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New research shows global warming has become the dominant driver of worsening drought in the western United States. ... of course, all the other climate change problems, like more and bigger ...
Deficit irrigation (DI) is a watering strategy that can be applied by different types of irrigation application methods. The correct application of DI requires thorough understanding of the yield response to water (crop sensitivity to drought stress) and of the economic impact of reductions in harvest. [1]
The drought is largely driven by temperature, which increases the rate of evaporation, with some contribution from the lack of precipitation. The several wet years since 2000 were not sufficient to end the drought. Researchers calculated that without climate change-induced evaporation, the precipitation in 2005 would have broken the drought.
Three years of drought have left West Lake 6 feet below it usual level, prompting the Osceola Water Works board this month to ask residents to restrict their water use. The city can safely pull ...
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A drought is a period of drier-than-normal conditions. [1]: 1157 A drought can last for days, months or years. Drought often has large impacts on the ecosystems and agriculture of affected regions, and causes harm to the local economy.
That’s because, he believes, the only real solution to Arizona’s problem is to restrict water allocation. Mendez himself has introduced and co-sponsored a number of bills on climate change in ...
[1] [2] The drought was one of the worst in the region's history and led the South African government to declare the region a "disaster area" in October 2019. [ 3 ] A local hydrologist , Gideon Groenewald, has stated that it could be the worst drought the area as experienced in one thousand years [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and has had serious negative ...