Drought
Mesopotamia, home to the gardens of Babylon and Eden, is running dry
The cradle of civilisation, the land between rivers where the wheel was invented, irrigation flourished and writing emerged, is turning to dust.
- by Alissa J. Rubin
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Traffic jam at Panama Canal as drought lowers water level
Authorities of the Panama Canal expect income from the waterway to drop after they were forced to limit the number of ships passing through it.
- by Elida Moreno
Record July heat prompts dire warning: Act now ‘or we all scorch and fry’
The warmest temperatures for tens of thousands of years are prompting yet more calls from experts for urgent action on climate.
- by Nick O'Malley
Murray-Darling $13b rescue indefinitely delayed: Plibersek warns states to act now
The environment minister said the plan would not meet its July 2024 plan to restore the basin as she warned of looming environmental disaster.
- by Mike Foley
The missing factor preventing the BoM from declaring an El Nino event
Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology is an outlier among global weather agencies because of the specific conditions it requires for an El Nino declaration.
- by Mike Foley
Weather extremes are thrashing the world, and it’s just a taste of what’s to come
Signs of catastrophic weather events have been brewing in oceans around the globe for months.
- by Laura Chung and Angus Dalton
‘Uncharted territory’: UN declares El Nino weather event as records near
As oceans and land warm to near-record temperatures and the United Nations declares an El Nino event has begun, scientists have warned the world is heading into uncharted territory.
- by Laura Chung
‘Extraordinary’ sea temperatures spark summer drought, fire warnings
The drivers for a hot, dry summer are in place, as climate scientists warn a strong El Nino weather pattern is likely.
- by Mike Foley
Warmer winter ahead as El Nino chances increase
The likelihood of an El Nino weather event occurring this year has risen to 70 per cent, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
- by Laura Chung