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How to Recognize Desertification and Drought Day
How to Recognize Desertification and Drought Day More than 2 billion hectares of previously productive land is degraded. For Desertification and Drought Day on June 17, DW spoke with Ibrahim Thiaw, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). DW: What do you want people to know about this year’s desertification day? Ibrahim Thiaw: […]
11 Nations that Collapsed because of Drought
11 Nations that Collapsed because of Drought Preface. Recently it was discovered that Assyria collapsed in the 7th century BC. Jeff Masters list ten more civilizations that failed from drought. We may be next, as Lynn Ingram, a professor at U.C. Berkeley discusses in her book: The West without Water: What Past Floods, Droughts, and Other […]
A Plague Of “Billions” Of Locusts Threatens To Create A Horrific End Times Famine All Over Africa
A Plague Of “Billions” Of Locusts Threatens To Create A Horrific End Times Famine All Over Africa Billions of locusts are eating everything in sight in east Africa right now, and every single day many more farms are being completely wiped out. Unfortunately, authorities are telling us that what we have seen so far is […]
Floods And Drought Devastate Crops All Over The Planet – Could A Global Food Crisis Be Coming?
Floods And Drought Devastate Crops All Over The Planet – Could A Global Food Crisis Be Coming? It looks like global food production could be well below expectations in 2019, and that could spell big trouble in the months ahead. In recent weeks, I have written extensively about the problems that we have been experiencing […]
Are we Heading into a Food Shortage?
Are we Heading into a Food Shortage? COMMENT: Mr. Armstrong, I find it really distasteful that you laid out events well in advance and then everyone copies you without ever giving you credit. There are articles now appearing about the coming food shortage. The degree of plagiarism is unbelievable. It must be dishearting. I certainly begin […]
Which SHTF situation is most likely to actually happen?
Which SHTF situation is most likely to actually happen? (Natural News) The prepping lifestyle can be overwhelming for most people but at its core, preppers prioritize readiness in all aspects of their lives. But amid all the talk about prepping skills, survival gear, and food supplies, how do you know which disaster event has the highest […]
Our Food Is Killing the Planet — But It Doesn’t Have To
Our Food Is Killing the Planet — But It Doesn’t Have To A new book asks, “Can we feed the world without destroying it?” The answers might surprise you. The world needs to change the way it eats, not just as individuals but as a society. That’s the message from a groundbreaking report issued last month by […]
The West’s Great River Hits Its Limits: Will the Colorado Run Dry?
The West’s Great River Hits Its Limits: Will the Colorado Run Dry? As the Southwest faces rapid growth and unrelenting drought, the Colorado River is in crisis, with too many demands on its diminishing flow. Now those who depend on the river must confront the hard reality that their supply of Colorado water may be […]
Ghost Empires
Ghost Empires As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information Drought is a normal recurring feature of the climate in most parts of the world. It doesn’t get the attention of a tornado, hurricane or flood. Instead, it’s a slower and less obvious, a […]
Ghost Empires
Ghost Empires As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information Drought is a normal recurring feature of the climate in most parts of the world. It doesn’t get the attention of a tornado, hurricane or flood. Instead, it’s a slower and less obvious, a much […]
Australia’s drought, climate change and the future of food
Australia’s drought, climate change and the future of food There’s a reason that few people are thinking about world grain supplies. Last year saw record worldwide production of grains and record stocks of grains left over. But this year worldwide production slipped about 2 percent, owing in large part to the plunge in Australia’s production […]
The Great Drought
The Great Drought Photo Source NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | CC BY 2.0 The most hazardous global warming risk for society at large is widespread loss of grain production because of a synchronized worldwide drought. It would be a colossal killer. It’s happened before, known as The Great Drought 142 years ago. Unmistakably, droughts […]
Scientists Warn World Facing Major Famine, Could “Lead To Severe Shocks To Global Food System”
Scientists Warn World Facing Major Famine, Could “Lead To Severe Shocks To Global Food System” Researchers from Washington State University have published a new report of the Great Drought, the most destructive known drought of the past 800 years – and how it sparked the Global Famine that claimed the lives of 50 million people. The scientists warn […]
Drought-Laden Rainforests
Drought-Laden Rainforests Photo Source Mike Goren | CC BY 2.0 The world’s rainforests are under attack at a rate of 2.5 acres per second. Global warming and clear-cutting for growing palm oil and raising cattle are some of the biggest annihilators. The repercussions are devastating. For example, one of the consequences is harmful alteration of […]
Over Half The U.S. Has Now Been Hit By Drought As Lake Powell And Lake Mead Drop To “Dangerous” Low Levels
Over Half The U.S. Has Now Been Hit By Drought As Lake Powell And Lake Mead Drop To “Dangerous” Low Levels The worst drought in years in the western half of the United States has sparked hundreds of wildfires, has crippled thousands of farms, and has produced what could ultimately be the worst water crisis […]
