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Drought – the world’s dominant natural hazard
By Troy Sternberg Texas and Australia are experiencing extreme droughts that have not been seen for a half century or longer. Amid much press coverage government efforts to mitigate drought range from...
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Red Sky in Australia
By Clare Boston Last week, dust storms in eastern Australia caused havoc to populated coastal areas, diverting flights, disrupting ferries and causing long queues on major roads. The dust originated...
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Water Conservation Means Tighter Budget
By Georgia Davis Conover Water managers in San Diego, California are having to cut their budget, not because of the recession but rather because customers have reduced their water usage. Compared to...
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Whose Water Is It?
By Georgia Davis Conover Agua Caliente spring in Southern Arizona appears to be a natural oasis in the desert. Ducks and wading birds rely on the spring and its surrounding ponds as a source of water...
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Court Battle over Colorado River Water
By Georgia Davis Conover Arizona is one of the highest growth states in the United States. It is also in the midst of a decade-long drought. Much of the water for Phoenix and Tucson, the two largest...
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Live Aid 25
By Alexander Leo Phillips Tuesday 13th July marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of Live Aid. The “global jukebox”, devised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, was held simultaneously in Wembley Stadium,...
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Who is in control in a crisis?
I-Hsien Porter Hosepipe bans are already in force in north-west England, which has experienced an unusually dry summer. On Monday 2nd August, British Waterways reacted to the drought by closing parts...
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Local solutions to global food shortages
I-Hsien Porter The United Nations ‘Food Price Index’ recorded food prices (particularly cereals, sugar and meat) rising to record highs. Warnings of dangerously high food prices were driven by dry...
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What a scorcher!
By Kelly Wakefield Phew! What a lovely summer we are predicted here in the UK, of course it always seems to be a little more breezy in coastal areas but in the East Midlands a very warm and rain free...
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Food, Glorious Food… What Next is the Question?
By Jen Dickie This week, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation are hosting the ‘Committee on World Food Security’ in Rome. This follows an announcement last Wednesday from the National Farmers’...
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Towards improved drought awareness
By Daniel Schillereff While recent years have been typified by intensely dry spells interspersed with severe flooding in many parts of the UK, this year (2012) will be remembered by many for the...
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Consumption, Behaviour Change and Sustainability
Jen Dickie On Tuesday, the House of Commons International Development Committee published a report on global food security. Issues around the changes in the supply and demand of food at a local and...
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India heatwave: why the region should prepare for even more extreme heat in...
By Vikki Thompson, University of Bristol and Alan Thomas Kennedy-Asser, University of Bristol This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original...
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Britain’s notoriously wet and cold climate is changing – you won’t like what...
by Wilson Chan, University of Reading; Nigel Arnell, University of Reading, and Ted Shepherd, University of Reading This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license....
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58% of human infectious diseases can be worsened by climate change – we...
by Tristan McKenzie, University of Gothenburg; Camilo Mora, University of Hawaii, and Hannah von Hammerstein, University of Hawaii This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative...
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Why the drought isn’t over even though it’s rained all week
By Hannah Cloke, University of Reading This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Only a few days into autumn, and the UK has...
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Beavers can do wonders for nature – but we should be realistic about these...
By Joshua Larsen, University of Birmingham; Annegret Larsen, Wageningen University, and Matthew Dennis, University of Manchester This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative...
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The Horn of Africa has had years of drought, yet groundwater supplies are...
By Michael Singer, Cardiff University; Katerina Michaelides, University of Bristol, and Markus Adloff, Université de Berne This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons...
View ArticleDrought recedes in Britain after a wet spring – but much of Europe is parched
By Hannah Cloke, University of Reading This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Be careful what you wish for. Britain’s seesaw...
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We have forgotten what a ‘natural’ river even looks like
By David Sear, University of Southampton This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Britain’s rivers are under the spotlight because...
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How climate change is affecting the seasons
By Jadu Dash, University of Southampton This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Autumn has finally arrived in the UK following an...
View ArticleThe climate crisis is making gender inequality in developing coastal...
By Andi Misbahul Pratiwi, University of Leeds This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Across the world, women and men experience...
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