The Latest Breaking News from Drought

North Korea has made progress in its fight against drought, and rice planting is under way nationwide even as the country ramps up efforts to tame its unprecedented coronavirus wave, state media said on Wednesday.

Rapid climate change has the potential to strongly influence the physiology, behaviour and breeding success of animals. Research is showing that increasing temperatures, for instance, are having negative effects on animals. These range from mass die-off events during heat waves to less obvious problems like difficulty finding food.

As a worsening drought forces millions of Californians to use less water, one corner of Southern California has largely shielded itself from supply-related woes: San Diego County

A lack of platypus monitoring is occurring, making it difficult to assess conservation status.

La Nina, the flip side of the better known El Nino weather condition, keeps popping up

California faces the grim prospect of a drought-fueled summer of power shortages, hydroelectric plant shutdowns and rising electricity costs in areas that include the service territories of PG&E and other utilities, a report released Friday warns.

Roma manager Jose Mourinho has thrown shade at Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Rangnick after the duo failed to deliver silverware at Manchester United, with the club enduring a five-year trophy drought

California's hydropower resources are greatly diminished due to the long-running drought.

Newly appointed French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has promised financial support to farmers in a bid to stop France's crippling drought from further hurting the industry. The measures were announced during Borne's trip to the Loiret region, which has been without rain for months.