MENU

Social Channels

SEARCH ARCHIVE

  • Type

  • Topic

  • Sort

Drought

LATEST IN DROUGHT

A man wades through flood water in Nigeria.

West Africa’s deadly rainfall in 2022 made ‘80 times more likely’ by climate change

Extreme rainfall which triggered deadly flooding across West Africa this year was made “about 80 times more likely” by human-caused climate chang... Read More

Attribution | Nov 16. 2022.

Analysis: Africa’s unreported extreme weather in 2022 and climate change

From deadly floods in Nigeria to devastating drought in Somalia, Africa has faced a run of severe – and sometimes unprecedented – extreme weather... Read More

Extreme weather | Oct 26. 2022.
Pagodas on Luoxingdun Island that usually remain partially submerged under the water of Poyang Lake Lushan, Jiangxi province, China, 24 August 2022.

Climate change made 2022’s northern-hemisphere droughts ‘at least 20 times’ more likely

The droughts seen across the northern hemisphere this summer were made “at least 20 times more likely” by human-caused climate change, according ... Read More

Attribution | Oct 5. 2022.

Mapped: How climate change affects extreme weather around the world

In the early 2000s, a new field of climate-science research emerged that began to explore the human fingerprint on extreme weather, such as floods, h... Read More

Attribution | Aug 4. 2022.
Drought in the Amazon. Credit: Pulsar Imagens / Alamy Stock Photo. FTPJG9

Declining ‘resilience’ pushing Amazon rainforest towards tipping point

Three-quarters of the Amazon rainforest has lost “resilience” since 2003 – making it more vulnerable to extreme events such as droughts – acc... Read More

Tipping points | Mar 7. 2022.
A villager is seen in a sugarcane field in Shiguoxia Village in Xuwen County, south China's Guangdong Province

Two-fifths of EU agricultural imports could be ‘highly vulnerable’ to drought by 2050

At least 40% of the European Union’s agricultural imports will be “highly vulnerable” to drought by 2050, new research finds. The paper, pub... Read More

Food and farming | Jun 15. 2021.
Forest and water vapour, Iguazu National Park in Brazil

Satellite data reveals impact of warming on global water cycle

Update on 09/03/2022: This paper has been retracted by the authors after an error was discovered in their approach, which “alter[ed] some results�... Read More

Temperature | May 26. 2021.
Dry maize plants and corn cobs in field in Serbia, Eastern Europe

Increasing droughts will drive ‘billions’ in economic losses in Europe

Economic damages from droughts in the EU and UK could rise by one third by the end of the century, new research finds – even if warming is limited ... Read More

Drought | May 10. 2021.
Maize-is-the-staple-diet-in-Lesotho,-which-suffers-from-regular-bouts-of-food-insecurity_

Guest post: How climate change drove food insecurity in the 2007 Lesotho drought

Lesotho is one of the least developed countries in southern Africa and has a precarious food security balance. Almost all of its main staple food of ... Read More

Guest posts | Mar 22. 2021.
Firefighters watch the intense flames at the Pine Gulch Fire, Colorado.

US sees ‘alarming’ increase in combined heatwaves and droughts

Climate change has driven an “alarming” increase in the number of years with both heatwaves and droughts across the US over the past five decades... Read More

Extreme weather | Sep 23. 2020.
Dry and cracked rice field after harvest in winter, Thailand.

Scientists discover new ‘human fingerprint’ on global drought patterns

Human-caused climate change has “intensified” patterns of extreme rainfall and drought across the globe, a new study finds. There is a detecta... Read More

Drought | Jul 6. 2020.
Load Older
or

Expert analysis direct to your inbox.

Get a round-up of all the important articles and papers selected by Carbon Brief by email. Find out more about our newsletters here.