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Is eastern Africa's drought the worst in recent history? And are worse yet to come?

Large areas of Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya are currently in the grip of a severe drought. An estimated 16.7 million people face acute food insecurity. That’s more than the combined populations of Austria and Switzerland.

The Conversation

Milan to turn off fountain spigots as drought bakes Italy

The mayor of Milan has signed an ordinance turning off public decorative fountains and limiting water sprinklers as northern Italy endures one of the worst droughts in decades

The Independent UK

An "unprecedented" sriracha shortage

Don't fret about the condiment drought! Here's how to turn up the heat at home

Salon

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UN officials: Afghan quake adds to emergencies in country

Senior UN officials say the earthquake in Afghanistan has added another emergency facing the country, which is also confronting its worst drought in 30 years and massive poverty

The Independent UK

Bleacher Report ‘sells’ on Giants being a playoff team in 2022

The New York Giants' playoff drought will extend to six years after failing to qualify again in 2022, says Bleacher Report.

USA Today Sports Media Group

The 40 best songs of 2022 so far

Inflation. Drought. Long COVID. Six months in, 2022 appears eager to match the chaos of the last few years of the decade. Yet as always great songs have helped get us through — some old (Kate Bush’s resurrected “Running Up That Hill”), some brand-new (Beyoncé's “Break My Soul,” which dropped…

Los Angeles Times

Tear out your lawn, check. Drought-tolerant plants, check. Next up: recycled water

LOS ANGELES -- Tearing out our lawns is a good start toward wiser water use in Southern California, but it's not enough.

Los Angeles Times

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Environmentalists, property owners sue to block $2.5-billion dam project in Santa Clara County

As California endures water restrictions due to widespread drought, a proposed $2.5-billion reservoir expansion project in Santa Clara County promises to increase the amount of freshwater for more than a million people.

Los Angeles Times

A blueprint for tackling urban drought

As cities move to secure their water supplies in the backdrop of extreme drought, two cities in two continents provide solutions.

Newsroom.co.nz

Artemis 1 Moon rocket succeeds in critical preflight test

In this edition of Inverse Daily, read about NASA's Artemis 1 Moon rocket, severe drought in Southern Arabia, and more.

Inverse

Europe wildfire risk heightened by early heat waves, drought

Extended drought conditions in several Mediterranean countries, a heat wave last week that reached northern Germany and high fuel costs for aircraft needed to fight wildfires have heightened concerns across Europe this summer

The Independent UK

Surviving a megadrought

Parts of the US have endured an epoch-defining megadrought, but continue to find ways to survive through a diverse policy-based response.

Newsroom.co.nz

Are Panthers unlikeliest team to end their playoff drought in 2022?

There are currently nine teams that haven't reached the playoffs in each of the last three seasons. Are the Panthers the least likely to end their drought?

USA Today Sports Media Group

Beyond Reasonable Drought: Severe Aridity Helped Foster Rise Of Islam, New Study Says

This is according to a new study conducted by an international team of experts.

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The Independent UK

Monterrey suffers weeks-long water cutoff amid drought

The industrial hub of Monterrey has long been one of Mexico’s most prosperous cities, so its almost 5 million residents were shocked when they lost the most basic of services: water

Inverse

Ancient stalagmites point to a massive drought that upturned 6th century Arabia

Researchers used radiometric dating to chart the historic rainfall in the southern Arabian Peninsula. They identified a significant drought that coincided with the demise of the powerful Himyarite Kingdom.

ABC News

Pookila mouse breeding program begins after drought, land clearing and predators take a toll

With fewer than 3,000 Pookila mice left in the wild in Victoria, scientists are pairing genetically diverse animals together in the hope of turning the endangered rodents' fortunes around.

AAP

Drought still impacting on SA penguins

A new study has found the millennium drought is still impacting on penguin numbers in colonies south of Adelaide.

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Indigenous lessons on climate change's slow-motion car crash

Indigenous communities around the world pioneered drought resilience and adaptation. As extreme heat intensifies, the world needs to heed their lessons, writes Ademola Oluborode Jeged

Tribune News Service

California drought: ‘Smart’ water meters coming to San Jose, other Bay Area cities in latest effort to boost conservation

You’ve got a smart phone. Maybe a smart watch. Or even a smart doorbell.

Reuters

Dams, taps running dry in northern Mexico amid historic water shortages

Her elderly neighbor is hard of hearing so Maria Luisa Robles, a convenience store worker in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, shouted the question a second time: Have you run out of water?

Reuters

A Somali boy's mission to find food as climate change takes its toll

Each morning in this Somali border town, 11-year-old Bashir Nur Salat plots his day's mission behind a crooked wire fence. Armed with only a friend's yellow school shirt, a borrowed book and toothy grin, he eyes his prize through the mesh: lunch.

The Guardian - UK

‘We just pray for rain’: Niger is in the eye of the climate crisis – and children are starving

Aguié’s clinic is full of malnourished children, with more dying in villages, as the global food crisis worsens years of drought

360info

Special Report: Cities in drought

In the grips of drought, cities are turning to innovative solutions to preserve their water supplies for the present and the future.

360info

Building resilience in Indonesia’s drought-ridden island of Java

Community engagement can ease the pressures of urban drought, but government interventions are the key to sustained change.

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