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

The number of vessels that passed through the Panama Canal, the world's second busiest waterway, fell to an average of 32.6 ...

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

Drought changes and the underlying causes have ... and stronger severity across middle- and low-latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, specifically, Mongolia, China and Central Asia expanding along ...

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

The Kremlin's expectations that "friendly" countries would step in to replace Western investors have been in vain, reports ...

Drought is a prolonged, abnormally dry period when the amount of available water is insufficient to meet our normal use. Drought is not simply low rainfall; if it was, much of inland Australia would ...

In this episode of Newstrack with Rahul Kanwal, watch as panellists decode Delhi assembly exit poll results. In this episode of Newstrack with Rahul Kanwal, watch as panellists decode Delhi assembly ...

About 95% of Ventura County is in a moderate drought, the first of four drought categories, according to data as of Tuesday on Drought.gov. The remaining county, or 4.73%, is under a severe ...

Feb. 6, 2025 — A study has identified key genetic pathways in corn that help its roots branch out to find water in soil; the varieties adapted to temperate regions like the U.S. corn belt showed ...

EARLY rainfall this year has failed to ease the drought in much of southern Spain despite improved reservoir levels. While the north of Spain has overcome drought, Malaga and Alicante’s water ...