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The wine drought that never was
2013-12-21 02:59:39| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Should we fear reports of a looming global wine shortage?
Still Uncertain: Climate Changes Role in Drought
2013-12-20 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: It's common for direct connections to be drawn between climate change and the effects of the devastating droughts that have been afflicting the U.S. and other parts of the world over the last decade. A new analysis led by scientists from the National Center for Atmospheric Research says there are still many uncertainties about how climate change is affecting drought globally, though. The analysis, authored primarily by NCAR senior scientist Kevin Trenberth, concludes that more global precipitation...
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Fracking May Make Texas Power Supply Drought Resistant
2013-12-20 05:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: A new University of Texas-Austin study shows that producing electricity from natural gas saves much more water than producing power from coal, even accounting for water lost in fracking for shale gas. In other words, fracking for natural gas used to produce electricity may make Texas more drought-resistant as the state shifts from coal power generation to natural gas power generation. The study, funded by the state of Texas, looks at how Texas' devastating 2011 drought affected electricity...
The tortoise and the drought
2013-12-14 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: In recent years, California's Agassiz's desert tortoise population has been decimated by shootings, residential and commercial development, vehicle traffic, respiratory disease and predation by ravens, dogs and coyotes. Now, dwindling populations of the reptiles with scruffy carapaces and skin as tough as rhino hide are facing an even greater threat: longer droughts spurred by climate change in their Sonoran Desert kingdom of arroyos and burrows, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey study....
Drought conditions return to Australia's eastern states
2013-12-07 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Conversation: While much of Australia has received average to above average rainfall over recent months, parts of Australia such as western Queensland are in the middle of a drought. Drought has been a feature of the Australian climate throughout its recorded history. But compared with other parts of the world, Australia is not as dry as you might think. None of the drier parts of Australia average less than 100 millimetres of rain a year, while parts of the Sahara and South Americas Atacama desert receive...
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