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

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

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 ...

The cold wave is expected to cause temperatures to plummet by between 8 C and 14 C across large parts of the country from Friday to Monday, and unseasonably low temperatures are likely to shift as far ...

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 ...

Hydropower, China's second-largest power source, grew at its fastest in a decade, but that came off a low base as the sector recovered from a punishing drought in 2023. "Around September ...

This comes after a challenging 2024 maize production season marked by drought, according to the Agricultural Business Chamber (Agbiz). The South African Cereals and Oilseeds Trade Association ...