"How drought, food shortages and wildfires could plague this summer"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Drought #Environment
https://inews.co.uk/news/how-drought-food-shortages-wildfires-plague-summer-3747674
“New data from Nasa has revealed a dramatic rise in the intensity of weather events such as droughts and floods over the past five years…
The steepness of the rise was not foreseen.”
These datacentres consume a staggering amount of electricity and increasingly, a surprising amount of water. But unlike the water you use at home, much of the water used in datacentres never returns to the water reuse cycle.
Nasa data reveals dramatic rise in intensity of weather events https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/17/nasa-data-reveals-dramatic-rise-in-intensity-of-weather-events #Extremeweather #Climatecrisis #Environment #Flooding #Drought
Nasa data reveals dramatic rise in intensity of weather events https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/17/nasa-data-reveals-dramatic-rise-in-intensity-of-weather-events #Extremeweather #Climatecrisis #Environment #Flooding #Drought
This week’s CMOR photo is from Valley County, Montana.
Submit your photos: https://go.unl.edu/cmor_drought
"Yorkshire enters drought after driest spring in 132 years"
“Desertification is a serious problem in parts of Italy, Spain, and Portugal…
The LIFE DESERT-ADAPT project tackled this challenge head-on.
It promoted adaptive methods like agroforestry, permaculture, and regenerative agriculture…
It also brought together local stakeholders and encouraged policy changes to spread these solutions across the Mediterranean.”
Hey, I had missed the LIFE awards, given to recipients of the EU funded LIFE programme.
The jury selected the most exemplary and inspiring projects on biodiversity, environment, and climate.
Explosive development of two forest fires in southwest New Mexico.
https://app.watchduty.org/i/51308
https://app.watchduty.org/i/51304
The weather satellite loop starts in the morning when the entire southwest US is cloud free except for a few clouds over the Sacramento mountains east of White Sands.
The clouds over the Sacramento mountains develop quickly into dry thunderstorms, but don't become widespread.
To the west, around the Gila Wilderness and Silver City, two gray smoke plumes become visible. (And some dry thunderstorms over the Black Range at the east end of the Gila National Forest.)
In the hottest part of the day, late afternoon, fire growth is explosive and smoke plumes rise to over 20,000 feet. (The clouds are white, the smoke plumes late in the day are yellow/brown.)
The smoke plumes are thick enough that the sun is entirely blotted out. You can see the shadow the southern plume projects as the sun gets low before sunset.
"Drought fears in Europe amid reports May was world’s second hottest ever"
The updated Managing Drought Risk on the Ranch website offers new tools to help land managers prepare for and respond to drought.
This reorganization effort was based on work with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Northwest, Northern Plains, and Southwest climate hubs.
Learn more: https://ranchdrought.unl.edu/
Sharp weather contrasts were present across the U.S. this week. These patterns led to widespread drought improvements across the High Plains, Midwest, South, and Northeast.
The Drought Download video series uses maps, climate indicators and graphics to visualize the US Drought Monitor national drought summary.
Watch video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPgchc2kA2w
Drought continued to worsen in Montana and surrounding states this week, due to ongoing dryness and low snowpack. A spot of extreme drought (D3) emerged in the northwest part of the state. The dry conditions and abnormally low streamflows in Montana are prompting concerns for local rivers and fish health.
Atmospheric evaporative demand!
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The overwhelming factor at play in B.C. this season is drought, said Kelly Greene, minister of emergency management and climate readiness.
“The frequency and severity of drought is increasing due to climate change,” Greene said at Monday’s briefing, adding that dry conditions put pressure on things like food security, industry, ecosystems and community well-being.
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#drought #ClimateCrisis
https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/06/12/Four-BC-Regions-Wildfire-Experts-Watching/
Yorkshire enters drought after driest spring in 132 years https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/12/yorkshire-enters-drought-after-driest-spring-in-132-years #Climatecrisis #Environment #Drought #Water
Yorkshire enters drought after driest spring in 132 years https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/12/yorkshire-enters-drought-after-driest-spring-in-132-years #Climatecrisis #Environment #Drought #Water
Please BOOST : There is still time (until next Wednesday 18 June) for any interested master student to apply for the doctoral thesis in #Forest #Ecophysiology on the subject of "Defining functional strategies at the whole-plant level by integrating traits related to carbon acquisition and water use in seedlings of Fagaceae" that we offer here in Nancy.
More explicitely, this thesis is about #drought responses of #tree seedlings, considering all organs and many #FunctionalTraits , but somewhat focused on #CarbonAllocation, #WaterUseEfficiency and #PlantHydraulics .
The thesis takes place close to Nancy, East of France, in the #INRAe campus which is at the edge of a very nice forest. The student will work in our very active tree ecophysiology group (PHARE) of the Silva unit. More information can be found on the Silva website :
https://eng-silva.nancy.hub.inrae.fr/offer-position/post-doc-phd/thesis-grant-functional-strategies
Please see also the webpage of the #SIReNa doctoral school of the #UniversityofLorraine :
https://doctorat.univ-lorraine.fr/fr/les-ecoles-doctorales/sirena/offres-de-these/definir-la-diversite-des-strategies-fonctionnelles
And don't hesitate to BOOST and share in your networks. Thanks !
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Mapa publicado: junio 12, 2025
