Tag: Water Shortages

Climate change to challenge US military

Climate change will pose profound strategic challenges to the United States in coming decades, raising the prospect of military

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Water crisis in parched northern China

The river has dried up, the well yields only dust, and Li Yunxi is hard pressed to irrigate his

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Climate change deal crucial for Pacific: Rudd

Striking a new global deal to reduce the impact of climate change is crucial to the future of vulnerable

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The Big Dry: ‘Wicked’ warming dries Australian rivers to historic lows

Climate change is combining with Australia's record-breaking drought to strangle the nation's largest river system, threatening to devastate food

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California facing worst drought in history

State officials reported a Sierra Nevada snowpack smaller than normal on Thursday and said California may be at the

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Water shortage cripples Palestinian farming

BARDALA, West Bank (Reuters) - In the plains around the village of Bardala, the Israeli-Palestinian tug-of-war over land and

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Scientists warn G8 of climate peril to food

PARIS (AFP) - Scientists from Group of Eight countries and the five biggest emerging nations urged next month's G8

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Report says China consumes twice its supply

BEIJING - China consumes more than double what its natural resources can supply, a report by Chinese and international

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Climate change threat to US crops and water

The US south-west, a region that is experiencing one of the fastest rates of population growth, faces dramatic challenges

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Rapidly Melting Mountain Snow and Glaciers bring for water shortages

VIENNA, April 14 (Reuters) - Glaciers and mountain snow are melting earlier in the year than usual, meaning the

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