2011 because it affected two regions, the north ...
Climate change has caused many people in Mexico who depend on agriculture for employment to experience economic insecurity. "Wheat production for Mexico is expected to decline by 12% under the future RCP 8.5 climate change scenario with additional losses of 7 to 18% because of O3 impact," according to a July 2019 article. [25]
The largest state of Mexico has a dry or semi-dry climate at the best of times, but has faced unusually low rainfall levels in recent years. ... but amid the drought farmers have decided to leave ...
As of the start of May, 82% of Mexico was experiencing conditions ranging from abnormally dry to exceptional drought, according to the North American Drought Monitor. The worst category of drought ...
Enduring the worst drought in 70 years, the Cutzamala basin is only at 47% of its capacity, [9] and the water level of the basin continues to fall. [4] Providing a fifth of Mexico's water, [7] the poor infrastructural state of the aged system underscores a loss of 40% or 6,000 litres of water every second before reaching Mexico. [10]
Rainfall is highly variable and droughts are frequent. The states most affected by drought, as measured by the agricultural area affected by drought, are Chihuahua, Mexico and Zacatecas. [7] A little over 70% of rainwater in Mexico is lost through evapotranspiration and returns to the atmosphere. The rest runs off rivers and streams or ...
Mexican officials imposed severe, monthslong cuts to Mexico City's water supply at midnight Friday, acting just a month after initial restrictions were ordered as drought dries the capital's ...
The 2012–2013 North American drought, an expansion of the 2010–2013 Southern United States drought, originated in the midst of a record-breaking heat wave.Low snowfall amounts in winter, coupled with the intense summer heat from La Niña, caused drought-like conditions to migrate northward from the southern United States, wreaking havoc on crops and water supply. [1]