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It doesn't take a climate scientist to tell us that our winters are changing. Warmer temperatures are leading to more winter rainfall and snowmelt events. That and decreased plant hardening [...]

It's been said a high-yielding corn crop needs 25' of moisture per acre per year. Of course, the timing of that rain makes all the difference, but management strategies to [...]

India, Oct. 3 -- The monsoon season in India brings both blessings and challenges every year. While it replenishes water resources and is vital for agriculture, it also poses severe [...]

The Sahara Desert, located in West Africa, is the largest hot desert in the world. While deserts are traditionally characterized by a dry climate with low levels of vegetation, the [...]

James Dinneen MANY cities around the world get more rain than their surroundings. “Just like the way you have an urban heat island, you have an urban rainfall effect,” says [...]

News / Environment Smog and heat turn most cities into ‘wet islands’ James Dinneen MANY cities around the world get more rain than their surroundings. “Just like the way you [...]

Byline: Our Bureau, Mumbai Despite an overall improvement in performance of monsoon compared to last year, the agriculture sector continues to remain at risk due to regional disparities in rainfall, [...]

An unusual deluge of rain is hitting the Sahara, one of the driest regions on Earth. It's unclear exactly why the desert is experiencing so much rain, but it could [...]

India, Sept. 12 -- This year's August witnessed more extreme rainfall as compared to last year's with a 30 per cent increase in the number of days with extreme rainfall [...]

Land area 1.1m sq km Population 11.4m (2024, latest census) Main towns Population in '000 (2024 census) Santa Cruz: 1,606 El Alto: 885 La Paz (administrative capital): 755 Cochabamba: 661 [...]

India, Sept. 5 -- A depression over the Bay of Bengal triggered the heavy rains that wreaked havoc across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, causing widespread flooding and claiming 33 lives [...]

Sudan Land area 1.9m sq km Population 46.9m (2022, UN estimate) Main towns Population in '000; 2013 estimates, World Gazetteer Khartoum (capital): 2,804 Omdurman: 2,800 Kassala: 369 El Obeid: 284 [...]

Land area 331,051 sq km Population 98.9m (2023; UN estimate) Main towns Population (of province) in '000 (2022; General Statistics Office) Ho Chi Minh City: 9,389 Hanoi (capital): 8,436 Thanh [...]

India, Aug. 28 -- Gujarat and parts of Rajasthan are currently grappling with severe flooding caused by a land-based deep depression, which intensified over land and was exacerbated by moisture [...]

India, Aug. 27 -- Experts have blamed human-induced climate change for the floods in Tripura that have claimed the lives of 31 people so far. Tripura is prone to flooding [...]

Byline: Adina Genn A disaster emergency for Suffolk County has been declared by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul following the record rainfall on Aug. 18-19. Multiple rescues were required during [...]

New Delhi, Aug. 16 -- With rheumy eyes and a face wizened by the sun, Yankappa Karbari looks down to the ground, and then, slowly, up to the skies. This [...]

Scorching sun, paddling pools, summer parties and a lack of rainfall can take their toll on your yard's grass. To many, it's not a big deal. However, if you're a [...]

KERALA / THE WAYANAD BLUNDERS GOD’S OWN FURY HOW WAYANAD’S HILLS TURNED INTO DEATH TRAPS AMID TORRENTIAL RAINS AND HUMAN NEGLIGENCE. HOW CAN WE AVERT SUCH TRAGEDIES IN THE FUTURE? [...]

New Delhi, Aug. 7 -- Just a fortnight before the deadly landslide in Wayanad this July, the central government activated a new landslide early warning system (LEWS) for three regions [...]

New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- The sobering visuals of entire villages washed away in the Wayanad landslide that claimed over 300 lives in the Kerala district has been a clarion [...]

New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- July 31, 2024, was 2013 redux for the holy town of Kedarnath in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand. Heavy rainfall led to landslides, rockfall and [...]

Byline: Our Bureau, New Delhi The Indian Sugar Mills & Bio-Energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA) has announced a promising outlook for the 2024-25 sugar season (SS), with total sugarcane acreage in [...]

October NY world sugar #11 (https://www.barchart.com/futures/quotes/SB*0/overview) on Friday closed down -0.40 (-2.16%), and Oct London ICE white sugar #5 (https://www.barchart.com/futures/quotes/SW*0/overview) closed down -7.70 (-1.47%). Sugar prices posted moderate losses on […]

New Delhi, Aug. 2 -- Ladakh, the arid cold desert located on the far northern edge of the country, is burning this summer due to a huge deficit in rainfall, [...]

By Sarah Trent Photos by Erik Castro Maria Narez’s wife, Esme, works on the couple’s farm in Salinas, California. IT WAS RAINING on Dec. 31, 2022, when Maria Narez pulled [...]

FEATURES When the desert blooms The |Ai-|Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park is a stripped-back place with quiver trees and rocks as your only companions. But sometimes it surprises you with a miracle. [...]

REGION 1 FORECAST NORTHEAST SUMMARY: Winter temperatures will be above normal, as will be precipitation and snowfall. The coldest periods will occur in mid- to late November, early to mid-January, [...]