Technology
Hungary’s ‘water guardian’ farmers fight back against desertification
[ad_1] KISKUNMAJSA, Hungary — Oszkár Nagyapáti climbed to the bottom of a sandy pit on his land on the Great Hungarian Plain and dug…
Tag: Water shortages
World News
Iran begins cloud seeding to induce rain amid historic drought
[ad_1] Authorities in Iran have sprayed clouds with chemicals to induce rain, in an attempt to combat the country’s worst drought in decades. Known…
Boston, Massachusetts Local News
Drought mutes fall leaf-peeping season
[ad_1] PORTLAND, Maine — Leaf-peeping season has arrived in the Northeast and beyond, but weeks of drought have muted this year’s autumn colors, and…
World News
Palestinians face severe water shortages in the West Bank
[ad_1] COGAT, Israel’s military agency, stated that the PA is responsible for supplying water in the West Bank. Israel transfers 90 million cubic meters…
Finance
Western states seek to end long-running water dispute over dwindling Rio Grande
[ad_1] ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A simmering feud over management of one of North America’s longest rivers reached a boiling point when the U.S. Supreme…
World News
Hurricane Ernesto makes landfall on Bermuda as a Category 1 storm
[ad_1] MEXICO CITY — Hurricane Ernesto which made landfall on the tiny British Atlantic territory of Bermuda early Saturday was downgraded to a tropical…
World News
Ernesto becomes a hurricane after pummeling northeast Caribbean and knocking out power in the region
[ad_1] SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Ernesto strengthened into a hurricane on Wednesday as it dropped torrential rain on Puerto Rico and left nearly…
Travel
Sicilians deal so well with drought that tourists don’t notice. A record dry year could alter that
[ad_1] AGRIGENTO, Italy (AP) — Lakes are dry and fields are scorched by heat in Sicily, but water is still gushing copiously for tourists.…
Technology
In Mexico City, women water harvesters help make up for drought and dicey public water system
[ad_1] MEXICO CITY — Gliding above her neighborhood in a cable car on a recent morning, Sonia Estefanía Palacios Díaz scanned a sea of…
World News
In Mexico City, women water harvesters help make up for drought and dicey public water system
[ad_1] MEXICO CITY — Gliding above her neighborhood in a cable car on a recent morning, Sonia Estefanía Palacios Díaz scanned a sea of…
Boston, Massachusetts Local News
Texas sheriff says 7 suspects arrested, 11 migrants hospitalized after sting near San Antonio
[ad_1] AUSTIN, Texas — Eleven people were hospitalized and seven smuggling suspects were arrested Thursday after authorities found more than two dozen migrants who…
Finance
Study says El Nino, not climate change, was key driver of low rainfall that snarled Panama Canal
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — The climate phenomenon known as El Nino — and not climate change — was a key driver in low rainfall that…
Finance
Rewind. Fast forward. African farmers are looking everywhere to navigate climate change
[ad_1] HARARE, Zimbabwe — From ancient fertilizer methods in Zimbabwe to new greenhouse technology in Somalia, farmers across the heavily agriculture-reliant African continent are…
Breaking News
Ecuador rations electricity as drought persists in the northern Andes
[ad_1] QUITO, Ecuador — QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador on Tuesday began to ration electricity in the country’s main cities as a drought linked…
World News
To make water last year-round, Kenyans in dry regions are building sand dams on seasonal rivers
[ad_1] MAKUENI, Kenya — On a dry riverbed one recent sunny morning, residents of Kasengela village toiled away mixing cement and sand to make…
Finance
Violence is battering Haiti’s fragile economy and causing food and water shortages
[ad_1] PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Rotting fruit, withered vegetables, empty water jugs and spent gas canisters now stock the stores and stands that serve Haiti‘s…
World News
Violence is battering Haiti’s fragile economy and causing food and water shortages
[ad_1] PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Rotting fruit, withered vegetables, empty water jugs and spent gas canisters now stock the stores and stands that serve Haiti‘s…
Technology
How climate change contributes to wildfires like Chile’s
[ad_1] At least 123 people have been killed by wildfires in central Chile, leading its president to declare two days of national mourning. The…
Finance
Other passengers support man who opened emergency exit and walked on plane’s wing in Mexico airport
[ad_1] MEXICO CITY — At first it sounds like a typical case of bad behavior aboard airplanes. The Mexico City International Airport acknowledged in…
Finance
Traffic through the Panama Canal is being slashed because of drought, disrupting global trade
[ad_1] PANAMA CITY — A severe drought that began last year has forced authorities to slash ship crossings by 36% in the Panama Canal,…