Dust Bowl Conditions Are Literally Returning To The Western Half Of The United States
Michael Snyder Activist Post What would you do if a 15-hour dust storm with winds up to 60 miles an hour hit your home, and…
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The Colorado River, The High Plains Aquifer And The Entire Western Half Of The U.S. Are Rapidly Drying Up
Michael Snyder Activist Post What is life going to look like as our precious water resources become increasingly strained and the western half of the…
Europe Braces for Serious Crop Losses and Blackouts
Record dry spring could drive up wheat prices, and lack of water may force nuclear reactors to shut down Wiki Image Jeremy Lovell and ClimateWire…
America’s breadbasket aquifer running dry; massive agriculture collapse inevitable
Ogallala Aquifer Map/Wiki Commons Mike Adams Natural News It’s the largest underground freshwater supply in the world, stretching from South Dakota all the way to…
Water Crisis In Ireland: Tens Of Thousands Without Water, Doctors Warn Of Disease
Associated Press BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Frustration and fears of disease mounted in Northern Ireland Wednesday as 36,000 people were left without water after much…
Soon We’ll Be Drinking Recycled Pee; Some of Us Already Are
Larry Knowles AOL News Someday, millions of Americans will be drinking their own urine, says Robert Roy Britt, managing editor of LiveScience.com, a news site…
Our Coming Mega-Drought
Mother Jones Kevin Drum Mother Jones Here are a few recent data points for you: (1) The New York Times reports that “skepticism and outright denial…
Drought-stricken Lake Mead falls to a level not seen since 1937
Henry Brean Las Vegas Review Oddly, the drought’s latest milestone arrived on a rainy day. Just before noon Sunday, as thunderstorms closed in on the…
10 Reasons Our Shallow Fresh Water Supply is in Deep Trouble
Jeffrey Green Activist Post Fresh clean water is essential to all life forms. It seems that a resource so vital should not be corralled, controlled,…
Farmers: It’s too late to salvage some crops
Ike Wilson WTOP No amount of rainfall at this point in the year will help salvage corn. It’s too late, local farmers said. “It can…
Drought, Brush Fire Risk Building in the Eastern U.S.
Drought Map – USDA Alex Sosnowski AccuWeather A number of short-term and long-term factors are resulting in building drought conditions over a large part of…
Is a ‘Mega-Drought’ on the Way?
American Dust Bowl Robert Morley The Trumpet Seven years without rain. Three and a half years without rain. Have you ever read biblical accounts of…
Floods, Drought Will Prevent Gains in China’s Grain Production This Year
Bloomberg News Natural disasters may block any increase in China’s grain production this year as the worst floods in a decade ruin crops. Flooding cut…
Free Market Famine Redux: Who Will Feed China?
Activist Post Long-time published author, Joseph E. Fasciani, wrote an article in May, 2004 for Axis of Logic titled, It’s Time to Again Ask: Who…