drought

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Since 2000, relentless drought intensified by climate change has sapped the river’s flow and left reservoirs depleted.

From Los Angeles Times

Farmers in the North African kingdom have for the past few years endured severe drought.

From Barron's

She says carbon emissions, including from transport, are heating the atmosphere, contributing to "rapidly rising temperatures and fuelling extreme events like floods, storms, heatwaves and droughts".

From BBC

"The entire canal network is vulnerable," Norman added, pointing to the "increased effects of climate change" such as drought in the summer and heavy rain in the winter.

From Barron's

By examining their chemical makeup -- the balance between "heavy" and "light" hydrogen in the waxes mirrors the hydrogen composition of rainwater absorbed by plants -- the team was able to estimate the severity of drought conditions.

From Science Daily