The downpour was the latest in a summer of extreme weather events. Streets were turned into rivers, bridges and highways were blocked and thousands were left without power.
Tag: Agriculture and Farming
Pakistan Is Devastated by Floods, Faces Looming Food Crisis
The flooding has crippled Pakistan’s agricultural sector, battering the country as it reels from an economic crisis and double-digit inflation that has sent the price of basics soaring.
Pakistan Is Devastated by Floods, Faces Looming Food Crisis
The flooding has crippled Pakistan’s agricultural sector, battering the country as it reels from an economic crisis and double-digit inflation that has sent the price of basics soaring.
Desert Winemaking ‘Sounds Absurd,’ but Israeli Vineyards in Negev Show the Way
As vintners around the world battle extreme heat and climate change, the pioneers producing wine in Israel’s arid south are testing ideas that might soon find global application.
It Was War. Then, a Rancher’s Truce With Some Pesky Beavers Paid Off.
The ‘highly skilled environmental engineers’ can help to store precious water and rejuvenate land ravaged by climate change. Just don’t dynamite their homes.
Horror grips a bucolic farming region after the killing spree.
Police searches and the roar of helicopters disrupt the routine in a rural stretch of Saskatchewan.
Climate Change Is Ravaging the Colorado River. There’s a Model to Avert the Worst.
Success in the Yakima River Basin in Washington holds lessons for the seven states at war over water in the American West.
Deadly Floods Devastate an Already Fragile Pakistan
More than 1,100 have died as record monsoon rains inundate the country, washing away bridges, roads and crop fields. Much of Pakistan is underwater.
China’s Record Drought is Drying Rivers and Feeding Its Coal Habit
Dry weather in southwestern China has crippled huge hydroelectric dams, forcing cities to impose rolling blackouts and driving up the country’s use of coal.
Your Thursday Briefing: Six Months of War in Ukraine
Plus the future of milk in India and South Korea’s declining fertility rate.