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droughts worsened by the [climate crisis](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-crisis). Of the 39 countries from which the Trump administration has [fully or partly restricted entry to the US
climate crisis, caused by the burning of fossil fuels, is worsening the duration and intensity of droughts in the US
climate crisis, though, is the primary reason to ditch coal, oil and gas, advocates argue. Such impacts are increasingly apparent in the US, as well as the rest of the world, with the country [enduring
US [Drought](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/drought) Monitor, more than 60% of the lower 48 states are now gripped by drought. It’s the most widespread spring dry spell since the monitor began in 2000. While
climate change, agricultural practices, increased water drilling, declining groundwater levels, and poor governance. Global warming has impacted rainfall patterns in the country, leading to long droughts and increased rates of water evaporation, which in turn
climate crisis, as it leaves weather systems more unstable, [starts to make more likely](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-019-0600-z). This is now the danger. Potentially compounding the closure of the strait of Hormuz is the return
US, Mexico and Canada. ## **… or this: how Nigeria’s bandit crisis spun out of control**  Former bandits in Katsina State, Nigeria. Photograph: Terna Iwar/The Guardian Nigeria
climate crisis, placing inhabitants of the nearby Salt Lake City [at possible risk of toxic dust clouds as the lake bed dries up](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/16/great-salt-lake-disappear-utah-poison-climate-crisis). “At a time when the Great Salt Lake
crisis](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-crisis), including [dangerous heat](https://elpasomatters.org/2025/08/21/el-paso-weather-extreme-heat-illness-deaths/), and [dust storms](https://elpasomatters.org/2025/05/11/el-paso-weather-dust-storms-wind-climate-change-impact/) that whip up particulate matter, a health hazard that can cause inflammation and exacerbate respiratory issues. During dust storms
us to have to deal with,” Kemp said during a [Friday news conference](https://www.news4jax.com/news/georgia/2026/04/24/gov-kemp-says-balloon-hitting-powerline-sparked-largest-wildfire-in-georgia-history-in-brantley-county/). According to the [Georgia](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/state-of-georgia) forestry commission, the Highway 82 fire has caused the most significant home
climate crisis, destroying livelihoods, killing livestock, and forcing another year of harvest failure. More than 500,000 people have been displaced so far this year – more than 90 percent of them by drought – in addition
droughts, floods, fires and heatwaves - and we are already approaching critical tipping points in major Earth systems." At the same time, events beyond the climate sphere are beginning to reshape the debate of fossil energy
crisis mode. Illustration: Alvaro Dominguez / Guardian Design / Getty Images Your boss asks you for a meeting later in the week; you have never received negative feedback, but you automatically assume you’re about
drought in 2023 and 2024, followed by increased rainfall in subsequent years, which meant greater vegetation cover and more food for the animals. “Global climate change is altering everything, and that could also lead
drought. We want to make sure that children have a chance at life—access to the health and nutrition services they need, as well as education.” According to Doctors Without Borders, known by its French
droughts and other climate-fueled disasters.  The Enbridge terminal and pipelines next to the Suncor energy refinery on 23 August 2023 in Alberta, Canada. Photograph: NurPhoto/Getty Images
crisis. At the peak, the number of internally displaced people more than tripled, reaching more than 11.5 million. Nearly 4 million people have returned home – often to damaged or partially destroyed housing – but almost
crisis and marine ecosystems would “severely degrade” the accuracy of weather predictions and El Niño forecasts, with economic consequences for the US, European and American scientists have warned. Decommissioning the US system, which plays
climate upheaval dominated the news. NPR highlighted the "photo of the year' — [Separated by ICE](https://www.npr.org/sections/the-picture-show/2026/04/23/nx-s1-5793922/world-press-photo-announces-photo-of-the-year-2026). It was taken by Carol Guzy of the United States for the *Miami Herald* and captures
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