Where does the water go during a drought? Germany researchers try to find out

Researchers examined how the process of evaporation and groundwater recharge differed under various kinds of soils and land uses

Bitter end to sweet limes: Farmers in parched Marathwada forced to uproot citrus orchards

Growers grapple with financial burden as water tankers become only lifeline for citrus trees

Drought emergency declared by 23 countries in 2022-23, shows global drought map

1.84 billion people were drought stricken, out of which 4.7% exposed to severe or extreme drought

Climate change made the multi-year drought 25 times more likely in Syria and Iraq, 16 times in Iran: Analysis

If the world warms 2°C above the preindustrial era, similar droughts are predicted to strike about twice as often as they do now

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Indian scientists develop transgenic rice that can withstand drought

Under water scarce conditions created in laboratory, the transgenic rice performed better than their unmodified counterparts

Faced with water crisis, Karnataka now wants to revive millet cultivation

Millets consume at least 70 per cent less water than other crops and require minimum inputs

'India can learn from other regions on the need to adopt proactive drought management policies'

FAO expert Mohamed Bazza speaks on how climate change is expected to make drought worse and how the adoption of proactive drought management …

Supreme Court judgment on drought a paradigm shift

Various acts, policies and programmes related to irrigation, water harvesting, crop insurance and food security have not helped people in dealing …

Cambodia facing worst drought in decades

Water shortage has affected the rural areas of the country where farmers depend on rivers and ponds for irrigating their lands

Children worst sufferers in drought-hit areas, says Satyarthi

According to the Nobel Laureate, 163 million children are living in severe drought-affected areas of the country

Why we should worry about 8% deficit rainfall in July

Historically, a deficit monsoon in July invariably leads to drought

State of despair

Why farmers in Marathwada are committing suicide

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2022 saw record-breaking weather events despite 3-year run of La Niña: State of the Global Climate report

There were continuous droughts in East Africa, record rainfall in Pakistan & record heatwaves in China & Europe in 2022

Bundelkhand: drought, miseries and hope

What needs to be done to overcome environmental challenges of the region

Water level in dams has reduced drastically in drought-hit states, says CWC

Out of 5,172 big dams in the country, 4,048 are situated in the 10 droughts-hit states

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Plan for drought-proofing

Drying planet: Drought has become a truly planetary disaster in 2022

Climate change is fuelling the intensity of drought in already vulnerable regions while tightening its grip on not-so-vulnerable areas

Maharashtra: No brides for Marathwada farmers

City jobs and owner of farm land — prerequisites for prospective grooms have changed

Water, Africa’s Gold: Climate change, deforestation behind Madagascar’s water scarcity

Madagascar, though blessed with abundant water, has recently undergone a change in its hydrological cycle, due to global warming, leading to …

Over 70% of India reporting drought-like conditions

Skewed temporal-spatial rainfall distribution, prolonged monsoonal breaks driving factors, say experts

The dictum on desertification: UNCCD CoP14 presents an opportunity

Land is at the core of fighting climate change that is sure to hurt all sections eventually

World lost 2.3 million sq km of forested land to drought in last three decades

Successive droughts lead to a substantial and unsustainable expansion of cropland at the expense of forested lands

Jharkhand’s children deprived of mid-day meal despite Supreme Court order, say activists

Jharkhand is the one of the worst-affected states in the country with its 22 out of 24 districts facing drought