The drought-hit Panama Canal will maintain restrictions on the passage of ships for one year, a measure that has already led to a marine traffic jam as boats line up to enter the waterway linking two oceans.The canal is facing a shortage of rainwater...

The expansion of the Sudanese war is threatening the summer agricultural season, which increases the chances of the country falling into famine that could affect about 18 million people.The summer season begins in mid-May/Iyar, the rainy season in th...

The UN General Assembly formally proclaimed June 17 as the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought by its resolution adopted in December 1994.The UN announced that the goals of the day are to increase public understanding of the problem, to f...

Billions of people experience water-related issues on a daily basis -- from contaminated drinking water, to droughts and floods -- with a UN report warning Tuesday that the risk of a global crisis is "imminent."Here are some key takeaways from the UN...

By AFPBlack buffaloes wade through the waters of Iraq's Mesopotamian marshes, leisurely chewing on reeds. After years of drought, winter rains have brought some respite to herders and livestock in the famous wetlands.Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage...

By AFPFrom southern Ethiopia to northern Kenya and Somalia, around 22 million people are at risk of hunger as the worst drought in four decades grips the Horn of Africa.In the afflicted areas, inhabitants -- who eke out a living mainly from herding a...

By AFPJason and Shannon Phleger had just rebuilt their wildfire-ravaged home when it was wrecked again by one of the powerful storms that swept through California last week.Even for a state almost perpetually suffering from drought, the parade of bib...

By AFP Jamil al-Juburi, 53, has never left his village in northern Iraq, where his family has worked the land for generations -- but a dam will soon swallow his home, forcing them out. Tens of thousands of Iraqis are threatened by the Mak...

By AFPIn drought-hit Iraq, six out of 10 households have had their access to drinking water disrupted and a quarter of farmers have seen crop yields drastically fall this year, said a survey published Monday.Iraq has been battered by three years of d...

Months without rain have left farmers across the vast US Midwest, part of the country's essential "breadbasket," seeing crop yields in freefall, with some fields too damaged to harvest.At the 4,000-acre (1,600-hectare) Tucker Farms in Venango, Nebras...

By AFPHuman-caused climate change made this summer's drought across the Northern Hemisphere at least 20 times more likely, according to a rapid analysis released Wednesday that warns such extreme dry periods will become increasingly common with globa...

Animals and humans migrate in search of a better environment and the availability of food. The recent climate change is hitting the Earth and leading to many imbalances. Jusoor Post interviewed Dr. Amin El-Meligi, Professor of Physical Chemistry at t...