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Recent #droughts are 'slow-moving global catastrophe' - UN report
From Somalia to mainland Europe, the past two years have seen some of the most ravaging droughts in recorded history, made worse by #climatechange, according to a UN-backed report.
Describing drought as a "silent killer" which "creeps in, drains resources, and devastates lives in slow motion" the report said it had exacerbated issues like poverty and ecosystem collapse.
bbc.com/news/articles/ckg33r1x

Three men carry drinking water above their heads in large blue plastic tanks along a dry sandbank of the Madeira River in northern Brazil
www.bbc.comRecent droughts are 'slow-moving global catastrophe' - UN reportIt says drought has compounded poverty, hunger, and energy insecurity worldwide.

Farmer dips into her super to buy fodder in bulk for drought-hit community
By Isabella Kelly

Despite battling the drought herself, South Australian farmer Bridget Woods dipped into her own superannuation to buy fodder in bulk for others in her community who are struggling to feed livestock.

abc.net.au/news/2025-08-06/far

ABC News · Drought-hit farmer uses own superannuation to start circular fodder fundBy Isabella Kelly

NT's vast Cambrian Limestone Aquifer 'getting drier', research finds
By James Elton

Scientists say one of the Northern Territory's most important water systems is experiencing "significant depletion".

abc.net.au/news/2025-08-03/nor

ABC News · NT's vast Cambrian Limestone Aquifer 'getting drier', new study findsBy James Elton

Paper: #ClimateChange: Assessment of the Vulnerability of #NuclearPowerPlants and Approaches for their Adaptation

Adobe Acrobat PDF Document - on 6/2/25 at 12:01 PM

"Climate change will create specific risks and challenges for nuclear power plants and the electricity system as a whole. #ExtremeWeather events caused by climate change – such as #floods, #storms, #HeatWaves and #droughts – have already affected the operation of #NuclearPower plants. Any increase in the temperature of the water used to cool nuclear power plants can also lead to reductions in their power output due to decreasing thermal efficiency.

"This report sets out the adaptation strategies that can be effectively implemented to improve the resilience of existing plants as well as any new installations. The costs of adaptation to climate change can vary significantly depending on the type of reactor, the climate change issues affecting them, as well as the applicable regulations and standards. However, while these adaptation costs can, in some cases, be significant, the costs of inaction – both directly at the plant level and indirectly for the electricity system – are likely to be even higher."

oecd-nea.org/jcms/pl_61802/cli

Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)Climate Change: Assessment of the Vulnerability of Nuclear Power Plants and Approaches for their AdaptationClimate change will create specific risks and challenges for nuclear power plants and the electricity system as a whole. Extreme weather events caused by climate change – such as floods, storms, heat waves and droughts – have already affected the operation of nuclear power plants. Any increase in th...

Flames to floods: how Europe’s devastating wildfires are fuelling its next climate crisis

Fire-scorched land is less able to handle climate-driven downpours.

In January 2024, Nasa reported that #ClimateChange is intensifying #wildfire conditions, noting that the frequency of the most extreme #wildfires had more than doubled over the past two decades. While some of this is driven by natural weather variability, human-induced warming is clearly playing a major role. Decades of rising temperatures combined with longer and more severe #droughts have created ideal conditions for wildfires to ignite and spread.

This year, another brutal #Mediterranean wildfire season is unfolding right before our eyes, with numerous active wildfire fronts across the region. As of July 22 2025, 237153 hectares have burned in the #EU – an increase of nearly 78% from the same period last year. The number of fires rose by about 45%, and #CO2 #emissions increased by 23% compared to 2024. These are terrifying statistics.

theconversation.com/flames-to-

Thomas Foods International scales back Adelaide Hills operations due to drought
By Olivia Mason

One of the nation's biggest food businesses has scaled back operations at its Adelaide Hills site as the state battles the impact of ongoing drought.

abc.net.au/news/2025-07-30/tho

ABC News · Thomas Foods International scales back Adelaide Hills operations due to droughtBy Olivia Mason

WA hay run restoring 'faith in humanity' across drought-hit SA
By Daniel Keane, Kathryn Bermingham, and Brooke Neindorf

A truck convoy that brought more than 6,000 bales of hay from WA to drought-stricken SA has begun making drop-offs and deliveries — and while farmers remain in need of more rain, the mood on their properties is being boosted.

abc.net.au/news/2025-07-28/hay

#Droughts #SheepFarming #AgriculturalandFarmingPractice #LivestockFarming #RegionalCommunities #Charities #GrainGrowing #DanielKeane #KathrynBermingham # #BrookeNeindorf

ABC News · Hay run bringing bales — but also smiles — to drought-stricken SA farmsBy Daniel Keane

'We're at breaking point': Drought and soaring water prices push wine grape growers to exit
By Jessica Schremmer and Will Hunter

Ballooning water prices in Australia's largest wine grape growing region are pushing farmers to the brink amid a global oversupply of some wines and ongoing drought in southern Australia.

abc.net.au/news/2025-07-22/win

ABC News · Drought and ballooning water prices force wine growers to leave vineyards behindBy Jessica Schremmer

Graziers battling dry and 'thousands' of kangaroos forced to destock
By Bill Ormonde and Sarah McConnell

The pressure from a lack of rain, feral goats, and kangaroos forces graziers across rural New South Wales to destock their properties.

abc.net.au/news/2025-07-19/out

ABC News · Outback NSW graziers destock as 'flogging' from kangaroos worsens dry timesBy Bill Ormonde
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@petergleick The #Trump #kakistocracy will probably fire Brian Fuchs and shutdown the National #Drought Mitigation Center so that there will be no awareness of #droughts and #Wildfires can simply be ascribed to “Acts of God”, like the predicted #TexasFloods where endangered children were not evacuated because a #MAGA coward didn’t want to be accused of ‘crying wolf’ on the slim chance that the #floods didn’t materialize.

#Resist #fascism in #USpol to combat #ClimateChange.

#Iraq is grappling with one of the worst #droughts in its history. #Water levels in Turkish dams feeding Iraq’s #rivers remain critically low, and this year’s winter rains have failed to provide enough water for drinking or farming. As droughts become a recurring crisis, the environmental and cultural heritage of the Fertile Crescent – the cradle of ancient Mesopotamia – is slowly vanishing. FRANCE 24 report by Josh Vardey and Marie-Charlotte Roupie.
#ClimateChange
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Driving along (as you do) ABC National was on with some wank discussing data centers water requirements. Right off the bat, this ‘expert’ (didn’t catch his name) talked about everything water utilities should be doing to accommodate data centre and deflected every thing from #water shortages, draughts, arid country and what the impact on civil society will be during water restrictions… I lasted 5 mins tops. I turned the radio off before I caused an accident. Thanks #ABC for making my day by giving the pro-data center guy oxygen and painting the elephant in the room fade-to-black.

I tell you what, if there is such a big market for stupid LLM-based chatbots, Data Centres don’t have to be built here don’t you know. There is such a thing as the Internet and its infrastructure has been used for decades. Begs the question doesn’t it? WHO benefits ($$) from buildling a data centre to power Generative AI (aka chatbot) in Australia?

Had it up to here with GAI…