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California’s extreme drought forced the governor to declare a state of emergency.
More Crop for the DropSTANFORD – The United Nations has called drought the “world’s costliest natural disaster,” both financially, imposing an annual cost of $6-8 billion, and in human terms; since 1900, it has affected two billion people, leading to more than 11 million deaths.
And, in fact, a proven technology exists that could go a long way toward reducing the impact of drought: genetic engineering (GE).
But, in the long term, the greatest boon of all, for both food security and the environment, will likely be the ability of new crop varieties to tolerate periods of drought and other water-related stresses.
Even a small reduction in the amount of water used for irrigation could have huge benefits, especially in drought conditions.
Nearly every major society has been shaped by famine; one estimate suggests that China suffered drought or flood-induced starvation in at least one province almost every year from 108 BC to 1911.
Australia’s Millennium drought, which lasted from the late 1990s until 2012, undermined energy production, causing prices to rise.
The goal is to combat a severe drought by reducing residential consumption by 20%.
Algeria, for example, has been experiencing its worst drought in five decades.
In recent weeks, the United States has entered its worst drought in modern times.
The Midwest and the Plains states, the country’s breadbasket, are baking under a massive heat wave, with more than half of the country under a drought emergency and little relief in sight.
So, is the current US heat wave (making this the hottest year on record), the intense Beijing flooding, or the severe Sahel drought a case of random bad weather, or merely the result of long-term, human-induced climate change?
They could not even be sure that they could detect whether a particular event (such as a heavy rainfall or a drought) was so extreme as to lie outside the normal range.
For example, human-caused warming of the Indian Ocean probably played a role in the 2011 severe drought in the Horn of Africa, which triggered famine, conflict, and hunger, affecting millions of impoverished people.
Furthermore, they are prone to frequent drought, which reduces their output significantly, leaving many as little more than decorative infrastructure landmarks.
In the years leading up to the war, Syria experienced its most extreme drought in recorded history.
That drought, together with unsustainable agricultural practices and poor resource management, contributed to the internal displacement of 1.5 million Syrians and catalyzed political unrest ahead of the 2011 uprising.
NRT has helped pastoralist communities establish effective governance mechanisms for the environment on which they depend, reducing conflict over grazing rights, especially in times of drought.
As a result of drought and heat, more than 500 wildfires have raged out of control, smothering Moscow in smoke and threatening several nuclear facilities.
Last year, more than a hundred people were killed in bush fires in Australia, following drought and record-breaking heat.
The carbon-dioxide effect can also change the preferred patterns of atmospheric circulation, which can exacerbate extremes of heat, drought, or rainfall in some regions, while reducing them in others.
Unexpected events, such as flooding and drought, can have dire consequences: sharp drops in rural incomes, surging food bills, and severe food shortages.
For example, in West Africa’s Sahel region – which is experiencing a combination of drought, failed harvests, high food prices, displacement, and endemic poverty – the lack of social protection leaves millions of people to rely on their own limited coping mechanisms and charity.
A massive drought this year was not exactly predictable, but the risk of famine was easily foreseeable.
This year’s drought came at a time of political and economic turmoil in both the US and Europe.
The US and Europe are not only failing to respond to the African drought; they have probably contributed to it through their greenhouse-gas emissions.
NEW YORK – Zimbabwe’s election appears, once again, to confirm a truism: Africa only seems to make international headlines when disasters strike – a drought, a coup, a war, a genocide, or, as in the case of Robert Mugabe, grossly incompetent government.
But it will not necessarily take a drought, a coup, a war, or a genocide to make them think twice.
Increasing the nitrate levels in groundwater is hardly a hallmark of sustainability, especially with many of the world’s most fertile farming regions in the throes of drought.
And price volatility, whether triggered by drought or short-sighted national policies, could deter investments in agriculture and decrease the poor’s purchasing power.
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