French sorghum farmer defies drought with sustainable crop
Corn plants near Paris are stunted and the soil of harvested wheat fields is bone dry, but on Eudes Coutte’s sorghum plot the leaves are green and the plants ...
UK water company imposes restrictions as dry weather continues, July driest month in over 80 years
Britain’s South East Water announced a temporary ban on the use of sprinklers and hosepipes in parts of the south of England, citing record breaking temperatures and the driest ...
National action plan prepared to combat desertification
A national action plan has been prepared which includes mapping of vulnerable areas and actions and measures to address desertification and keep Cyprus green, the department of the environment said ...
Thousands of flamingos die in drought in central Turkey
By Mert Ozkan
Thousands of baby flamingos have died at Turkey’s Lake Tuz in the past two weeks from a drought that environmentalists said was the result of climate ...
Authorities fret over lack of rain
Authorities expressed concern on Friday over the lack of rain so far this year, which will inevitably affect the water supply in coming months.
The director of the water development ...