Drought Will Worsen One Day Somewhere

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Dec 28, 2013 Although a new research project confirms that drought -- and floods -- will affect the world more severely during this century, uncertainty persists over who will suffer, and when. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Warmer Climate Will Hit Volta River Levels

By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network Jul 28, 2013 The cost of climate change for one of West Africa's most densely populated regions is likely to be severe, with food, energy supplies and industrial growth all at risk. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Double Disasters Batter Pacific Islands

By Paul Brown, Climate News Network Jul 2, 2013 An escalating crisis caused by the simultaneous disasters of floods and drought is threatening the Marshall Islands, leading the Pacific nation’s government to appeal to world leaders for action on climate change. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Buffalo Wing Shortage

Adam Zyglis, Cagle Cartoons, The Buffalo News Feb 4, 2013 Dig deeper

Drought

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig Aug 3, 2012 Dig deeper

Congressional Carnivores Rage Over ‘Meatless Monday’

David Sirota / Truthdig Aug 3, 2012 America is suffering through the worst drought since 1950, so taking one day a week off from meat-eating seems like the absolute least we should be willing to do. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Drought Belts the Breadbasket

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 26, 2012 Almost 30 percent of the American Midwest -- the area that produces most of the country’s corn, soybeans and livestock -- is suffering an escalation of its most extreme drought in five decades. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Political Scientist: Patriot Act Blocked Aid to Somalis

Staff / Truthdig Apr 21, 2012 Humanitarian groups withheld aid from Somalis suffering the effects of a severe drought that killed tens of thousands and displaced more than a million people last year out of fear that their assistance would amount to material support for regional terrorists under the U.S. Patriot Act, a Davidson College professor says. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Age of Thirst in the American West

Staff / Truthdig Dec 6, 2011 Consider it a taste of the future: the fire, smoke, drought, dust, and heat that have made life unpleasant, if not dangerous, from Louisiana to Los Angeles. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Good Night, Irene

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig Sep 7, 2011 Dig deeper

Picturing Climate Change in Your County

Staff / Truthdig Aug 6, 2011 The National Resources Defense Council has given us a view from above on extreme temperature, smog and allergen pollution, drought and flood vulnerability in the United States for select periods over the last two decades. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Careful What You Pray For, Texas

Staff / Truthdig Jul 29, 2011 Texas is suffering through one of the worst droughts in the state's history, and things have gotten so bad that news of a tropical storm -- that thing just below a hurricane on the bad-weather scale -- is being greeted with cautious optimism. Texas Gov. Rick Perry named three days in April "Days of Prayer for Rain in the State of Texas." (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )