Tag: Water Shortages

Natural disasters displacing millions

Floods, storms, drought and other climate-related natural disasters drove 20 million people from their homes last year, nearly four

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Kenya’s famous elephants die of drought, poaching

NAIROBI, Kenya -- Poaching and drought-related hunger have killed more than 100 of Kenya's famous elephants in the north

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Melting ice will trigger wave of natural disasters

Scientists at a London conference next week will warn of earthquakes, avalanches and volcanic eruptions as the atmosphere heats

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Half of India affected by extreme drought

Below normal monsoon rains have been responsible for the drought Nearly half of India's districts have been hit by

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Sea of Galilee drying up

A dwindling water supply in the Sea of Galilee is pushing Israel to increase its use of desalination plants,

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UK Crops May Have To Relocate

Agricultural crops in Britain may need to be moved to new areas as the threat of both drought and

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Kenya rainmakers called to the rescue

Long vilified as sorcerers, Kenya's Nganyi rainmakers -- with meteorological equipment consisting of trees, pots and herbs -- are

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World’s deltas subsiding, says study

Two-thirds of the world's major deltas, home to nearly half a billion people, are caught in the scissors of

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Turkey to up Euphrates flow to Iraq

Turkey has agreed to up the flow of water along the Euphrates river to Iraq for a month, Baghdad

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Mexico Now Enduring Worst Drought in Years

MEXICO CITY - Mexico is enduring its worst drought in six decades. Crops are drying up in the fields

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