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Drought COMPLETELY dries up largest permanent lagoon in Spain’s Andalucia region

September 14, 2022 - drought," said Eloy Revilla, director of the station.

While the Doñana reserve has many lagoons, only a few of them hold water in summer – with Santa Olalla being the most stable. The lagoons, borne from the discharge of water from the region's Doñana aquifer, is home to several strictly aquatic species of flora and fauna. They also serve as a sanctuary for the first wading birds to migrate south after breeding in northern Europe.

Revilla said Doñana no ...

Drought causes large parts of Yangtze River to dry up, reducing hydropower generation and causing shipping delays

August 29, 2022 - drought alert as the country's heavily populated southwestern region is expected to suffer the most due to the severe heatwave, which is expected to continue well into September.

In the province of Sichuan, which has a population of nearly 84 million, the loss of strong water flow is preventing the country's extensive hydroelectric power generation system from producing enough energy. The province gets more than 80 percent of its power from hydroelectric sources....

Drought in France forces authorities to place new restrictions on water usage

July 28, 2022 -

Drought is impacting most of the country, with 86 of the 96 French mainland departments currently on some level of drought alert.

In France, there are four levels of alert: vigilance, alert (yellow), heightened alert (orange) and crisis (red). Currently, 28 of the departments are listed as in crisis, with the regions of Centre-Val de Loir and Pays de la Loire being the ones most severely impacted. Brittany, a region not typically known for hot temperatures, ...

Drought-stricken Texas finally gets some rain, but it may not be enough to save crops and cattle

May 29, 2022 -

Before the sky opened up this week, 90 percent of the state had been covered with drought. The Texas Panhandle and West Texas were noting the most severe conditions. Almost 29 percent of the state was in the most severe level of drought, D4. This had many farmers bracing for the impact that the drought would have on their operations as the cutoff for cotton crop insurance loomed large and concerns mounted about the future of crops like corn and cotton....

Drought conditions causing surge in cotton prices, raising fears clothes could become more expensive

March 30, 2022 - drought ever and cotton futures rose as high as $2.27 per pound.

Analysts are already comparing conditions from then to now. Rainfall has been exceptionally low since early January in northwestern Texas, which accounts for about 40 percent of all cotton production in the United States.

The uncertainty also comes from the fact that March should be the start of the cotton planting season for some parts of the country, so investors are uncertain about the size ...

Drought threatens US wheat harvest, deepening global supply challenges

March 18, 2022 -

America's top wheat-producing state, Kansas, is being hit especially hard, with some farmers in the southwestern part of the state reporting that they have not received much snow or rain since October. It’s bad news for the winter wheat crops planted in autumn as proper soil moisture is vital when the plants are dormant in winter.

According to the National Drought Mitigation Center, more than half of the state fell under severe drought or worse as of ...

Drought could force California power plant to shut down at hottest time of the year

June 20, 2021 - droughts, lake levels were high enough at Oroville's reservoir to continue power plant operations," she said. "In an effort to preserve as much storage as possible, DWR has requested a Temporary Urgency Change Petition … that will allow DWR to reduce flows through the [California] Delta."

A similar situation is playing out at the Hoover Dam's Lake Mead. Record-low water levels in the man-made lake have reduced energy capacity by roughly 25 percent. The lake, which ...

DROUGHT collapsing the food supply, LAWLESSNESS collapsing blue cities as America plunges toward Third World chaos

June 11, 2021 -

We are likely just months away from a total collapse of society as we know it, at least in the high population density cities run by disastrous, suicidal Democrats who seem to despise every pillar of human civilization (families, parents, babies, health, rationality, religion, the rule of law, etc.). Most of America's largest cities will soon be transformed into inescapable death traps with mass violence, disease, starvation and destitution. Those who can will flee to the rural ...

Drought-resistant cactus pear could become a sustainable food and fuel source, new research shows

April 16, 2021 -

Published in the journal GCB Bioenergy, the study covered five years of research. The group had set out to look at how successful different varieties of cactus pear would fare in warm, dry climates.

They found that the prickly pear variety (Opuntia ficus-indica) produced the most fruit and used up 80 percent less water than other varieties to do so.

With drought and heatwave events becoming more common worldwide, crops like corn and soybean may likely be ...

“WIND DROUGHT” grips Australia, causing wind energy generation to PLUMMET

2 months ago -

Australian autumn – which is during March, April and May – is traditionally seen as the season with the lowest wind outputs. However, the lull in power generation this year has pushed the combined output of all renewables in Australia below last year's level. (Related: Faking GREEN: Scotland's wind turbines are secretly using generators that run on FOSSIL FUELS.)

Wind energy accounts for nearly 36 percent of total renewable energy generated in Australia and nearly 10 percent ...

Study: CO2 is increasing the rate of GLOBAL GREENING, even in places affected by drought

February 21, 2024 -

The peer-reviewed study published in the journal Global Ecology and Conservation proves that the phenomenon called "global greening" is an undeniable fact. Researchers said the rate of global greening has increased slightly, and drought has only slowed but not stopped the process.

According to the research team, global greening could be attributed to carbon dioxide fertilization along with land management, such as irrigation. The study revealed that greening ...

Egypt’s Suez Canal to take more vessels as drought-stricken Panama Canal deals with bottleneck situation

December 05, 2023 -

Bloomberg reported that during a conference in Athens, Sveinung Stohle, the company's deputy chief executive officer, said that this is likely to happen because the artificial 82-kilometer waterway in Panama has been facing sailing restrictions, allowing only companies with pre-booked slots to sail the body of water. Because of the severe drought this year caused by the El Nino phenomenon, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has imposed sailing restrictions to 25 a day ...

Panama Canal traffic nearly HALTED due to “drought,” global supply chain NIGHTMARE to unfold

September 15, 2023 - drought conditions throughout the region.)Panama is already halfway through its traditional rainy season, which is one of the driest on record

As lack of rainfall worsens water levels at the canal, the ACP's daily transit limits and vessel draft restrictions will remain in place at least until this time next year – unless massive rainfall occurs, which is unlikely as Panama enters its dry season in late November.

Over the next 12 months, the ACP will continue ...

Severe DROUGHT affecting Panama Canal threatens at least 40% of the world’s cargo ship traffic

September 01, 2023 - drought has crippled the passage of cargo ship traffic because moving ships through the Panama Canal's system of locks requires vast amounts of fresh water, ranging from 55 to 125 million gallons per ship, depending on the size.

Most of the water usually gets flushed into the ocean.

Because of the drought, the Panama Canal Authority is enforcing methods to store and reuse some of the water.

The authority is thinking of diverting water from ...

Worsening DROUGHT creates “big mess” at Panama Canal; 200 ships stuck in major BOTTLENECK at one of world’s most important trading routes

August 23, 2023 - drought years, the draft limit was set as low as 43 feet.

Still, there was no "pandemic" at those times to take a big chunk out of the global supply chain. Even years after COVID has ended, the world is still reeling from all the restrictions that were enacted, which completely upended the global economy with lasting consequences.

Official data suggests that upwards of 6 percent of all global maritime traffic passes through the Panama Canal, with the United ...

Washington state declares drought emergencies in 12 counties

July 28, 2023 - droughts.Communities, businesses and farms struggle amid state-wide drought

Jimmy Norris, a DOE spokesperson, said at least 350 water customers in the area are affected.

According to an emailed statement from the DOE, the Nooksack River Basin, made up of three water systems near Ferndale, "are operating on emergency status."

The statement also revealed that:

Drought concerns stem from warmer than normal temperatures ...

Massive swarm of grasshoppers wreaks havoc in Utah – adding to the dilemma of local farmers who are already suffering from widespread DROUGHT

July 16, 2023 - drought that has affected several states in the region. The grasshopper invasion mainly affected farmers and ranchers, who rely on forage availability for their livestock. Experts believe the prolonged drought created favorable conditions for grasshopper eggs to hatch and develop into adult insects.

In response, the UDAF offers a grasshopper and Mormon cricket suppression program to assist affected producers. Farmers can apply for free pesticides through a ...

Midwest drought blamed for soaring corn, soy and wheat prices: “WE NEED RAIN”

June 23, 2023 - drought stress being felt by many Midwestern corn crops.

"We need rain," tweeted Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Ia.) about similar distress that soybean crops are displaying. The no till bean in last yrs corn stover is beginning to look like a bean field."

"However if u observe a bean plant up close u c colorations that result fr drought. 95 of our 99 counties r in some stage of drought."

(Related: In May, we reported that U.S. farmers are abandoning ...

FOOD COLLAPSE INCOMING: Ongoing drought forces farmers to abandon wheat crops

May 17, 2023 - drought-stricken states like Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, surged by nearly seven percent following the release of the USDA's data. This is the biggest intraday gain for the most-active contract since October 2022.

Learn more about the threats to America's food supply at FoodSupply.news.

Watch this episode of "Brighteon Broadcast News" as Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, interviews Jim Gale as to how growing food can protect families against food collapse.

This ...

Spain’s ongoing DROUGHT pushes global olive oil prices to 26-year high

May 08, 2023 - drought in Europe, most importantly in the largest olive oil-producing region of Spain, has caused a global supply shortage of olive oil."

Aside from the drought, he cited increased demand as the main reason for the higher prices of olive oil. Since the onset of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020, people have been cooking and eating at home more often. The shortage of sunflower oil following the Russia-Ukraine war in February 2022 was also another ...