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Starved for water, coastal Moroccan region harvests fog to help struggling villages

Dec 26, 2016

In rural Morocco, where water is an increasingly scarce in the wake of climate change and shifting populations, one coastal region has been using a system of fog nets to fill this gap. The Sidi Ifni region lies...

Study says Climate change caused Syrian civil war and Calif. Drought

Cody Gash

Mar 3, 2015

Innovation

Scientists are warning of a growing link between global warming and human conflict basing their arguments on the extreme drought experienced in Syria between 2006 and 2010, which they believe was as a result of...

Mega-droughts expected to hit Southwest U.S. in decades to come

NASA Researchers forecast decades long mega-drought to hit Southwest of the U.S.

Cody Gash

Feb 14, 2015

Innovation

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A decades-long mega-droughts is likely to hit the U.S. Southwest and Central Plains regions during the second half of this century, if climate change issues go unattended – forecasts researchers from NASA, Colu...

The 1934 Californian Dust Bowl Drought was the worst ever in last 1000 years history of North America

Platonium

Oct 20, 2014

Innovation

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NASA scientists have confirmed that the Dust Bowl Drought of 1934 was the worst ever in the history of North America in the last 1000 years, said climate scientist Ben Cook from NASA's Goddard Institute for Spa...

The 1934 California dust bowl drought was the worst in 1000 years of US history

Charles Omedo

Oct 19, 2014

Innovation

The 1934 Dust Bowl of 1934 has been confirmed by NASA to be the worst in 1,000 years to hit North America. Partnering with Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory to measure extreme and severe weather conditions in No...

NASA confirms the Dust Bowl of 1934 was the worst drought in North America in the last 1000 years

Amanda

Oct 17, 2014

Innovation

NASA scientists have confirmed that the Dust Bowl Drought of 1934 was the worst ever in the history of North America in the last 1000 years, said climate scientist Ben Cook from NASA's Goddard Institute for Spa...

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