The arid Rio Grande basin could become even drier » Yale Climate Connections
Transcript: The Rio Grande once reliably flowed from the mountains in Colorado across the deserts of New Mexico…
Environmental groups warn of dire impacts after Colorado River negotiators miss another deadline
By Scott Franz/KUNC Fears are growing in the Colorado River basin about the prospect of painful water cuts,…
Heaviest outback rain in decades forecast to reach SA, NSW and Victorian farmers
The driest belt of Australia is in the middle of its wettest month in decades, and weather modelling…
How Politics Shapes Who Lives and Who Dies
The necropolitics of climate change Cameroonian historian Achille Mbembe introduced the idea of “necropolitics” to explain how some…
A warm winter has shrunk the snowpack in California’s Sierra Nevada
An extraordinarily warm and mostly sunny January has left the snowpack across California’s Sierra Nevada far smaller than…
Insights from Kaustubh Thirumalai on Ganga Basin Droughts
In our study, we use MADA data alongside a hydrological model (to convert MADA dryness / wetness into…
Trump administration approves plan backed by Newsom to build largest California reservoir in 50 years
The Trump administration on Friday gave its approval for plans to build Sites Reservoir, a vast 13-mile-long off-stream…
Uruguay on alert: water crisis worsens due to lack of rain and high temperatures
In light of the lack of rainfall projected for the beginning of 2026, the government activates emergency protocols…
Hungary’s Famous Thermal Baths Are Saving the Country’s Famous Grasslands from Desertification
Wells in the Hortobágy National Park Puszta, with a stable – credit Self2 CC 2.0., via Wikimedia Drought…
‘It’s getting worse year after year’: Could water from Hungary’s thermal spas save arid farmland?
By Justin Spike with AP Published on 29/12/2025 – 12:30 GMT+1 Oszkár Nagyapáti climbs to the bottom of a sandy pit…
How local farmers are refusing to let Hungary dry out
In the Homokhátság region of southern Hungary, a group of farmers and volunteers is fighting rapid desertification using…
How Climate Change Could Help Foster Peace in Yemen
Yemen’s tragedy is traditionally depicted through the limited perspective of humanitarian need and political divisiveness, but there is…