When the climate became arid after 14 CE, famine and instances of cannibalism increased. Read more at straitstimes.com.

BEIJING--Unusually high temperatures and a prolonged drought are affecting large swaths of China, reducing crop yields and drinking water supplies. The lack of rain has been especially marked in ...

A study tracking rainfall patterns over thousands of years has found that more arid periods coincided with ages of dynastic ...

At the time, the province of Gansu in northwest China was prone to natural disasters, especially drought. In 1774, on the ...

China is planning to carry out “cloud seeding ... Local governments are preparing to spray what the publication described as “drought-resistant and water-retaining agent[s]” in ...

A lack of rainfall in northern China has raised concerns about farm production this year. A Chinese vice premier, Liu Guozhong, called for drought prevention efforts Saturday on an inspection tour ...

President Trump says the canal authority is overcharging. Recent increases are attributed in part to drought, maintenance ...