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Climate change drives food and water shortages in Syria, Iraq & Türkiye
Severe drought across West Asia has worsened food and water shortages in Syria, Iraq, and Turkiye. Climate change is driving the crisis, threatening millions with scarcity and instability.
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Farms around Ottawa struggling as drought conditions persist
As the region’s dry summer continues, some areas are being asked to conserve water. The Rideau Valley Conservation Authority raised the alarm this week about low water levels.
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Is climate change to blame for Nova Scotia's drought?
There's a lot of anxiety around the province's dry summer. CBC's Taryn Grant looks into whether it's linked to climate change.
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Dawson Creek eyes $100M water pipeline as deepening drought threatens drinking supply
Dawson Creek is facing a severe water shortage due to four years of drought. To secure its water supply for the next 50 to 100 years, the city plans to build a $100 million pipeline to the Peace River, located 55 kilometres north. As...
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Beef prices increase far outpacing inflation
The latest numbers show the price of ground beef has gone up 25 per cent in the last year alone.
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Beef prices reach new highs with ongoing drought
The cost of beef products in Canada continues to creep higher, largely because consecutive years of drought in Alberta and Saskatchewan have forced cattle farmers to raise smaller herds, meaning less meat to go around.
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Winnipeg summers getting smokier, data suggests
Historical data from Environment and Climate Change Canada suggests Winnipeg summers have been getting smokier in recent years due to warmer summers, more wildfires and other factors related to climate change.
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Damp summer weather reducing stress on southern Alberta fish populations
Southern Alberta's unusually rainy July means local fish have access to more habitat and cooler water temperatures, according to the Alberta Conservation Association. But a University of Calgary fish biologist said large rainfall events...
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Using tree rings to discover the history of drought in southwest Sask.
David Sauchyn, a professor and director of the Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative at the University of Regina, is leading a project using tree rings to explore the history of drought in southwest Saskatchewan. He joined The...
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UN court: Climate crisis is ‘existential threat’
The International Court of Justice says climate change is an “urgent and existential threat” in its first-ever climate opinion.
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Yemen drought: 85% of agricultural land not cultivated this year
Researchers say 85-percent of Yemen's agricultural land has not been cultivated this year because of drought.
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Driven out by drought: Farmland turns barren in Somalia
Two years after the last drought ended, Somalia is facing one of the driest rainy seasons in more than 30 years.
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Mekong communities struggle as China tests dam equipment
Water levels have fluctuated sharply with testing but some are encouraged that China gave warning of its plan.
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Severe floods in Australia after devastating bushfires
Heavy rain has soaked coastal areas of Queensland and New South Wales over the last few days.
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Locust swarms threatens East Africa's crops
Plague threatens regional food supplies, as swarm cross from neighbouring Somalia, Ethiopia into Kenya.
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More records shattered as Earth heats up, no end in sight
Sobering reminder from scientists: man-made climate change causes more extreme weather
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Australia’s bushfires devastate native wildlife population
Bushfires have burned through millions of hectares of land, destroying the habitats of many native animals.
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Australia PM under fire for holiday amid bushfire crisis
Scott Morrison apologised as his country faces record-breaking heat, drought and devastating wildfires.
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Nearly half of Zimbabweans face hunger, starvation
Natural and man-made disasters have combined to create some of the worst conditions Zimbabwe has seen in about a decade.
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Climate change driving up food prices in 2020
A new report says climate change is a major reason why Canadians could pay almost $500 more for food in 2020.
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Calls for sustainable farming in the face of climate change
The UN's climate change body says global warming is upsetting food systems, reducing harvests and intensifying poverty and hunger.
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How this year’s Grey Cup will end one team’s championship drought
Neither the Winnipeg Blue Bombers nor the Hamilton Tiger-Cats have won a Grey Cup this century. That will change for one of them on Sunday, as Calgary hosts the CFL's championship game.
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South Africa's worst drought in years affects farmers
Government imposes water cuts and gives aid to farmers as part of emergency measures to fight severe drought.
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Is coronavirus threatening food security?
UN issues serious warnings of a global shortage as the pandemic spreads.