California’s ‘fire season 2021 is looking GRIM’ due to a lingering drought

California’s ‘fire season 2021 is looking GRIM’: Intense drought is leaving combustible material in plants that can fuel violent blazes after more than 50,000 wildfires ripped through the state last year Researchers conducted a  fuel-moisture content survey in California This entails weighing wet plants, letting them dry and weighing them again This method shows how much … Read more

More than 74 MILLION Americans are living in areas of drought – and experts warn it could worsen

Crops die and wildfires risk increases as almost 50% of the US and 74 million people experience drought – and experts warn conditions are only going to get worse Approximately 44% of the US in experiencing some level of drought  Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Colorado and California are ‘severe to exceptional’ These stats had experiencing major droughts … Read more

Drought caused by volcanic eruption led Egyptians to abandon Berenike 2,100 years ago

Climate change has been influencing human development for thousands of years, according to scientists examining why a well-fortified port city in Egypt was suddenly abandoned more than 2,100 years ago. Berenike, also known as Berenike Troglodytica, was a fortified city founded in 275 BC by Macedonian pharaoh Ptolemy II, who named it after his mother, … Read more

Jamaica faces ‘worst ever’ marijuana shortage after heavy rains and drought

It’s all gone to pot! Jamaica faces ‘worst ever’ marijuana shortage after heavy rains, drought and drop in farmers – with experts dubbing it a ‘cultural embarrassment’ Heavy rains during last year’s hurricane season pummelled marijuana fields that were later scorched in a drought, causing ‘tens of thousands of dollars’ in losses Jamaica authorised regulated … Read more

Farmers cash in on Covid dairy drought with 24-hour vending machines

Business is booming for dairy farmers who are adapting to the Covid pandemic by bottling up their profits in vending machines.  As supermarkets struggle to meet the demand for dairy, two family-run farms have taken to selling milk fresh from the cow in self-serve dispensing machines.   Will Lambourne runs Townsend Farm in Marsh Gibbon, near Bicester … Read more

Farmers cash in on Covid dairy drought with 24-hour vending machines

Business is booming for dairy farmers who are adapting to the Covid pandemic by bottling up their profits in vending machines.  As supermarkets struggle to meet the demand for dairy, two family-run farms have taken to selling milk fresh from the cow in self-serve dispensing machines.   Will Lambourne runs Townsend Farm in Marsh Gibbon, near Bicester … Read more

End of mortgage drought as banks gear up for price war in New Year

End of mortgage drought as banks gear up for price war in New Year By Helen Cahill, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 19 December 2020 | Updated: 22:28 GMT, 19 December 2020 Banks have kick-started a mortgage price war, ending four months of rate hikes.  In a report, the Bank of England revealed … Read more

Maps reveal 84 MILLION Americans are living in areas hit by drought

As some 60 million Americans on the east coast prepare for the worst nor’easter in a decade, nearly 84 million across the US are experiencing some level of drought. The west and southwest areas were hit with a drought this past spring that continued and intensified through the summer, fall and now into the winter … Read more

Tap into water firms to beat dividend drought

Tap into water firms to beat dividend drought: Utility shares could be your pipeline to a better income By Anne Ashworth For The Daily Mail Published: 22:07 GMT, 30 October 2020 | Updated: 22:18 GMT, 30 October 2020 The past week’s stock market turmoil, sparked by the Covid second wave and apprehension over the US … Read more