Why are the LA wildfires so bad?
Why wildfires are becoming faster and more furious It was terrible timing. In the late morning of Tuesday 6 January, a “life-threatening
The summer food went weird: searing heat reshapes US food production
From wilting wheat to stressed pollinators, US farmers and fishermen see unexpected climate effects This week, farmers across the midwest are preparing
Wildfires – an environmental catastrophe being severely underestimated, and whose increase we ignore at our peril
GLOBAL FIRE MAP https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/?v=-283.3642149929279,-129,292.3642149929279,136&l=Reference_Labels_15m(hidden),Reference_Features_15m(hidden),Coastlines_15m,VIIRS_SNPP_Thermal_Anomalies_375m_Day,VIIRS_SNPP_Thermal_Anomalies_375m_Night,MODIS_Combined_Thermal_Anomalies_All,VIIRS_SNPP_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor(hidden),MODIS_Aqua_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor(hidden),MODIS_Terra_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor&lg=false&t=2023-08-27-T08%3A34%3A52Z *** Wildfires are becoming more dangerous – here’s why Source: Imperial College London, UK: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/241572/wildfires-becoming-more-dangerous-heres/ From London to
Hermit’s Peak Watershed Alliance
Website: https://hermitspeakwatersheds.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HermitsPeakWatershedAlliance Hermit’s Peak Watershed Alliance (HPWA) is a local, grassroots, 501c3 nonprofit organization who has been in existence since
Are America’s wild horses the answer to wildfires?
One man is on a mission to promote the grazing habits of feral herds as a way to stop extreme blazes from
The Guardian view on water politics in Europe: a new fault line
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/26/the-guardian-view-on-water-politics-in-europe-a-new-fault-line As drought becomes the norm, creative solutions must be found to deal with a new, parched reality Boats lie on
Waterlogged wheat, rotting oranges: five crops devastated by a year of extreme weather
Crops are struggling to grow – and produce the same yields – as they would under normal weather conditions Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/01/climate-crisis-us-food-system-five-crops About
Are Criollo Cattle a Regenerative Solution to a 1,200-Year Megadrought?
Source: https://civileats.com/2022/08/08/criollo-cattle-regenerative-grazing-wildfires-solution-megadrought/ This heritage breed has adapted to dry rangelands and may help regenerate the soil while needing less water and feed
Europe’s farmers look to a future of long-term drought
Much of Europe has suffered through repeated heat-waves in recent weeks. And that’s hit economies hard, whether through reduced river-traffic, dried-up farm
Focus on the decades-long megadrought in the western USA
https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/ The Southwest’s most important river is drying up The Colorado River irrigates farms, powers electric grids, and provides drinking water to
