Farming In The Age of Global Warming
These 5 Top Corn-Growing States Report Extreme Drought, or Worse, as Planting Kicks Off
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor published April 10, these states reported the most intense drought conditions.
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Today was day 43 of the Dutch drought, and it was unusually warm for this time of the year too. A total of 1.5 mm in 43 days is extremely rare, if not a first.
Tomorrow, we'll get a few mm of rain, and @knmi.nl foresees over 30 mm for the rest of the month, so this extreme period will soon be over.
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“Amazon announced that it would use AI to help farmers in Aragon [Spain] use water more efficiently. But that is ‘a deliberate strategy of obfuscation’ that distracts from the company’s request to raise water consumption, said Gómez [of the campaign group Tu Nube Seca Mi Río].”
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/09/big-tech-datacentres-water
“New datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas […] SourceMaterial’s analysis identified 38 active datacentres owned by the big three tech firms in parts of the world already facing water scarcity, as well as 24 more under development.”
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/09/big-tech-datacentres-water
https://www.europesays.com/1986749/ Water Crisis Fuels Protests In Rural Iran, Experts Warn It Could Spread #Conflicts #drought #Iran #Isfahán #Mismanagement #pipeline #WaterBankruptcy #WaterProtests #WaterWars #Yazd #ZayandehRudRiver
Disastrous storms swept across the Midwest this past week, bringing heavy rainfall ranging from 2 to 18+ inches that reduced the extent and intensity of drought. The highest rainfall totals were recorded in western Kentucky. The storms caused power outages, damaging winds and tornadoes. At least 24 people have died since last week as a result of this severe weather outbreak.
From dried-up riverbeds to beavers and birds, Mexico's delta revival shows nature can bounce back — if given the chance. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/04/10/wildlife/mexico-river-delta/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #wildlife #environment #rivers #mexico #drought #water
In March, strong winds swept across the U.S., creating dust storms and lofting dust from the Southern Plains into the atmosphere. The dust came down over parts of the Midwest with rain and snow.
Read more in the March drought impacts summary: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/09fcd4dc324f44e8b612b5ca16434f36
Numerous storms moved across the country in March, bringing heavy rain, severe storms, tornadoes, floods, dust storms and blizzards.
Read more in the March drought climate summary: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9a76164be4ee4d6baac60e4efd52c61f
Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/09/big-tech-datacentres-water #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Trumpadministration #Desertification #Climatecrisis #Australianews #Environment #DonaldTrump #AsiaPacific #E-commerce #Technology #USpolitics #Microsoft #Computing #Worldnews #DeepSeek #Americas #Drought #ChatGPT #Arizona #Amazon #Google #OpenAI #Oracle #Africa #Europe #USnews #Water #Texas #Spain
There's a tech plan that's quite dire,
To build datacentres that require
Water from arid lands,
It's hard to understand,
Why they'd drain the world's driest mire.
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/09/big-tech-datacentres-water
#Drought, Lake #Constance and #Sentinel-2: Switzerland has experienced an exceptionally dry period, with Lake Constance’s water levels dropping to their lowest in decades due to little rainfall and snowmelt from the Alps. Recent Sentinel-2 #earthobservation / #remotesensing data and gauging station records reveal...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2025/04-08-drought-lake-constance-and-sentinel-2/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS
Our drought is officially over. The recent rains filled up the reservoirs.
Let's see what the remainder of the year brings.
"Government announces end to water restrictions for six million in Catalonia"
Over the past week, southern Texas experienced devastating storms that caused life-endangering floods and at least six deaths. The area received record-breaking rainfall of 5 to 15 inches, according to radar estimates.
Significant drought improvements followed, with two-category improvements in the southernmost part of the state. However, an area of central Texas also saw degradation.
https://www.europesays.com/1966307/ Skyline and the European Space Agency partner on parametric wildfire and drought solutions #drought #EuropeanSpaceAgency #ParametricInsuranceNews #ParametricReinsurance #SkylinePartners #space #wildfires
Monitor de Sequía de los Estados Unidos
Mapa publicado: abril 3, 2025
How dry or wet are your local conditions? Share reports to CMOR: https://go.unl.edu/cmor_drought
Left Behind: Why Afghanistan Cannot Tackle Climate Change Alone https://www.byteseu.com/888796/ #Afghanistan #AssemMayar #Climate #ClimateChange #DevelopedCountries #drought #flood #funding #GlobalWarming #MineralResources #peace #Research #Toda
