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History against England amid long drought Down Under

England must win three straight Tests in Australia to regain the Ashes, but the reality is the tourists haven't won a single Test in the country for 5458 days.

AAP

Tabletop tomatoes and drought-resistant roses tipped as 2026’s top garden trends

RHS predicts big shift in gardening habits as green-fingered Britons adapt to climate breakdown

The Guardian - UK

Cole Palmer Reveals Worrying Injury Reality After Ending 333-Day Drought

Enzo Maresca warned that Palmer is unlikely to feature in Chelsea’s next fixture.

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Leishman rides like the wind to claim Vic PGA title

Australian golfer Marc Leishman has broken a 17-year title drought in Australia by claiming a nail-biting one-shot victory at the Victorian PGA Championship.

AAP

‘Hot droughts’ could push the Amazon into a hypertropical climate by 2100 - and trees won’t survive

A hypertropical climate has not occurred on Earth in at least 10 million years.

Euronews

World Cup winner reveals what Thomas Tuchel’s England must do to end trophy drought

England will be looking to win their first major trophy in 60 years at the 2026 World Cup

The Independent UK

Amazon rainforest is transitioning to a 'hypertropical' climate — and trees won't survive that for long

The Amazon rainforest currently has a few days or weeks of hot drought conditions per year, but researchers say this could increase to 150 days per year by 2100.

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Water provider lifts hosepipe ban early following wet November

The water firm was the first UK firm to impose a hosepipe ban

The Independent UK

First rain of autumn falls in Iran's capital, but the drought-ravaged nation needs far more

Rain has finally fallen in Iran's capital after months of drought

The Independent UK

Trump Threatens 5% Tariff and $12B Bailout for Farmers Amid Tensions with Mexico Over Water Disputes

US President Donald Trump has warned Mexico of a 5% tariff increase to pressure compliance with water-sharing treaties affecting Texan farmers amid a Mexican drought.

International Business Times UK

Modern humans unfairly blamed for extinction of Indonesia’s ‘hobbits’, scientists say

Previous research linked disappearance of small-brained species to arrival of homo sapiens

The Independent UK

Drought hit areas begin to recover after surge in rainfall, officials say

The Midlands has now moved out of drought status and into recovery.

Evening Standard

South Africa’s water, energy and food crisis: why fixing one means fixing them all

South Africa faces serious water, energy and food problems. Drought, overuse and ageing infrastructure strain water supplies. Coal-fired electricity is not sustainable in the long term and causes high greenhouse gas emissions. Tens of millions of people can’t afford enough food because of rising prices. These crises are interconnected: water…

The Conversation

'Climate whiplash': East Africa caught between floods and drought

At dawn in the town of Mai Mahiu, Kenya, all is quiet. No goat bells ring, no voices call across farm fields, there is no rustle of maize leaves in the morning wind. Instead, the air smells of churned mud and uprooted vegetation, a reminder of the April 2024 floods…

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Kiwis eyeing drought-busting Australian Open title

The Australian Open is to Kiwi golf players what Eden Park is to the Wallabies, with Ryan Fox and Daniel Hillier hopeful of making history at Royal Melbourne.

The Conversation

Iran’s record drought and cheap fuel have sparked an air pollution crisis – but the real causes run much deeper

Air pollution is the latest environmental crisis causing havoc across Iran. Large parts of the country are already suffering from a drought, one of the worst in decades. Its wetlands are dry, and its land is subsiding at alarming rates.

LiveScience

Collapse of key Atlantic current could bring extreme drought to Europe for hundreds of years, study finds

Scientists modeled Europe's future if a key Atlantic current were to collapse and found that the continent faces a much drier future.

The Guardian - UK

UK farmers lose £800m after heat and drought cause one of worst harvests on record

Many now concerned about ability to make living in fast-changing climate after one of worst grain harvests recorded

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Iran’s president calls for moving its drought-stricken capital amid a worsening water crisis – how Tehran got into water bankruptcy

Fall marks the start of Iran’s rainy season, but large parts of the country have barely seen a drop as the nation faces one of its worst droughts in decades. Several key reservoirs are nearly dry, and Tehran, the nation’s capital, is facing an impending “Day Zero” – when the…

The Guardian - UK

Sri Lanka braced for more damage after torrential rain kills hundreds across Asia

Meanwhile, Iran grapples with one of worst droughts and temperatures fall 10C below normal in US

LiveScience

Decades-long droughts doomed one of the world's oldest civilizations

A series of lengthy droughts brought about the fall of the Indus Valley Civilization, a new study finds.

The Independent UK

The village enduring climate catastrophe as Trump’s aid cuts bite

ON THE GROUND: Nick Ferris visits families forced from their home due to flooding in Ethiopia’s northern Afar region – who say they have been largely deserted by humanitarian organisations as aid cuts have taken hold this year

The Independent UK

Pistachio farms in Syria survived the war - only to be hit by climate change

INDEPENDENT ARABIA: Pistachio farmers in northern Syria are facing one of their toughest seasons yet, as drought, pests and rising costs threaten a crop long considered the country’s “red gold”, Mustafa Rostom reports

The Conversation

What do trees remember?

The Feanedock Oak stands out so clearly in Derbyshire’s section of the National Forest, you’d think it was calling to you. Surrounded by open fields, hawthorn hedges and young beech forest, a majestic old oak like this anchors the English countryside.

The Guardian - UK

Climate crisis or a warning from God? Iranians desperate for answers as water dries up

As rainy season fails to bring relief, authorities try cloud seeding – while others across the country pray for a miracle

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