Tag: China drought
How Extreme Droughts Are Fueling Food Inflation | WSJ
Mexican chili peppers used in Sriracha. Italian risotto rice. American corn that’s used in nearly everything: these crops are vulnerable to high heat, and ex...
Why does Yangtze dry up? The Power Crisis continues and Extremely high temperatures grip half of China
On Aug 21st and amid a record heat wave, the China Meteorological Administration issued its first national drought alert of the year. It is the first such notice in nine years. The drought alert covers mainly the southern part of China, where moderate to...
China to use geoengineering to combat historic drought | DW News
China is suffering a severe water shortage after its hottest and driest summer since the government began recording rainfall 61 years ago. Authorities try to protect this year's harvest from intense drought by using chemicals to generate rain and people a...
Economy is hit: Extreme heat & drought in the south, floods in the north, as Yangtze River runs dry
In the south, China is experiencing its worst heat in more than 60 years, and China's Central Weather Bureau continues to issue red warnings for high tempera...
Extremely heatwaves and drought hit southern China, lakes at record low levels/Power Crisis Begins
The summer of 2022 in China has been so hot that it has caused many rivers to dry up and the threat of a major power outage is looming, as it did last year.D...
