Around the globe, hotter temperatures stoked by climate change are increasing the odds of both severe drought and heavier ...
Rainfall can disappear for years only to return with a vengeance, as it did in California in 2023, with record-setting rain ...
Prolonged droughts, wildfires and water shortages ... a critical part of the hydrological cycle. Melting snow helps fill reservoirs and waterways, including for drinking and agriculture.
FILE - People walk through a part of the Amazon River that shows signs of drought, in Santa Sofia, on the outskirts of Leticia, Colombia, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia, File) ...