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Coverage of dry seasons since June 12, 2023.

B.C. drought: More funding to help farmers

"...Rancher Werner Stump said spring is usually a “season of optimism” for farmers in British Columbia, but worries linger after unprecedented drought last year and another dry season looming..."

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Mystery over unexpectedly large emissions from Africas tropical ecosystems

"...This study finds that tropical Africas land acts as a net emitter of CO2 in the dry season, when practices such as biomass burning reach a peak, and a net sink in the wet season, when plants grow faster and take in more CO2 from the atmosphere. Thus, it concludes, tropical Africas land can be considered neutral in terms of its CO2 emissions..."

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38 people killed and 52 wounded in communal clashes over land in South Sudan, officials report

"...JUBA, South Sudan (AP) Residents of a swampy area in central South Sudan battled with cattle herders who moved in looking for water and pasture during the dry season, and at least 38 people were killed and 52 suffered gunshot wounds, officials said Thursday..."

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The Panama Canal is running dry, sending global shipping into chaos (again)

"...In todays Big Story Podcast, it hasn't been an easy few years for global shipping to say the least. From the pandemic to multiple conflicts, to accidents and disasters, getting products from point A to point B has never been less reliable or more expensive. And now a prolonged drought has the Panama Canal operating at about half of its usual capacity..."

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Low snow pack raises alarm for potential drought across B.C., including Merritt

"...With this in mind, local farmers and ranchers are already preparing for what could be a lengthy dry season. Wayne and Rhonda MacDonald, owners of Bar FX Ranch between Merritt and Spences Bridge, were among those hardest hit by B. C..."

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More outages possible this storm season due to drought: BC Hydro

"...The warning for customers to be prepared for weather-related outages caused by weakened trees and drought comes after a near record-breaking dry season, BC Hydro said in a news release Friday (Oct. 27). The wildfires and drought damaged soil, roots, trees and vegetation in many parts of the province..."

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Drought causes havoc for Burns Lake ranchers

"...Samantha Seary, Media Relations Office of the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food said, The impact of wildfires, drought conditions, low stream flow, and local water restrictions in British Columbia has impacted forage yield, resulting in 70 per cent losses in the Peace and Bulkley-Nechako, regions. Hay prices in these regions have increased three times higher than last year resulting in producers having to reduce herd sizes. It is also expensive to have hay delivered to areas in the north..."

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Jakarta declared the world's most polluted city

"...FILE - Vehicles are caught in a congestion during a rush hour in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. Indonesian authorities are blaming the dry season and and motorized vehicles as the main causes of air pollution in Jakarta, after a Swiss air quality technology company named the city as the most polluted in the world..."

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People flee into ocean to escape wildfires at popular Hawaii tourist town

"...A woman evacuates her horse past a Maui County crew working to clear Olinda Road of wind-blown debris in the fire-threatened area of Kula, Hawaii, on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. Several Hawaii communities were forced to evacuate from wildfires that destroyed at least two homes as of Tuesday as a dry season mixed with strong wind gusts made for dangerous fire conditions..."

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B.C. Wildfires: Kamloops-area evacuation order eases, hundreds allowed home Globalnews.ca

"...“We are taking this proactive step to ensure that our region's 2. 8 million residents will have enough drinking water for essential uses for the rest of the dry season,” Harvie said in a statement. Stage 2 restrictions prohibit all lawn watering..."

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Hundreds allowed to return home near Kamloops, B.C., as evacuation order eases

"...VANCOUVER An evacuation order covering hundreds of properties south of Kamloops, B. C. , has been scaled back to an alert as crews make good progress containing a wildfire about 10 kilometres south of the city..."

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I was living my dream in Costa Rica. Climate change sent me packing back to Toronto.

"...Up there, at the top of a large hill, we were safe from floods and landslides, but we were exposed to the full intensity of nature. In the dry season, we watched the brilliant sunsets every day. In the rainy season the storms, lightning and rain were stunning..."

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Podcasts

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RealAg LIVE! with Sheri Strydhorst on wheat and barley seeding success

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"...Whether for feed or food, in a dry season or wet, successful wheat and barley establishment is unique to the crop type..."

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Informative Video

Discussions, Documentaries, and Investigative Reports about dry seasons.

Climate change and water scarcity in Benin | DW Documentary

"...After all, water shortages caused global warming are also impacting farmers..."

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The Tree that Survives Without Rain| Earths Great Rivers II | BBC Earth

"...In the midst of dry season, while most trees loose their leaves, the apple ring acacias at the Zambezi River is full of life, providing shelter and food for the animals..."

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Big Cats - Fastest Hunters of the Serengeti | Free Documentary Nature

"...Heavy rain in the dry season, while the wet season grows shorter and drier..."

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Big Cats - Fastest Hunters of the Serengeti | Free Documentary Nature

"...Heavy rain in the dry season, while the wet season grows shorter and drier..."

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Academic Research

Recent peer-reviewed papers about dry seasons relevant to the latest news.

Streamflow projection under CMIP6 climate scenarios using a support vector regression: a case study of the Kurau River Basin of

"...CMIP6 is an updated and improved Global Climate Models (GCMs) for the exploration of the specific impacts of changing streamflow patterns for improved water management in agricultural areas..."

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Long droughts decrease tiger- and ground-beetle? beta diversity and community body size in savannas of the Gorongosa National P

"...Community body size in grasslands increased after the rainfall, partly due to the occurrence of caraboid species that were exclusive of forest habitats during drought..."

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Impact of climatic changes on surface water in Middle East, Northern Iraq

"...This study aims to evaluate the impact of the climatic changes on the availability of surface water resources in the basins of the Tigris, Great Zab, and Khazir Rivers in Iraq by applying the general circulation model HadCM3 under two climate change scenarios (SRES-A2 and SRES-B2)..."

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Is it because of climate change? Social-ecological system analysis of wetland protected area in Vietnamese Mekong Delta

"...With the complexity of the research tasks, a social-ecological system (SES) approach was applied with three main elements: the resource system (vegetation covers), external related ecosystems (climate change), and governance system (wetland management) and their interactions through ecological performance (outcome)..."

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Groundwater vulnerability mapping of hyper-humid urban aquifers for an improved water management in African megacities, opportu

"...The paper ends with clear recommendations to align land uses, landscape and groundwater protection in order to improve the quality of the drinking water supply for urban populations..."

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A comprehensive assessment for agriculture water requirement main crops of the Senegal River delta

"...In the Senegal River delta, the expansion of irrigated land to meet the growing food demands, combined with the effects of climate change will lead to an increasing in the demand for agriculture water..."

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Water quality and habitat drive phytoplankton taxonomic and functional group patterns in the Yangtze River

"...The variance partitioning showed that water quality (NO3-N, total suspended solids, turbidity) and habitat (water flow, river bank and river channel conditions) were critical factors in shaping phytoplankton patterns, followed by climate and land use..."

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Combining Downscaled Global Climate Model Data with SWAT to Assess Regional Climate Change Properties and Hydrological Response

"...Predicting the spatial and temporal response of water resources to future climate change is necessary for the construction of regional water facilities..."

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Can rainfall seasonality trigger soil water repellency in a tropical riparian forest?

"...Though riparian areas generally have a shallow water table and higher soil moisture compared to upslope areas, climatic seasonality may trigger water repellency in tropical riparian forests, which, if persistent, could negatively affect essential ecosystem functions related to water resources protection such as reduced overland-flow, sediment transport, and nutrient filtration..."

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