Drought

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• Weatherwatch: The greatest droughts in a thousand years

  19 Oct 2014: Kate Ravilious on a study showing that California’s current crippling three-year drought may be caused by the same atmospheric conditions as triggered the “Dust Bowl” of the 1930s

• California's drought creates an unexpected casualty: sports

  16 Oct 2014: As a result of the recent California drought, schools struggle to provide outdoor sports for students

• China's water dilemma between farming and growing population

  Guardian Professional, 10 Oct 2014: Water stressed China faces a dilemma between safeguarding food production and releasing water to a thirsty population, can new technology and policy reforms help?

• Drought fears across southern Australia after months of below average rainfalls

  7 Oct 2014: Bureau of Meteorology says the drought affecting Queensland and northern NSW is edging south into Victoria and SA

• Livestock insurance could protect cattle-herders in Africa from drought

  Guardian Professional, 30 Sep 2014: Using data from satellite imagery, insurers can assess the impact of drought on the vegetation that livestock need to survive. Could this be a lifeline for Kenyan farmers?

• Grow more food with less water? There's an app for that

  25 Sep 2014: With nearly 3 billion people already facing water scarcity, farmers look to both tech and tradition for ways to grow more food with less of an increasingly strained resource

• California's burning up: firefighters rush to the scene as major wildfires scorch the state

  19 Sep 2014: Eldorado national forest erupts in flames, prompting governor Jerry Brown to declare a state of emergency – with the prospect of more fires to come during California’s hot, dry autumn

• Is there such a thing as an eco-swimming pool?

  Guardian Professional, 19 Sep 2014: With widespread drought, swimming pools are seen as luxury indulgences. But from natural and moss-filtered pools to pool sharing - there are ways to be more sustainable

• Life in Timbuktu: how the ancient city of gold is slowly turning to dust

  16 Sep 2014: Once a hub of Arab-African trade, Timbuktu is now a city on the edge – with the Sahara desert encroaching, water supplies disappearing, and rebel fighters threatening new attacks. A special report by Alex Duval Smith

• Drought bites as Amazon’s ‘flying rivers’ dry up

  15 Sep 2014: Climate News Network: Deforestation and climate change responsible for forests not producing vapour clouds that bring rain to Brazil, scientists say

• California water witches see big business as the drought drags on

  15 Sep 2014: Dowsers, sometimes known as ‘water witches,’ are in high demand in drought-stricken California, where four dry years find farmers taking desperate measures

• Now climate change is affecting jobs NGOs need to nurture 'green-skills'

  Guardian Professional, 9 Sep 2014: A report shows climate change is affecting youth unemployment in south-east Asia. Is green skills training the answer? Asks Charlotte Seager

• Hollywood swimming pools – in pictures

  6 Sep 2014: As a three-year water crisis in California prompts questions about the feasibility of having your own private swimming pool in the Golden State, we take a nostalgic look back to a time when the ubiquitous back-yard oasis took centre stage in Hollywood films

• They were the last word in glamour, but has the sun set on LA's swimming pools?

  6 Sep 2014: As the state tackles a three-year water crisis, artists and academics condemn 'backyard oases' as selfish and wasteful
  
  Hollywood swimming pools – in picture

• Brazil drought crisis leads to rationing and tensions

  5 Sep 2014: Water rationed in 19 cities in southeast and central regions after usually abundant supplies run dry

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