Browsing: Drought

Merrill Nielsen’s wheat crop looked healthy after he planted it in the fall on his 2,500-acre farm in north-central Kansas, about 50 miles west of Salina,…

It has been a tough few years for American farmers.Squeezed last year by tariffs, they lost an estimated $34.6bn when former trade partners stopped buying. Now,…

Authorities in Cyprus have urged residents to reduce their water intake by 10% – the equivalent of two minutes’ use of running water each day –…

NewsFeedThree consecutive seasons of drought have left people in Northern Kenya facing an emergency. Communities in Mandera County rely on fertile land for their livestock to…

Iran is being choked by deadly air pollution, another consequence of one of the worst droughts in decades.Tehran has for several weeks been one of the…

Record heat and drought cost Britain’s arable farmers more than £800m in lost production in 2025 in one of the worst harvests recorded, analysis has estimated.Three…

This year is proving one of the weakest for European IPOs since the financial crisis, with many EU and UK firms likely listing in the US…

October rains have been light across Somalia, a country which in recent years has found itself on the frontline of the climate crisis. The latest estimate…

Droughts have occurred throughout history, but in recent years meteorologists have discovered a new and distinct form of this old threat: flash droughts.Flash droughts came to…

Hedgehogs, salmon and birds have been put at risk by this summer’s dry conditions, Natural England has said, as drought conditions continue.The government nature watchdog addressed…