drought Archives – Gizmodo Australia

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

How Drought-Breaking Rains Transformed These Critically Endangered Woodlands

Jacqui Stol and Annie Kelly and Suzanne Prober

Science & Health

1 month ago

Trees are Getting Shorter and Younger

Dharna Noor

The US’s West Coast Is Facing Its Worst Megadrought In At Least 1,200 Years

Science & Health

3 months ago

The US’s West Coast Is Facing Its Worst Megadrought In At Least 1,200 Years

Dharna Noor

Nearly 1,000 years ago, a megadrought ravaged the southwestern U.S., swiftly wiping out a thriving indigenous culture and rendering once-arid land unusable. Scientists have long warned that the climate crisis may trigger another megadrought. And according to a new study, that megadrought isn’t just on its way—it’s likely already under…

Climate Disasters Make Vulnerable Countries More Susceptible To War

Science & Health

3 months ago

Climate Disasters Make Vulnerable Countries More Susceptible To War

Dharna Noor

A Rare Phenomenon Brings Severe Drought To Australia, And Climate Change Means It’s More Common

Science & Health

4 months ago

A Rare Phenomenon Brings Severe Drought To Australia, And Climate Change Means It’s More Common

N. Wright and B. Ellis and N. Abram

Weather-wise, 2019 was a crazy way to end a decade. Fires spread through much of southeast Australia, fuelled by dry vegetation from the ongoing drought and fanned by hot, windy fire weather.