Drought
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Desertification in Mongolia is causing major problems with dust in China’s northern capital, Beijing. The Chinese attribute the degradation in Mongolia’s lands to overuse of herding and other agriculture and mining along with a climate that is getting warmer and drier. But the demand for what Mongolia produces by China is encouraging this overuse of…
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NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center posted their latest seasonal outlook today. The pattern it shows for the next month and three month periods are very consistent with what we expect from a weak La Nina. This is not a surprise because that is our current ENSO state. Most of the Southeast is expected to be warmer…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that drought conditions were reduced in a broad area of southern AL and GA and in northern Florida due to recent rains. However, higher elevation areas away from the coast, including northern AL and GA and western SC and NC as well as a lot of Tennessee saw…
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A new report on the fall flash drought of 2023 in the Southeast is now available from Drought.gov. You can read more about the development of the drought as well as its impacts on agriculture, forestry, and other industries at https://www.drought.gov/news/facing-future-droughts-lessons-southeasts-2023-fall-flash-drought-2025-12-12. There is a link to the full report on that page as well. The…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that drought conditions improved by one category over large portions of northern Florida as well as southern Alabama and southwestern Georgia. The area of exceptional (D4) drought in SWGA was removed, and drought conditions also improved in southeast North Carolina as well as northern Virginia. However, drought…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that drought improved in Alabama, northern Georgia, and South Carolina but generally stayed the same or got worse in many other areas, including Florida and North Carolina. Overall, the area of drought increased slightly, although the area of exceptional (D4) drought did decrease a bit. In Puerto Rico,…
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Here is a stark story from Scientific American about the need to move the capital of Iran from Tehran to another location with more water. The reason is a combination of lingering drought caused by warming temperatures due to climate change and significant overuse of the aquifers underneath the city to provide both drinking water…