Extreme drought is a part of normal climate patterns, but warming temperatures can make megadrought more common - and severe. Hotter air is thirstier, explains peedublya. That means it holds more water, leaving less in the ground and in reservoirs
National plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions still fall far short of what is needed to avert catastrophic climate change, the UN Environment Programme warnsThe International Energy Agency finds that the war in Ukraine has accelerated the world’s transition to cleaner energy sourcesWhile
the US military appears to take climate change seriously, it is a major polluter. Neta C. Crawford's book explores the Pentagon’s bad habitsCarbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide reached record-high concentrations in the atmosphere in 2021, including the largest recorded increase in methane