Global Heat and Drought

Yale E360
View In: Global Heat and DroughtAfter recovering from Saddam Hussein’s campaign to drain them, Iraq’s Mesopotamian Marshes are disappearing as a regional drought enters its fourth year and upstream dams cut off water flows. Marsh Arabs, resident for millennia, are leaving, and biodiversity is collapsing. Read more on E360 →

Common Dreams
View In: Global Heat and DroughtAs interlinked extreme heat and drought events grow in intensity and frequency amid the ruling class' ongoing failure to adequately slash planet-heating fossil fuel pollution, over 90% of the global population is projected to suffer the consequences in the coming decades, according to peer-reviewed researc...

Carbon Brief
View In: Global Heat and DroughtThe record-breaking heatwave that hit northern Argentina and Paraguay in early December was made about... The post Argentina’s record-breaking 2022 heatwave made ‘60 times more likely’ by climate change appeared first on Carbon Brief.

Climate crisis | The Guardian
View In: Global Heat and DroughtA camera, a lamp, a child’s tricycle … Photographer Gideon Mendel’s latest project highlights the everyday impact of the climate crisis“I was looking for a way to respond to the climate crisis for a long time,” says Gideon Mendel. Since the 1980s, the South African photographer has dedicated his caree...

Carbon Brief
View In: Global Heat and Drought“Poor tropical regions” – which contribute the least to global greenhouse gas emissions – saw... The post ‘Poor tropical regions’ suffer greatest economic damage from worsening heatwaves appeared first on Carbon Brief.

Grist
View In: Global Heat and DroughtThe Northeast's 'flash drought' is a reminder that dryness isn't just a U.S. West problem.