Drought difference from 2023 to 2024 shows substantial change

Scientists confirm global floods and droughts worsened by climate ...

The intensity of extreme drought and rainfall has “sharply” increased over the past 20 years, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Water.

Devastating drought in Amazon result of climate crisis, study shows

They found that global heating is decreasing rainfall and increasing heat in the Amazon, making the drought from June to November 2023 about 30 ...

Differences in drought frequency (DF, events per decade) and...

Recent climate change has significantly impacted Ethiopian regions, leading to substantial alterations in precipitation patterns, with profound implications for ...

Consequences of climate change - European Commission

Higher temperatures increase the evaporation of water, which – together with the lack of precipitation – increases the risks of severe droughts. Low-temperature ...

Spatiotemporal Changes and Hazard Assessment of Hydrological ...

Both the drought coverage and duration show significant downward trends, indicating a decrease in hydrological drought severity. However, there is an upward ...

Drought - Missouri Department of Natural Resources

Droughts can develop quickly or gradually over several weeks, months or even years, and worsened with extreme heat or wind. A drought can end just as quickly or ...

WPS Global Early Warning Tool – 2023 Annual Review

Horn of Africa: The region entered 2023 facing a sixth straight season of drought – the most severe in recent history. As El Niño replaced La ...

Climate Change Indicators: Weather and Climate | US EPA

This chapter focuses on observed changes in temperature, precipitation, storms, floods, and droughts.

California/Nevada DEWS March 2024 Drought & Climate Outlook ...

The March Drought & Climate Outlook Webinar provided updates on snow and rangeland conditions in California and Nevada.

Forecasted Drought Conditions in 2024 | Smart Rain®

Drought conditions for much of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and New Mexico will persist after a very hot summer.

Arizona Drought Preparedness Annual Report

This site shows a significant response to precipitation and winter runoff events, as observed most notably in March 2023. A steady decline was ...

Panama: Drought behind shipping disruption 'unlikely' without El Niño

A lengthy drought that caused widespread disruption to commercial ships passing through the Panama Canal in 2023 would have been “unlikely” ...

Climate change, not El Niño, main driver of exceptional drought in ...

Since mid 2023 the Amazon River Basin (ARB) has been in a state of exceptional drought, driven by low rainfall and consistently high ...

Central America drought, 2023 - Forensic analysis - UNDRR

Climate change in Central America is predicted to make dry areas drier and wet areas wetter, while four of the seven Central America capitals are already ...

Dust Bowl Versus Today - National Weather Service

Over the 11-year span from 1930-1940, a large part of the region saw 15% to 25% less precipitation than normal. This is very significant to see such a large ...

Droughts and floods in a changing climate and implications for multi ...

Climate change exerts a considerable influence on global temperatures and weather patterns, giving rise to more frequent and severe extreme weather events like ...

Pantanal may face a historic water crisis in 2024 - | WWF Brasil

New study reveals that the biome did not have a flood cycle this year, which indicates that the 2024 drought tends to be the most serious in the last 5 ...

Potential for historically unprecedented Australian droughts from ...

We explore multi-year drought variability using a range of drought metrics (e.g. length, frequency, intensity, and severity) and compare 20th- ...

Drought in Southern Africa April 2024

A severe drought is currently affecting southern Africa and the Zambezi basin, with extremely dry and warm conditions from October 2023 to March ...

Drought losses in China might double between the 1.5 °C and 2.0 ...

Nearly 75% of the area of China will be getting drier and, for 51% of the area, change is projected to be significant at the 2.0 °C, whereas ...