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- Late rainy season reliably predicts drought in regions prone to food insecurity Thu, 21 Jan 21, 9:00pmThe onset date of the yearly rainy season reliably predicts if seasonal drought will occur in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa that are particularly vulnerable to food insecurity, and could help to mitigate its effects.
- Surprising News: Drylands Are Not Getting Drier As Predicted by Climate Scientists Tue, 5 Jan 21, 9:00pmNew Columbia Engineering study—first to investigate the long-term effect of soil moisture-atmosphere feedbacks in drylands—finds that soil moisture exerts a negative feedback on surface water availability in drylands,...
- Could Queensland become a renewable energy super power? Sun, 11 Oct 20, 9:13amWill Graham is a fifth-generation grazier who has seen enough years of dry, hot weather to convince him Queensland must transition away from coal to renewables.
- Predicting drought in the American West just got more difficult Sat, 8 Aug 20, 7:00pmPeople hoping to get a handle on future droughts in the American West are in for a disappointment, as new USC-led research spanning centuries shows El Niño cycles are an unreliable predictor.
- Energy democracy movement sees power shift to local communities Fri, 15 May 20, 8:15amEmpowering a town with its own solar farm, the Orange Community Renewable Energy Park won state funding and aims to power over 2,000 homes with cheap clean energy.
- Making water 'out of thin air': Desert community turns to groundbreaking solution for water woes Thu, 7 May 20, 7:27amA remote Central Australian community will trial a technology that boosts supplies of drinking water using solar power and air, after battling water security issues for several years.
- Megadrought grips Western states, new study says Wed, 22 Apr 20, 2:30amAs if we weren’t in enough of a pickle, a new study claims that the western U.S. is in the midst of a megadrought affected by climate change.[...]
- Claims of Southwestern USA ‘Megadrought’ Are All Wet Sat, 18 Apr 20, 11:50pmBy Anthony Watts The media this week are hyping a new study claiming global warming is causing a new megadrought in the American Southwest. In reality, the recent drought in the American Southwest is nothing new when you...
- A history of droughts and flooding rains from 1782 – 1865 in Australia Wed, 11 Mar 20, 1:34amHere’s one for all the history-deniers from 1885 Mr N Bartley understood Australias climate 134 years ago better than some climate scientists appear to now.
- Australia's carbon emissions fall just 0.3% as industrial pollution surges Mon, 24 Feb 20, 12:36pmEmissions from electricity generation and agriculture decline, but tiny overall decline shows shortcomings of Coalition policy
- Royal Commission on Fires based on Myth of Hotter-Drier Summer Sat, 22 Feb 20, 2:59pmMore lies by omission from the Bureau of Misinformation When a PM gets it totally wrong, where is the BOM… “What this royal commission is looking at are the practical things that must be done to keep Australians...
- The Hotter-Drier “Climate change” myth — the rain in Australia has always been erratic, no CO2 trend Mon, 13 Jan 20, 5:50pmWhen will our BoM and Climate Experts correct the Fake Science and misinformation?
- Wet Years, Dry Years Thu, 26 Dec 19, 5:00pmGuest Post by Willis Eschenbach I keep reading all kinds of claims that the slight warming we’ve been experiencing over the last century has already led to an increase in droughts...
- Drone law changes would save graziers thousands Thu, 19 Dec 19, 6:18amNew drone technology could save graziers thousands of dollars a year but they want CASA to ease regulations first.
- Too hot for humans? First Nations people fear becoming Australia's first climate refugees Wed, 18 Dec 19, 4:00amAboriginal people in Alice Springs say global heating threatens their survivalThe town had 55 days above 40C in the year to July 2019Central Australian outstations are running out of waterPoor quality housing in town camps...