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Drought
Extreme rainfall which triggered deadly flooding across West Africa this year was made “about 80 times more likely” by human-caused climate chang... Read More
From deadly floods in Nigeria to devastating drought in Somalia, Africa has faced a run of severe – and sometimes unprecedented – extreme weather... Read More
The droughts seen across the northern hemisphere this summer were made “at least 20 times more likely” by human-caused climate change, according ... Read More
In the early 2000s, a new field of climate-science research emerged that began to explore the human fingerprint on extreme weather, such as floods, h... Read More
Three-quarters of the Amazon rainforest has lost “resilience” since 2003 – making it more vulnerable to extreme events such as droughts – acc... Read More
At least 40% of the European Union’s agricultural imports will be “highly vulnerable” to drought by 2050, new research finds. The paper, pub... Read More
Update on 09/03/2022: This paper has been retracted by the authors after an error was discovered in their approach, which “alter[ed] some results... Read More
Economic damages from droughts in the EU and UK could rise by one third by the end of the century, new research finds – even if warming is limited ... Read More
Lesotho is one of the least developed countries in southern Africa and has a precarious food security balance. Almost all of its main staple food of ... Read More
Climate change has driven an “alarming” increase in the number of years with both heatwaves and droughts across the US over the past five decades... Read More
Human-caused climate change has “intensified” patterns of extreme rainfall and drought across the globe, a new study finds. There is a detecta... Read More
