droughts

Flash droughts, which intensify in a matter of weeks, have become more frequent since the late 1950s in 74% of the 33 regions of the planet and are expected to accelerate in an increasingly warm world, warns a study published by Science.

The Northeast region of India, despite receiving the heaviest monsoon rains in the country, is increasingly becoming

The distortion of the water cycle, particularly its extremes (droughts and rains), will be among the consequences of climate change in the future. 

In water-scarce regions, droughts pose a critical challenge to urban water security for low-income households. Droughts reduce water availability, forcing water providers to invest in additional supplies or implement costly short-term emergency measures.

A new study by the Oxford School of Geography said that more than 90% of the world's population is projected to face increased risks due to the combined impacts of extreme heat and drought.

The floods and droughts caused by the La Niña Phenomenon in the world could last until March 2023, according to a recent alert from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

More frequent and prolonged droughts caused by rising global temperatures pose significant risks to people and ecosystems around the world.

The drought, which affected large parts of Europe, China and the United States, is now at risk of occurring every 20 years, with the current climate, instead of every 400 years or even longer

Both the number of droughts in the world and their duration have increased by 29% since 2000, according to a report published by the UN during the Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

Since 2000, the number and duration of droughts have increased by 29%. That's just one of many worrying facts revealed by a new report from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).