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16 resultsfor “current drought conditions in the US”

Tech

Majority of US’s new AI datacenters to be built on drought-hit land

conditions throughout the past year, according to data from [Cleanview](https://cleanview.co/) and the federal government, which [grades drought](https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap.aspx) across four levels of severity. A similar proportion of existing datacenters

The Guardian WorldJun 8
World

Wednesday briefing: ​Can the UK adapt in time to a new normal of extreme heat?

drought which turn the lush, verdant landscape brown. This week’s heatwave is another reminder of what could await us in the coming decades. Late May, which typically sees average temperatures

The Guardian WorldMay 27
Science

El Niño under way and threatens weather extremes, scientists say

conditions are now under way in the tropical Pacific, with sea surface temperatures having risen sharply in recent months. Many forecasts suggest this could end up as a so-called "super" El Niño, and even

BBC NewsYesterday
Health

Nearly half of US children are breathing dangerous levels of air pollution, report warns

drought and wildfires which have exposed a growing share of the population to harmful ozone, the report said. The regions most affected by high ozone levels include south-western states from California to Texas

The Guardian WorldApr 22
Politics

Trump targeting immigrants from countries hit most by climate shocks

currently no official pathways to do so, however, with neither US law nor the UN’s 1951 refugee convention recognizing environmental disasters as a reason to gain protection in another country. *“*People are being displaced

The Guardian WorldJun 10
Health

Huge rise in factory-style dairy farming of ‘battery cows’ in UK as costs rise

conditions of confinement.” Prof Jude Capper, a livestock expert at Harper Adams University, argued there was no inherently good or bad system. “Although the pastoral image of cattle grazing a sunny, lush pasture is aesthetically

The Guardian WorldMay 26
Health

First US screwworm case in 60 years: Should America be worried?

current case concerns a three-week old calf infested with screw worm in LaPryor Texas, around around 50km (30 miles) from the Mexican border. “This is regarded as a locally acquired infestation with the larvae

Al Jazeera EnglishJun 4
Conflicts

How the war has made Iran’s water crisis worse

conditions and rising inflation. Water shortages also led to protests in 2021 in the southern Khuzestan province, and protests broke out in 2018, with participants accusing the government of water mismanagement

Al Jazeera EnglishJun 2
World

Selling children to survive: Afghan fathers forced to make impossible choices

Current UN figures show that the aid received so far this year is 70% lower than in 2025. Severe drought – which has affected more than half the provinces in the country - is compounding problems

BBC NewsMay 18
Politics

President Trump is taking aim at forest and wildfire research just as the West is poised to burn

drought conditions.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3920x3920+1040+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa3%2F6e%2F623758354d7687e9772f72d6a2cc%2Fgettyimages-2271343202.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/09/nx-s1-5804693/prevention-wildfires-firefighters-vegetation-wildland-fire-service) ### [Environment](https://www.npr.org/sections/environment/) ### ['We're dry:' The new U.S. Wildland Fire Service prepares for extreme fire season](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/09/nx-s1-5804693/prevention-wildfires-firefighters-vegetation-wildland-fire-service) Current lab employees did not respond to interview requests

NPR Topics: NewsYesterday
World

More than 6 million Somalis face hunger amid climate shocks and conflict

conditions short of famine ([IPC Phase 4 or emergency levels](https://www.ipcinfo.org/ipcinfo-website/ipc-overview-and-classification-system/en/)), where families are facing extreme shortages and are increasingly forced into displacement in search of basic needs, moving towards already overcrowded

Al Jazeera EnglishApr 23
Conflicts

‘Trapped’: Gaza patients flown to Iraq stuck in administrative limbo

currently waiting to travel abroad for medical treatment. Zaher al-Waheidi, head of the ministry’s Information Unit, reported that 1,200 children in Gaza now suffer from spinal cord injuries and paralysis directly resulting

Al Jazeera EnglishJun 2
Politics

‘Psychological torture’: outcry over conditions at ICE desert detention camp

condition or heat your camping tent, you would use a lot more energy than a building that’s built to code, if that tent has no insulation and is just made of a membrane,” said

The Guardian WorldApr 15
Science

The rise of the fruit that tastes like custard

drought-prone district of Kolar in southern India. "The area receives rainfall of only 60 to 70 centimetres, and farmers dig borewells of up to 1,300 feet - most of their money goes into chasing

BBC NewsMay 25
World

‘Irresponsible’: backlash as Utah approves datacenter twice the size of Manhattan

currently consumes, and suck up a significant amount of water in an area that has been hit by severe [drought](https://www.fox13now.com/news/utah-drought/utah-extreme-drought-conditions-explode-across-state) in recent years. Last week, the project was approved by the county

The Guardian WorldMay 13
World

New burn bans and Trump's battle with immigration and DEI are impacting forest fires

drought, which meant wildfire season could be unusually devastating. Lieberg was burning some land, but not as much as he would have liked. That's because he had a money problem. Last August

NPR Topics: NewsMay 17