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The Latest Breaking News from Drought

Climate change is the worst. Here's just how bad it got this year.

The big news in Earth science this year was all about climate change, with extreme weather, flooding and drought attributed to warming. Scientists also warned about much worse to come if we don't rein in carbon emissions.

LiveScience

2 Seahawks defenders closing in on ending 5-year team drought

USA Today Sports Media Group

'Dangerous New Era': Climate Change Spurs Disaster In 2024

From tiny and impoverished Mayotte to oil-rich behemoth Saudi Arabia, prosperous European cities to overcrowded slums in Africa, nowhere was spared the devastating impact of supercharged climate disasters in 2024.

International Business Times

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'Dangerous new era': climate change spurs disaster in 2024

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Wildlife faces ‘blurring seasons’ as 2024’s weather brings mixed fortunes

The National Trust’s review of the year’s wildlife and weather sees past drought give way to wet, mild conditions in 2024.

Evening Standard

Bitget Token: $BGB Ends Three-Year Drought, Surges Above $6

The Bitget exchange's native token has surged significantly this month, logging a new all-time high above $6 amid the exchange's big moves in recent weeks.

International Business Times

Hot take: Saints wide receiver will end his scoring drought in revenge game

Marquez Valdes-Scantling enters MNF against his former team. Is he in line for a big game?

USA Today Sports Media Group

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Luis Díaz returns to Spurs hoping for luck to change and drought to end

The Colombian was denied a legitimate goal at Spurs in 2023 by the officials as the league leaders look to strengthen their position

The Guardian - UK

Holders Liverpool Reach League Cup Semis, Arsenal Advance

Liverpool moved into the League Cup semi-finals as the holders won 2-1 against managerless Southampton, while Gabriel Jesus ended his goal drought with a hat-trick in Arsenal's 3-2 victory over Crystal Palace on Wednesday.

International Business Times

After victory over Florida in water war, Georgia will let farmers drill new irrigation wells

For more than a decade, farmers in parts of southwest Georgia haven’t been able to drill new irrigation wells to the Floridian aquifer

The Independent UK

Panthers eliminated from playoffs, set new franchise-record drought

The Panthers have now missed the playoffs in seven straight seasons—a new franchise record.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Smith snaps century drought with crucial Gabba ton

Steve Smith has scored his first century in 25 Test innings, ending the longest drought of his career against India at the Gabba.

AAP

World Falls Short Of Drought Deal At Saudi-hosted Talks

Negotiators failed to produce an agreement on how to respond to drought at Saudi-hosted UN talks, participants said on Saturday, falling short of a hoped-for binding protocol addressing the scourge.

International Business Times

This Mediterranean style garden in California is a masterclass in native and drought-tolerant planting that provides year-round beauty

Modern elegance is balanced with lush Mediterranean planting in this low-water use space

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The Independent UK

UN talks fail to reach agreement on dealing with rising risk of global drought

Despite two weeks of U.N.-sponsored talks in Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh, the participating 197 nations failed to agree on a plan to deal with global droughts, made longer and more severe by a warming climate

The Guardian - UK

‘The water war’: how drought threatens survival of Sicily’s towns

Amid Italian island’s worst drought, towns such as Troina are fighting for survival as supplies run dry and tensions rise

Fortune

ServiceTitan shares soar 40% after IPO, defying market drought that its founders say can be overcome by companies with 'durability'

In one of 2024’s few tech IPOs, ServiceTitan’s shares jumped nearly 40% on its first day of trading.

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Chiefs Dominate Close Games, Jets Playoff Drought Continues

NFL highlights: Chiefs excel in close games, Josh Allen's historic performance, Jets' playoff drought, 49ers' dominant win.

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Arabica Coffee Soars to a Record High as Drought Decimates Brazil's Coffee Crop

March arabica coffee (KCH25 ) today is up +11.55 (+3.50%), and January ICE robusta coffee (RMF25 ) is up +156 (+2.97%). Coffee prices today are sharply higher, with Mar arabica posting a contract high and the Dec nearest-futures contract (Z24) posting a record high. Also, robusta coffee rose to a...

Radio France Internationale

UN report warns increase in permanently dry land is 'redefining life on Earth'

Just over 75 percent of the world's land has been left "permanently drier" over the previous three decades, a UN-backed report has found. The data coincides with Cop16 talks on desertification held in Saudi Arabia until Friday.

The Texas Tribune

Recycled oilfield water could aid drought-stricken West Texas

Oilfield wastewater injected underground is causing earthquakes and blowouts. Now, pilot projects are exploring whether this water could be treated and used to grow crops.

The Conversation

Climate information is useful at local level if people get it in good time: how African countries can build systems to share it

African countries collectively have emitted very little of the greenhouse gases that have caused climate change, but are badly affected by climate-induced floods, droughts and heatwaves. To withstand some of the most devastating extreme weather events, African countries need to adapt fast. Setting up advanced climate information services that predict…

The Conversation

A ‘doom loop’ of climate change and geopolitical instability is beginning

It is a common refrain to say that geopolitics gets in the way of climate action. From the war in Ukraine to trade tensions, each year seems to bring another immediate priority that diverts focus from the imperative to act on climate change.

Motorsport

F1 constructors: Which team has the most titles, 2024 prize money and more

The 2024 Formula 1 constructors’ championship battle was one of the best in recent history, with McLaren beating Ferrari to the top spot in Abu Dhabi. McLaren entered the weekend on top with 640 points, leaving it 21 points ahead of its Italian rival, while the previous weekend’s Qatar Grand Prix saw…

The Independent UK

Earth's lands are drying out. Nations are trying to address it in talks this week

More than three-quarters of the land on Earth is permanently drying, primarily due to climate change, according to a report released Monday at a United Nations summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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