Researchers peering back through 800 years of history have concluded that Mayan civilizetion may well have been undone by drought.
Severe drought in Brazil has caused river levels to plummet, revealing rock carvings of human faces made up to 2,000 years ago.
Madagascar is experiencing levels of starvation at a scale described as “beyond belief”. 30,000 people are estimated to be experiencing the highest internationally recognized level of food insecurity, level 5, according to the UN.
Some parts of Iran had a 50 to 85 % reduction in precipitation this year. There are also temperature rises of 2-3 C. These factors have prompted tensions between the Iranian government and its citizens.
The international study says that rising temperatures, longer droughts, and extreme weather events could hurt barley enough to see significant reductions in crop yields and increases in prices.
A heat wave is ravaging countries around the world. Although many celebrate sunny days, wildfires, wasted crops and health problems are some of the many disastrous consequences hot weather can have.
A newly developed sorbent-based technology has recently shown that it can harvest atmospheric moisture even when the relative humidity drops to around 10 percent.
New UMD study finds that the world's largest desert grew by 10 percent since 1920, due in part to climate change.
Cape Town might have dodged Day Zero, but a new hyper-consciousness of water use looks set to be the new normal — and not just for the drought-hit African city.
Study highlights urgent need to adapt urban areas to cope with floods, droughts and heatwaves.
Although Cape Town has pushed back day zero – the day that the city runs out of water – until June 4, the country re-assessed the magnitude of the drought and determined that it has reached disaster proportions.
The drought-stricken city announced that it will begin marking 200 collection points where its 3.7 million residents will be required to queue for a rationed supply of water on ‘Day Zero’ – currently forecast to be April 21, 2018.
Corn is extremely sensitive to drought and since 2015 its production has fallen dramatically as a result of record-setting drought conditions across southern and eastern Africa.
Images offer a snapshot of rising tides and the effects on people worldwide. Here you can browse the top shots from this year's Atkins CIWEM Environmental Photographer Photographer of the Year awards.
A record-breaking heatwave has swept across India since early April, bringing the worst drought in decades along with it.
