By Study Finds A new device that extracts water from the air using solar power offers a potential solution for the world’s driest regions, scientists say. This atmospheric water harvesting technology utilizes a super hygroscopic gel known for its exceptional ability to swell and trap…
By Tyler Durden Utah’s Great Salt Lake is facing unprecedented danger. Without a significant increase in water flow over the next several years, the lake might turn into dust. That’s where things could get dangerous for the 2.5 million residents around the lake. Recall we’ve…
By Tyler Durden La Niña has returned for the third consecutive winter, allowing for drier-than-average conditions across America’s crop belt. Some farmers told Bloomberg that conditions are so dry that “fertilizer is evaporating from the soil, and plants are struggling to emerge from the ground.” The odds are stacking…
By Tyler Durden Drought closed a portion of the Mississippi River earlier this week, as the major waterway has been an absolute nightmare for tugboat captains to navigate. A stretch of the Mississippi River just northeast of Memphis, near Hickman, Kentucky, was closed on Monday because water levels reached…
By Tyler Durden A drought is drying up parts of the Mississippi River, a major export channel for corn and soybeans. Barges cannot haul farm goods at full capacity because of shrinking water levels, sparking a vessel shortage that has sent transport prices to record…
By Tyler Durden New satellite imagery shows a large swath of California’s rice fields has been left barren without harvest as fears of a “mini dust bowl” emerge due to diminishing water supplies. Kurt Richter, a third-generation rice farmer in Colusa, the rice capital of…
By Tyler Durden Drought conditions expanded and intensified over the Northeast this summer, according to the latest report from the US Drought Monitor. Extreme drought plagues eastern Massachusetts, including Boston, and southern and eastern Rhode Island. A severe drought is more widespread, encompassing much of…
By Neenah Payne Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, former chairman of the Nestle Group, said in 2005 that access to water is not a human right! Coca Cola, Poland Spring, and other bottlers are threatening the water supply. California and the Southwest face record life-changing droughts. China has…
By Tyler Durden With China’s water supply rapidly deteriorating to catastrophic levels – something which could have profound effects on the global food, energy and materials markets – officials in the southwestern province of Sichuan have deployed two giant cloud-seeding drones in the hopes of…
By Michael Snyder Food doesn’t just magically show up at the grocery store. If farmers and ranchers do not produce it, we do not eat. I know that I have been writing about the rapidly growing global food crisis a lot lately, but that is…
By Tyler Durden Days ago, we said the next food insecurity problem that may impact Americans’ eating habits could be an emerging potato shortage. Now there appears to be another issue: Tomatoes are getting squeezed, and risks of a ketchup shortage rise as a severe drought…
By Mac Slavo Low water levels in the western states are causing a problematic crop yield. But they also impact our energy supply and push the power grid to the brink. When temperatures rise and water levels drop, the energy sector gets squeezed hard. The…
By Katie Hutton According to a paper published August 5 in the peer-reviewed journal Science Advances, there’s a common weed that may be the “super plant” scientists have been searching for that holds the key to creating drought-resistant crops in the future. Portulaca oleracea, commonly known as…
By Tyler Durden Water levels on Germany’s Rhine River continued to decline Monday, hitting a new threshold as an extended period of dry weather exacerbated Europe’s energy-supply crunch. Falling water levels have also revealed shocking photos of partially dried riverbeds that would make the Rhine impassible at certain…
By Michael Snyder We really are reaching a major crisis point. Thanks to soaring fertilizer prices, insane weather patterns and the war in Ukraine, global food supplies have been getting tighter and tighter. So we really needed a banner year for agricultural production in both…
By Tyler Durden The president of the largest farmers’ union in France has warned that a shortage of feedstock caused by severe drought may lead to a milk shortage. “I think that in the coming months, we will have a shortage of milk in France….
By Michael Snyder Thanks to the horrific drought which is absolutely devastating ranching in the Southwest, ranchers are now in “panic mode” and are selling off their cattle at an unprecedented rate. In fact, some are choosing to sell off their entire herds because they…
By Tyler Durden The Italian government declared a state of emergency in five northern regions because of a dangerous heatwave and drought — that are taking a toll on agriculture and threatening power supplies, according to Reuters. The emergency was declared on Monday and will remain…
By Tyler Durden The surface of Lake Mead, North America’s largest artificial reservoir, now stands at 1044 feet above sea level and is dropping fast. If Lake Mead’s water level falls another 149 feet, a dangerous level known as a “dead pool” could wreak havoc…
By Tyler Durden Abnormally dry to exceptional drought conditions are expected to persist across 60% of the continental U.S. as spring in the Northern Hemisphere begins. Forecasters expect little to no rain for certain parts of the western U.S. through June. From April to June,…
