Dangers
2020-2024 Articles
‘Virtually Any City on Earth Can Burn Now’ 0125.rtf
Fire-Whipping Los Angeles Winds Are at the Heart of a Climate Riddle 0125.rtf
Canadian Forests Becoming More Prone to Severe Wildfires 0125.rtf
3/4 of Earth’s Land Got Drier in Recent Decades - UN 1224
Drought Is Causing Saltwater to Creep up the Delaware River 1124
Why Future Droughts Will Not Be about Rain 1124
Worsened by Rising Temperatures, Water Challenges Threaten World’s Crops 1024
System That Moves Water around Earth Is Off Balance for 1st Time in Our History 1024
Climate Warning as World’s Rivers Dry Up at Fastest Rate for 30 Years 1024
The Power Outage and Heat Disaster That No Major U.S. City Is Prepared for 0924
‘The Land Is Becoming Desert’ - Drought Pushes Sicily’s Farming to the Brink 0824
‘We Can’t Let the Animals Die’ - Desertification Comes to Sicily Farmers 0724 - Sicily is becoming like Libya and Tunisia.
In Northeast Brazil, etc., Small Farmers on Exhausted Lands Face Desertification 0624
Mexico City Has Long Thirsted for Water. The Crisis Is Worsening. 0524
Peru Has Lost More than Half Its Water Reserves, as Glaciers Melt Rapidly 1123
Amazon Deforestation Linked to West Antarctic Melt and Less Snowfall in Tibet 1023
Climate Inferno Threatens to Turn Athens Into Outpost of Sahara 0723
Shrinking Inland Seas Expose Salty Particulates and More 0623
Drought Is on the Verge of Becoming the Next Pandemic 0623
Day Zero for Water Threatens Uruguay’s Capital 0623
A Breakthrough Deal to Keep the Colorado River from Going Dry, for Now 0523
Water Theft Proves Lucrative in a Dangerously Dry World 0423
As Earth Warms, More ‘Flash Droughts’ Suck Soil, Plants Dry 0423
Global Fresh Water Demand Will Outstrip Supply by 40% by 2030 - 0323
Why the Badly Needed Rains in California Could Fuel Catastrophic Fires 0223
Wet Winter Won’t Fix Colorado River Woes 0223
Crisis on the Rio Grande 0123 - cracked mud riverbed all the way downstream to Albuquerque, the river's 2nd largest city and largest in New Mexico
After Comeback, Southern Iraq’s Marshes Are Now Drying Up 0123
Great Salt Lake Will Disappear in 5 Years without Massive ‘Emergency Rescue’ 0123
Click for moreFear ‘Complete Doomsday Scenario’ for Drought-Stricken Colorado River 1222
Over 600 Million Africans at Risk of Severe Droughts due to Climate Change 0922
Could the Drying Up of Europe’s Great Rivers Be the New Normal? 0922
Drifting Toward Disaster - the (2nd) Rio Grande 0922
The Heat Wave Crushing the West Previews Farmworkers’ Hot Future 0922
The World’s Rivers, Canals, and Reservoirs Are Turning to Dust 0822
China Drought Causes Yangtze to Dry Up, Sparking Hydropower Shortage 0822
Water Resources to Become Less Predictable with Climate Change 0722
How the Dust Bowl 90 Years Ago Prophesied Our Climate-Ravaged Future 0622
‘Consequences Will Be Dire’ - Chile’s Water Crisis Is Reaching Breaking Point 0622
The Vanishing Rio Grande – Warming Takes Its Toll 0622
Is My Home at Risk from Wildfire? This Is How to Find Out 0522 - Maps of this are above, under Fires.
Report Warns London and Other World Cities Face Rising Risk of Drought 0522
California Braces for Extreme Summer Drought after Dismal Wet Season 0522
US Southwest Drought and Fires Are a Window to Our Climate Change Future 0522
West’s Megadrought Delivers Another Blow - Saving Glen Canyon Dam 0522
Record Low Water Levels Reveal Body in Barrel at Lake Mead 0522
Lake Powell Officials’ Stark Choice in West's Megadrought - Water or Electricity 0422
Droughts to Increase Human Migration at Least 200% - 0422
Mega-Drought Threatens California Power Blackouts This Summer 0422
Europe Faces a Future of Extreme Droughts 0422
Arizona’s Future Water Shock 0322
Deadly ‘Smoke Waves’ from Wildfires Set to Soar 0322
China Is Running Out of Water. That’s Scary for Asia. 1221 - 7% of world’s watere for 20% of the people. Large-scale diversions may have reaches their limits. Dam-building in China deprives Thailand and Laos of water. Desertification gobbles large chunks of China's land. Water-related energy shortfalls have become common across China.
A Slow-Motion Climate Disaster - Brazil's Spread of Barren Land 1221
Mesopotamia – From Cradle to Grave 1021
U.N. Weather Agency Says World Ill-Prepared for Looming Water Crisis 1021
As the Climate Bakes, Turkey Faces a Future without Water 0921
A Thirstier Atmosphere - Why Fires Are Lasting Longer into the Night 0921
Cerrado Desertification - Savanna Could Collapse within 30 Years 0721
U.N. Warns Drought May Be 'the Next Pandemic’ 0621
60% of World’s Rivers Stop Flowing for at Least One Day a Year 0621
Extreme Drought and Fire Risk May Double by 2060 - 0121
More than 3 Billion People Affected by Water Shortages 1120
Australia’s Inland Rivers, Pulse of the Outback, to Be Unrecognizable by 2070 - 0920
In Parched Southwest, Warm Spring Renews Threat of ‘Megadrought’ 0720
World Population Facing Water Stress Could Double by 2050 as Climate Warms 0620
Australia's Water Is Vanishing 0620
Dust Bowl Conditions of 1930s Now More than Twice as Likely to Recur 0520
Future Droughts May ‘Eclipse’ Those of the Past 0420
Global Warming Threatens to Dry Out Europe’s Crop Fields 0420
Amazon Tipping Point Puts Brazil’s Agribusiness, Energy Sector at Risk 0220
Here’s Where Water Is Running Out in the World — and Why 0823 - take 1 on study
India’s Ominous Future - Too Little Water, or Far Too Much 1119
Local Water Scarcity Spilling Over into Global Crisis 1119
Thirsty Future Ahead as Climate Change Explodes Plant Growth 1119
India’s Ominous Future - Too Little Water, or Far Too Much 1119
Local Water Scarcity Spilling Over into Global Crisis 1119
Thirsty Future Ahead as Climate Change Explodes Plant Growth 1119
What Happens When the Amazon Forest Disappears? 1019
Billions Face Food, Water Shortages over Next 30 Years, as Nature Fails 1019
India’s Ghost Villages - Food and Water Scarcity Forcing Many to Leave 0819
Extreme Water Stress Affects 1/4 of Earth's Population 0819
India’s Ghost Villages - Food and Water Scarcity Forcing Many to Leave 0819
Desertification Is a Serious Threat to Southern Europe 0719 - Spain, Italy, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Portugal, Cyprus. 18% of Spain is at high risk of becoming irreversibly desert.
2017-2019 Articles
England Could Run Short of Water within 25 Years 0319
Slowing Climate Change Could Reverse Drying in the Subtropics 0219
The West’s Great River Hits Its Limits. Will the Colorado Run Dry? 0119
Warming Winters, Dwindling Sierra Nevada Snowpack Squeeze California Water Resources 1218
Cape Town Should Brace for More Severe Droughts than It Had in 2018 - 1218
Colorado River Is Drying Up for 40 Million Americans Who Depend on It 1218
In the U.S. Southwest, ‘Drought’ Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story 0718 - “aridification” - changing toward desert
How Climate Change Is Worsening Nigeria’s Long-Running Land Conflict 0618 - aridification
Tehran Faces Crisis, as Iran’s Water Supply Runs Low 0618
It's So Dry, Forests Across the Southwest Are Closing 0618
As Warming Continues, Hot Drought Becomes the Norm, Not an Exception 0518
Water Shortages Could Affect 5 Billion People by 2050, UN Report Warns 0318
Water Crises Could Be Coming to Your Backyard 0318
Shrinking Mountain Snowpack, Drier Summers Spell Trouble for Vancouver Water Supply 0318
Water-Stressed Beijing Exhausts Its Options 0318
Western Canada's Risk of Water Shortages Rising 0318
The Sahara Is Growing, Thanks in Part to Climate Change 0318
1/4 of Land Will Be Drier, even Desertified, under 2°C Warming by 2050 - 0118
Australia Could Suffer from Droughts, Heat Waves as the Tropical Zone Expands 0717
One Meal a Day, as Lake Chad Vanishes 0617
Drylands Will Suffer if World Reaches 2°C 0417
They expand from 40% to 56% of Earth’s land surface.
Vanishing Nile Faces a Multitude of Threats 0417 - Salination in Egypt’s delta, huge Blue Nile dam
Dead Sea Warns of Unprecedented Drought 0317
World Water Day - 1 in 4 Children Will Live with Water Scarcity by 2040 - 0317
Amazon Jungle Faces Death Spiral of Drought and Deforestation, Warn Scientists 0317
Source of Mekong, Yellow and Yangtze Rivers Drying Up 0317
Global Warming Is Shrinking Colorado River, Vital to 40 Million People 0217
La Paz Adapts to a World without Water 0217
Mexico City, Parched and Sinking, Faces a Water Crisis 0217
When Climate Change Starts Wars 0217 - Central Asia becomes a tinder box as water is scarcer.
How Climate Change in Central Asia Threatens to Spark Regional Conflict 0117
A Witness to Iran’s Intensifying Struggle with Climate Change 0117
2016 Articles and earlier
Bolivian Water Crisis as Glaciers Vanish 1116
How Big Droughts, Forest Fires Could Be the New Normal in Appalachia 1116
Sahel Countries Race against Time to Re-Green Africa's Spreading Desert 1116
Rapidly Warming Mediterranean Headed for Desertification 1016
Living in China’s Expanding Deserts 1016
Climate Change Killing East Africa’s Water Resources, UN Warns 1016
U.S. Southwest Faces 99% Risk of 'Megadroughts' due to Climate Change 1016
California's Drought Could Continue for Centuries 0916
Increased Drought Could See Londoners Queueing for Water 0916
How Can We Better Value Water, as Global Shortages Threaten Economies? 0916
In a Parched Corner of Xinjiang, Ancient Water Tunnels Are Running Dry 0916
What Happens to the Great Plains When the Water's Gone? 0716
Stressed Indus River Threatens Pakistan’s Water Supplies 0616
Water Scarcity Could Impact West Asian Credit Ratings 0616
Why Climate Change Matters - Water 0516
Global Water Shortages to Deliver ‘Severe Hit' to Economies, World Bank Warns 0516
Food System Shock - Climate Change's Greatest Threat to Civilization 0416
By 2050, Asia at High Risk of Severe Water Shortages 0416
Delta Drought Gives Glimpse into Bleak Future for Mighty Mekong 0416
We’re Running Out of Water, and the World’s Powers Are Very Worried 0416
Small Islands to Face a Freshwater Scarcity 0416
Will the Great Salt Lake Be Reduced to Dust? 0216
21st Century US ‘Dustbowl' Risk Assessed 0216
4 Billion People Face Severe Water Shortages in Some Months 0216
Southwest U.S. May Have Entered a ‘Drier Climate State’ 0216
Will the Great Salt Lake Be Reduced to Dust? 0216
China Needs More Efforts in Curbing Desertification, Despite Its Progress 1215
World 'Faces Food Shortages and Mass Migration' Caused by Global Warming 1215
Desertification - the People Whose Land Is Turning to Dust 1115
Spread of Drylands Will Hit Poor Nations Hardest 1115
70 Million Nigerians Affected by Desertification, Drought 0915
Climate Change Is Darkening Seattle’s Water Forecast 0915
Central Asia to Experience Water Crisis in 35 Years 0915
Middle East, Israel to be Water Scarce by 2040 - 0815
South Africa’s Water Security in Peril 0815
Asia’s Water Supply under Threat from Climate Change 0815
Water Insecurity Costs Global Economy Billions a Year 0415
Drought, Expanding Deserts and ‘Food for Jihad' Drive Mali's Conflict 0415
Why Fresh Water Shortages Will Cause the Next Great Global Crisis 0315
Unprecedented 21st Century Drought Risk in the American Southwest and Central Plains - Cook 0215 - PDF
US 'at Risk of Mega-Drought Future’ 0215 - summary of above
Rise in Wildfires May Resurrect Chernobyl's Radiation 0215
Study Predicts Global Warming Will See Australian Deserts Grow Bigger 0215
Scientists See Shrinking California Snowpack as a Harbinger 0115
Great Wall of Trees Keeps China's Deserts at Bay 1214
Water Woes in Lima - a Glimpse of Our Future? 1214 Lima receives 2 inches of rain per year.
Can America's Desert Cities Adapt Before They Dry Out And Die? 1214 Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Phoenix, etc.
How Climate Change Helped ISIS 1014
Drying Amazon Could Be Major Carbon Concern 1014
Is World War Water Looming? 1014
There's a Big Leak In America's Water Tower 0814
Pakistan's Largest City Thirsts for a Water Supply 0814
Desertification Threatening Fertile Lands Worldwide 0814
Growing Pains of China's Agricultural Water Needs 0614
As Mountain Snow Fails and Glaciers Melt, Pakistan Faces Water Threats 0514
Water Goes ‘Missing' with Snow Loss 0514
China’s Thirsty Coal Industry Guzzles Precious Water 0514
Peak Water and Food Scarcity 0114
Can Deserts Stop Global Warming? No, But They Help 0414
Desertification Crisis Affecting 168 Countries 0413
Struggling to Force the Sahara Back 0413
When the Desert Devours the Lake 0413
With or Without $2 Billion, Water Woes Here to Stay 1113
What Happens When the World Dries Out 1113
North China Is Running Out of Water, Remedies May Be Disaster 1013
How Do We Balance Needs of Energy, Water, and Climate? 1113
In a Hot, Thirsty Energy Business, Water Is Prized 1013
Will Fracking Suck California Dry? 1013
Warming Will Worsen Water Scarcity 0913
Looming US Water Crisis 0713 - see above
California Snowpack Outlook Grim for Water Supply 1112
Water Shortages to Threaten US Security 0312
Climate Change to Reduce US Southwest Water Supply 0411
Groundwater Depletion Perilously Accelerates Worldwide 0910
UK Embodied Water Imports Threaten 3rd World 0410
Deserts Spread Like Cancer in Middle East 0410
Water More Vital Than Oil - Details 0209
Water More Vital Than Oil, Shortages Loom 0209
Deserts Grow from 18% to 27% of China 0408 - short version of the story just below
Section Map: Droughts, Deserts & Fires