drought
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Bushfires Have Already Toasted A Staggering Amount Of Land In The US This Year
The 2017 US bushfire season is off to alarming start, with thousands of individual fires having scorched through two million acres since the start of the year. That’s nearly 10 times more land burned than what’s typically seen at this stage of the season — and a troubling sign of things to come.
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Snowfall In California Went A Long Way To Helping The State’s Drought
In just about a month, over a third of CU Boulder’s Center for Water Earth Science and Technology (CWEST) found that two storms in December and January produced enough precipitation to restore 37% of the five-year deficit in snow-water.
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It’s Going To Be A Bad Year For Pistachios
Pistachios…for now (Image: Safa.daneshvar) Eat them while you can, people. Pistachios are about to become a whole lot less available.
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Australian Researchers Just Made A Breakthrough In Growing Crops During A Drought
Drought is spreading across farmland worldwide — and it’s only going to get more intense. New research offers a clue on how we might be able to continue to grow the staples we’re used to but with much less water.