Biology
Hundreds of millions of grasshoppers 'attack' Africa, destroying crops
The largest grasshoppers in 25 years raging in East Africa, are a major threat to food security, especially in communities that have suffered from drought, war and famin…
Drought
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Archeology
An ancient empire may have collapsed due to climate change
New research suggests that it was climate change that caused the Neo-Assyrian empire, a superpower in the near-east, to exist for nearly 300 years, wither in the 7th cen…
Animal world
Ghost snakes stop breeding after prolonged drought
Meager rainfall reduces food resources, making Connecticut female cobras harder to conceive and give birth to.
Biology
The new active ingredient protects plants from drought, despite climate change
A team of scientists led by California Riverside University (UCR), USA, has created a chemical to help plants retain water, which could prevent the annual wave of damage…
Animal world
Kangaroo corpses are eaten to death by cats
The hidden camera, recording a feral cat, ate a kangaroo 30 kg for days on the Simpson Desert, surprising researchers.
Biology
Mathematical models help select crops to combat drought
According to the Hydrological Processes, an international mathematical group has modeled to help determine how plants affect the conservation of water resources in diffe…
Animal world
Kangaroo eat corpses to get nutrients
Ecologists observed some unusual behaviors of kangaroos due to scarcity of food.
Archeology
The 5,000-year-old megalithic monument sticks out under the lake after the drought
The giant megalithic stone circle emerges from the deep bottom after the water in the suburb of Peraleda de la Mata, Spain, withdraws.
Environment
The Amazon forest was big, and the smoke could be seen from the orbit
Drought, deforestation and many other factors combined, we have a natural disaster: Earth's green lungs are on fire!
Environment
Severe weather destroys 50% of Australian marine ecosystems
Natural disasters such as storms, cyclones, droughts and heat waves have destroyed nearly 50% of marine ecosystems in Australia, many places where natural life cannot re…
Environment
Some plants make drought worse
A new analysis suggests that some plants make drought worse.
New technology
The anti-drought technology in agriculture is remarkable
Drip irrigation, desalination of water sources, or water intake from the air are the anti-drought technologies currently in use in the world.
Cancer
Indian farmers use ... solar energy to water plants
Millions of people in India live on agriculture but serious drought in recent years has made them struggling to find water for crops.
Environment
It's so hot that animals are 'crazy' in India
According to the AFP news agency, Indian media have reported cases of strange behavior by animals due to the hot weather and prolonged drought in the country.
Animal world
Giant catfish died deadly due to drought in Thailand
At least two tons of giant Mekong catfish are recovered at a reservoir in northern Thailand due to drought.