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Can Ethiopia and Egypt agree on the Nile? | The Stream
On The Stream: Can Ethiopia and Egypt reach agreement on the Nile?
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Planet SOS: Protecting the Earth’s water and the life that depends on it
As our planet warms and poor water and land use practices contaminate our waterways and damage the environment, global water supplies are being affected. Planet SOS looks at what is being done to protect this vital resource.
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Planet SOS: Stalemate at COP 25 as Earth continues to warm
Nations fail to resolve their differences over how to deal with climate change, while scientists and civil society vow to keep fighting.
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How Canada's farmers use drones to yield better crop
Canada's farmers are using drones to yield better crops. In Alberta, they're also prone to some pretty crazy weather patterns that can bring drought one year and flooding the next. Drones makes it easier for farmers to monitor crops and...
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Climate update: January 2018
January 2018 was warmer than usual across Europe, and far colder than average in southern Russia, central Asia , and across the southern and eastern USA. Data shows last month to be two degrees warmer than average in Europe; the fourth...
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A year of extremes: 2017 hottest year ever recorded
2017 is set to be confirmed as the warmest year on record not influenced by warming El Niño conditions. Preliminary data suggests the global CO2 emissions grew in 2017 by around 2% after three-year ‘plateau’. 2017 was the third-hottest...
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Europe's heat wave and climate change | A sign of things to come?
Europe's death toll from extreme weather could rise to more than 150,000 people a year by 2100 if nothing is done to curb the effects of climate change, study says
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UN issues dire warning on famine
Top UN official says famine in four countries could soon become the worst global crisis since the Second World War
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110 dead in 48 hours as drought threatens Somalia
Women, children flee to Red Cross centres for help
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Drought in the American southwest
'Drought becomes, in a sense, the new climatology. It becomes the new normal,' says Canadian researcher Glen MacDonald
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Farmers use drones to fight drought
In drought-stricken California, every drop counts. Farmers are constantly looking for new ways to efficiently use water resources. In Los Banos, some 120 miles southeast of San Francisco, farmers are turning to drones. “The drought’s...
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Severe drought leaves many Ethiopians in survival mode
In Africa, a difficult dry spell has become the worst drought in decades. Crops and livestock are dying, leaving millions of people malnourished and more desperate each day.
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El Niño is causing havoc in Central America, Asia and Africa
El Niño is having a disastrous effect on countries in Central America, parts of Africa and Asia, which have been hit by a drought that is generating a severe food crisis. In Haiti, 3.6 million people are facing food insecurity with...
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Ethiopia drought 'Worst in 50 years'
Save the Children charity raises alarm as global leaders prepare for 26th African Union Summit
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Water levels falling at reservoir in Kent
Drone footage of Bewl Water, the largest reservoir in the south east of England, near Lamberhurst in Kent, which is currently 70% full. The East and West Midlands have become the latest areas of England to fall into drought as the...
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Drought declared in East and West Midlands in driest start to year since 1976
The East and West Midlands have become the latest areas of England to fall into drought as the country struggles with the driest start to the year since 1976. The move comes in the wake of summer heatwaves and a drier than average June,...
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Morocco’s oases struggle to survive amid growing desertification
In the Moroccan town of Skoura, a once-thriving oasis is facing an uncertain future. Known for its fertile land and steady water supply, the Skoura Oasis is now drying up as desertification intensifies.
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Southern Water becomes latest company to bring in hosepipe ban amid dry weather
Southern Water has become the latest company to bring in a hosepipe ban, to protect rare chalk stream habitat, as England battles exceptionally dry weather. The company said restrictions on hosepipes for activities such as watering...
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Heat wave keeping Nova Scotia farmers busy
These hazy summer days are not lazy for farmers. Hot, dry conditions mean they are working long hours to keep a handle on things. Jane Sponagle has the story.
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Crete's Messara struggles with water shortage amid extreme weather
The Faneromeni dam, the main water source for the area, has seen its levels drop drastically due to illegal water pumping, low rainfall and high temperatures.
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Asia weather: Hot summer & drought reduce harvests, increase prices
Disappointing harvests for coffee farmers in Vietnam. Al Jazeera looks at how far climate change is to blame.
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48 C in Mexico: What happens when extreme heat hits? | About That
Mexico's record heat and extreme drought are having a severe effect across the country. Andrew Chang explains what makes the region so vulnerable to back-to-back heat waves, and why experts are paying close attention to the health of...
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Low Mackenzie River water levels strand some communities
Water levels in Great Slave Lake are now the lowest ever recorded thanks to two years of drought, which is also drying up parts of the Mackenzie River — a major transportation route for a wide swath of the Northwest Territories — and...
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Spain drought: Catalonia is the worst affected region
At least half of the woodland here is dead/dying, creating a tinder box for forest fire, deepening an already critical environmental problem