Drought News

The water company for Sutton, Morden, Epsom and Croydon says they are going to run out of water in the next 25 years due to population growth and climate change.

In this Monday, Aug. 17, 2009 file photo, children salvage the remains of a failed potato field at a farm in the Laikipia District, of Kenya, some 200 kilometers north of the capital Nairobi, in the wake of a prolonged drought which wiped out harvests throughout the country.

THE live export market suffers another blow, with a Queensland mission to Indonesia being told pre-slaughter cattle stunning won't be allowed.

Mosquito activity in Dona Ana County is low so far this year, thanks to an ongoing drought, county personnel said Tuesday.

New Mexico has now closed the main campgrounds at what used to be one of the busiest recreation lakes in the state, because the water levels have dipped to levels not seen in 70 years.

Drought and the Christchurch rebuild are expected to dominate the GDP data out tomorrow, with economic activity expected to have grown by 0.7% in the three months ending in March.

"If you have ants in your house," the great Harvard ecologist EO Wilson once said , "be kind to them."

Compared to last year, the water levels here in the Treasure Valley are really hurting.

Six cyclists will be taking off from St. Andrews Church in Midland, Ga. around 6:30 a.m Tuesday as they continue their 850-mile ride around the southeast .

From Superstorm Sandy and last year's drought to tornadoes, wildfires and a hurricane, the weather and climate disasters of 2012 caused more than $110 billion in damages, making it one of the costliest years on record for weather events, national climate data show.

Some tax relief may be in store for beef producers that were forced to sell their cattle herds in 2012.

The fracking industry is putting the squeeze on water-strapped farmers in the central United States according to a new analysis released Monday by the Associated Press.

Though everyone seems to have a different way of spelling tabbouleh - toubouleh? tabouli? - more and more people do seem to agree that this delicious Middle Eastern salad of bulgur wheat tossed with cucumbers, tomatoes, herbs, olive oil and lemon juice is delicious.

Even with the recent rain and full lake levels Springfield's City Utilities is planning for a drought.

The warm weather over the past few months has been rewarding for most Oregon farmers.

Power tools were buzzing at home and garden shops today as people stopped in to buy dad last minute gifts.

An Oklahoma-based sesame seed processor is recruiting Arkansas farmers to grow the crop because of persistent drought in areas where the seeds are normally grown.

A report by the Climate Commission says greenhouse gas emissions are now at their highest levels in more than a million years.

The latest domestic energy boom is sweeping through some of the nation's driest pockets, drawing millions of gallons of water to unlock oil and gas reserves from beneath the Earth's surface.

Locals in medieval Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, hope summit brings chance of rosier future along with influx of world's most powerful leaders.