Iran’s president warns Tehran may have to be evacuated amid worsening water crisis Iranian President Pezeshkian has warned that the capital, Tehran, could face severe water shortages and may even have to be evacuated without rainfall soon. #drought #Tehran www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251107-ira...

Beef costs put pressure on Texas Roadhouse Sales and traffic continue to rise for the steak chain, but an unexpected rise in beef prices took a bite out of its bottom line. They’re expected to remain elevated for the foreseeable future. #drought www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/be...

Facing climate 'overshoot', world heads into risky territory The spectre of humanity's failure to curb heat-trapping emissions hangs over climate negotiations in Brazil, after the UN confirmed the planet is now certain to "overshoot" 1.5C of warming. #ClimateChange www.france24.com/en/live-news...

California Surface Water Costs Triple During Drought Drought in California pushes the price of water from rivers, lakes and reservoirs up by $487 per acre-foot, more than triple the cost during an average wet year. #drought #water 🧪 www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...

Wildfires, rising temperatures imperil northern hemisphere forests, UN says Record wildfires and rising temperatures are threatening decades of forest growth in the northern hemisphere, potentially turning vital carbon sinks into carbon emitters. #forest #fire 🧪 www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

New Study Reveals Source of Rain is Major Factor Behind Drought Risks for Farmers UC San Diego–led research shows that understanding where rain comes from could reshape drought planning and land management across the globe. #drought #droughtrisk #droughtplanning 🧪 today.ucsd.edu/story/new-st...

A new climate analysis released by AccuWeather has revealed a 2.7% decline in total annual precipitation across the contiguous United States since 1995. This equates to approximately a 1% decrease in rainfall per 11 years. #precipitation #US #heavyrainfall 🧪 www.accuweather.com/en/climate/n...

Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook for November 2025 shows above normal fire potential for parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Oklahoma and Texas, and all of Delaware and Hawaii. #fire #drought www.nifc.gov/nicc-files/p...

Iran could face massive crisis as water dries up in Tehran: state media Tehran’s main reservoir is at 8% capacity, with officials warning it can only supply the city for two more weeks. The emergency is driven by a historic drought. #drought #Tehran #Iran en.royanews.tv/news/64647

Fire, Not Deforestation, Is Now the Amazon’s Biggest Carbon Emitter In 2010 and 2015, the Amazon endured record-breaking droughts and heat. Again in 2024, records were topped and the fire season was the worst in 20 yrs, with fires emitting more carbon than deforestation. 🧪 eos.org/articles/fir...

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The US Monthly Drought Outlook shows that drought may persist/develop (brown/yellow) in a large part of the West, swathes of the eastern US and Hawaii. It may improve/be removed (tan/green) in the Pacific Northwest and parts of the Northeast. #drought 🧪 www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/exp...

Indiana DNR says dry New Carlisle wells caused by drought instead of Amazon or GM/Samsung projects New Carlisle-area neighbors can blame drought rather than AWS data centers or the GM/Samsung SDI EV battery plant going up nearby for the dry wells. #drought www.southbendtribune.com/story/news/l...

A new study analyzes soils sampled across Kansas to determine the importance of “legacy effects” — or how soils from a specific location are influenced by microbes that evolved in response to the specific climate at that site for many years. #LegacyEffects #drought 🧪 news.ku.edu/news/article...

Economics of U.S. Beef and Cattle Market Several years of drought, low cattle prices, and record-setting input and supply costs have led to a shrinking cattle herd, which, paired with strong demand for beef, has pushed prices for beef and cattle to record levels. #drought www.fb.org/market-intel...

Drought improvement and degradation were mixed in the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest and South with sizable areas of improvement in TX, OK and the Pacific Northwest. Drought (D1-D4) coverage shrank in the contiguous US to 43.6%, down 2.48 points. #drought 🧪 droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap.a...

Low water levels expose old ruins in Lake Champlain The early 19th-century steamboats Burlington and Whitehall are usually hidden under Lake Champlain near Shelburne, Vermont, where the lake is down about a foot. #drought #Vermont #LakeChamplain www.wcax.com/2025/10/27/l...

Drought is quietly pushing American cities toward a fiscal cliff Droughts are particularly difficult for cities to guard against. The options for making sure people have enough water are far more limited without curbing development. #drought grist.org/cities/droug...

US coffee prices spike due to tariffs and poor weather Heat, drought and other poor weather conditions have hurt coffee production globally in recent years, causing prices to surge. World coffee prices rose nearly 40% in 2024. #coffee #tariff #drought ☕ apnews.com/article/coff...

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Drought exposes deadly dangers at Huntington Gorge in Vermont Drought has lowered the water level at Huntington Gorge, exposing the many dangers hidden beneath the water at a swimming hole where nearly 30 people have died since 1950. #Vermont #drought www.wcax.com/2025/10/23/d...

Low water levels ground boats at marinas along St. Lawrence River Outflows from Lake Ontario were temporarily increased Oct. 17-18 to help recreational boaters on Lac Saint-Louis remove their vessels for the season. #drought #StLawrenceRiver #Canada www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

12,000-Year-Old Rock Carvings Discovered Beneath Waters of Atatürk Dam in Türkiye The carvings belong to the Epipaleolithic Period and depict stylized hunting scenes featuring both humans and animals. #Türkiye #drought #rockcarving arkeonews.net/12000-year-o...

Trump urges US cattle ranchers to lower prices as he touts tariffs Cattle and beef prices have surged after a years-long drought burned up grazing land and hiked feeding costs, forcing ranchers to slash their herds. #cattle #beefprices #drought www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Anti-science bills hit statehouses, stripping away public health protections built over a century Over 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the US. apnews.com/article/vacc...

A Megadrought Is Reshaping Birdlife in the Southwest The impacts of megadrought in the Southwest are particularly visible in birds, who have lost habitat, struggled to find food, and in some cases have begun to decline dramatically. #drought #Southwest #bird www.sierraclub.org/sierra/megad...

The federal shutdown hurts Midwest farmers — already dealing with a difficult year The government shutdown stops USDA from administering farm subsidies, raising the specter of growing farm foreclosures. It also delays a bailout promised for farmers impacted by tariffs. www.kcur.org/news/2025-10...

Key US nuclear agency to send 80% of workforce home as shutdown drags on The National Nuclear Security Administration which maintains America’s nuclear arsenal will be sending home 80% of its workforce as the government shutdown drags through its 17th day. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Nearly 8 in 10 people living in multidimensional poverty – 887 million out of 1.1 billion globally – are directly exposed to climate hazards such as extreme heat, flooding, drought, or air pollution, according to a new report released today by the UNDP and the OPHI. www.undp.org/press-releas...

Dust Bowl-type drought causes unprecedented productivity loss A global research effort l shows that extreme, prolonged drought in grasslands and shrublands would greatly limit the long-term health of crucial ecosystems that cover nearly half the planet. #drought 🧪 news.unm.edu/news/researc...

The US Seasonal Drought Outlook through January 2026 shows that drought may persist/develop (brown/yellow) in the Southwest, South, Southeast and Northeast. Drought may remain/be removed (tan/green) in the Pacific Northwest, Midwest and Hawaii. #drought 🧪 www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/exp...

Corps completes Mississippi River sill to protect New Orleans’ drinking water The Corps built the sill in 12 days and finished construction on Oct. 10. The sill forms a continuous barrier across the river near Myrtle Grove, 55 feet below the water’s surface. #drought www.nola.com/news/environ...

Australia's rainforests are the first to switch from carbon sink to carbon source, study warns The rising temperature, air dryness and droughts caused by human-driven climate change are likely the major culprits. #Rainforest #Australia #drought #carbonsink 🧪 phys.org/news/2025-10...

UN agency says C02 levels hit record high last year, causing more extreme weather The World Meteorological Organization said in its latest bulletin on greenhouse gases that C02 growth rates have now tripled since the 1960s and hit levels not seen in at least 800,000 yrs 🧪 apnews.com/article/clim...

Leaf-peeping season hampered by drought: Fall foliage dropping sooner, showing less color Leaf-peeping season has arrived in the Northeast and beyond, but weeks of drought have muted this year’s autumn colors, and caused leaves to fall earlier than usual. #drought 🍂 apnews.com/article/new-...

Texas Water Crisis Threatens Key U.S. Energy Export Hub Water shortages in Corpus Christi, Texas are posing major risks to a fast-growing industrial hub that’s crucial to the President’s goals of dominating global energy markets and slashing trade deficits. #drought gcaptain.com/texas-water-...

Droughts accounted for only 15% of natural hazard-induced disasters from 1970 to 2019, but they exacted the highest human toll, causing approximately 650,000 deaths globally, per a report by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. #drought theconversation.com/the-disaster...

Utah runs the world's largest remote-controlled cloud seeding effort The Utah State Legislature put big money into cloud seeding this year to help mitigate drought impacts. The cloud seeding budget went from roughly $200,000 in 2022 to nearly $16 million. #drought 🧪 www.fox13now.com/news/colorad...

The U.S. Hazards Outlook indicates a risk of rapid onset drought in parts of Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas from Oct. 17 - 23. #RapidOnsetDrought #drought #FlashDrought 🧪 www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/pre...

Drought continued to expand in much of the eastern US, while easing in parts of the West and around the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Drought (D1-D4) covers 45.02%, an increase of 2.04 points from last week. #drought #DroughtMonitor 🧪 droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap.a...

Parched soils can spark hot drought a nation away Dry soils in northern Mexico may trigger episodes of simultaneous drought and heatwave hundreds of miles away in the southwestern United States, such as Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, per a new study. #drought 🧪 news.agu.org/press-releas...

La Niña conditions are present and favored to persist through December 2025 - February 2026, with a transition to ENSO-neutral likely in January-March 2026 (55% chance). ENSO Alert System Status: La Niña Advisory #LaNina #ENSO 🧪 www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/ana...

Saltwater wedge moves up Mississippi River but not expected to reach New Orleans, Corps says The Corps has built an underwater sill to prevent salt water from moving upriver every year since 2022. The sill will be constructed by Oct. 12. #drought #MississippiRiver www.nola.com/news/environ...

Scientists deploy ‘drone knights’ to shield 200-year-old trees from drought Scientists at the University of Hohenheim recently introduced a data-driven drone system to monitor tree health and optimize irrigation at Hohenheim Gardens. #drone #drought 🧪 interestingengineering.com/science/scie...

Record Amazon fires release more carbon than an entire country The Amazon has suffered its most destructive fire season in more than two decades, releasing a staggering 791 million tons of carbon dioxide—on par with Germany’s annual emissions. #Amazon #wildfire 🧪 sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Enjoying international cuisines makes people more tolerant Research has found that frequently enjoying a greater number of international foods reduced the likelihood of perceiving immigrants as “cultural or economic threats” by a tenth. #food #tolerance www.theguardian.com/food/2025/oc...

The calculated soil moisture anomaly map shows incredibly dry soil in the Northeast and parts of the Midwest, Southeast and states along the Gulf. #soilmoisture #drought 🧪 www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/Soi...

The 8-14 day U.S. Hazards Outlook for October 11-17 shows an area of rapid onset drought risk for southeastern Texas across Louisiana to Mississippi. #drought #flashdrought #RapidOnsetDroughtRisk 🧪 www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/pre...

'This is unprecedented:' Ecology restricts surface water use in the Yakima River Basin In a rare move, all surface water rights holders in the Yakima River Basin will see their water curtailed due to lack of water from Oct. 6-31. #drought #Yakima #Washington www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/b...

The director of Eisenhower Library and museum in Abilene, Kansas said he was suddenly told to resign or be fired. He refused to give the Trump administration a historic sword from the museum’s collection. 🗡️ #Kansas #sword www.kcur.org/politics-ele...