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Extreme heat and dry weather have almost depleted California’s reservoirs in recent years. Southern California is facing water restrictions for the first time due to relentless drought conditions.

The Western US has continued to experience significant drought conditions. Drought has reportedly continued to affect the Intermountain West as of late April, resulting in the start of the annual spring snowmelt.

Flash droughts can apparently cause the drying of soil in just a matter of days or weeks. Flash droughts have been compared to flash floods as its polar opposite, and an emerging natural phenomenon by the scientific community.

As per the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) seasonal prediction issued yesterday, the record-breaking megadrought gripping the Western United States will certainly worsen this spring

Droughts and warmer temperatures are harmful to both humans and the environment. If both of these extreme occurrences occur at the same time, the consequences, such as wildfires, tree death, or agricultural losses, to mention a few, can be much more severe.

Scientists from South Africa developed nature-based solutions to fight drought on water resources. Nature-based solutions such as preventing alien tree infestation on mountains have been proven to be a viable alternative in reducing the impact of climate change on drought, particularly concerning low river flows, according to a new study.

The findings, which were published in the journal Landscape Ecology, show that upstream forests' greater water use may leave less water downstream for forests, towns, and animals during a drought.

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Pfizer Inc, one of the chief vaccine makers, on Friday predicted the pandemic would last until 2024.

Santiago. In Chile sind die Kandidaten der Parteienbündnisse für die diesjährigen Präsidentschaftswahl gewählt worden. Für das rechtsgerichtete, regierende Parteienbündnis Chile Vamos setzte sich Sebastián Sichel von der Unabhängigen Partei durch. Ihr gehört auch Präsident Sebastian Piñera an, der nach zwei Amtszeiten nicht erneut kandidieren darf. Sichel war zuvor unter Piñera Minister für Soziale Entwicklung und Familien gewesen und leitete zuletzt von Juni bis Dezember 2020 die...