drought
The Global Water Crisis: How Tehran's Drought Signals a Thirsty Future for Megacities
Dec 15, 2025 04:56 pm CST
Tehran faces potential evacuation due to severe water shortages after five years of drought, highlighting how climate change and poor water management threaten urban centers worldwide. This analysis explores how food self-sufficiency policies, inefficient irrigation, and carbon emissions contribute to water crises in major cities, while suggesting sustainable solutions through improved agricultural imports, infrastructure, and renewable energy transitions.
Ancient Climate Change: How Severe Droughts Led to the Collapse of the Indus Valley Civilization
Nov 29, 2025 08:03 pm CST
New research from IIT Gandhinagar reveals how a series of prolonged droughts spanning over 85 years forced the abandonment of major Indus Valley cities like Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. By analyzing paleoclimate records and employing advanced climate models, scientists demonstrate how declining monsoon patterns and water scarcity gradually transformed one of the world's earliest urban societies, offering valuable lessons for modern climate adaptation strategies.
Taliban Excluded from COP30 Despite Afghanistan's High Climate Vulnerability
Nov 10, 2025 01:37 am CST
The Taliban government has expressed concern over being excluded from the COP30 climate conference in Brazil, highlighting that Afghanistan faces severe climate impacts despite contributing only 0.06% of global emissions. With 89% of Afghans dependent on agriculture and the country experiencing severe droughts, the Taliban argues their diplomatic isolation shouldn't prevent participation in critical climate discussions.
Alarming 41°C Temperatures in Amazon Lake Killed Dolphins and Revealed Growing Climate Crisis
Nov 07, 2025 02:27 pm CST
Research reveals how extreme drought and heat in 2023 transformed Brazil's Lake Tefe into a 41°C hot zone, killing over 200 Amazon River dolphins and highlighting the accelerating impact of climate change on tropical ecosystems, with Amazonian lakes warming faster than the global average at 0.6°C per decade.
Drying Of The Ganga In Recent Decades 'Unprecedented' In Past Millennium: Study
Sep 25, 2025 12:52 am CST
Drying of the Ganga river basin seen in recent decades could be severe and unprecedented, threatening water and food security for millions, an analysis of trends spanning 1,300 years suggests.
Europe Wildfire Emissions At 23-year High: Monitor
Sep 19, 2025 03:14 am CST
Blazes across Europe this summer, especially in the Iberian peninsula, caused the continent's largest recorded wildfire carbon emissions in nearly a quarter-century, the EU climate monitor Copernicus said Thursday.
Brazil's Amazon Rainforest Lost Area The Size Of Spain In 40 Years: Study
Sep 16, 2025 11:01 am CST
The Amazon was approaching a "point of no return" of 20 to 25 percent vegetation loss at which it "ceases to sustain itself as a rainforest," said Bruno Ferreira, a researcher at the MapBiomas monitoring platform.