The southeastern United States has experienced unusually dry weather this year, causing drought conditions in many states. Georgia has been particularly hard-hit, and the city of Atlanta claims to have ...

2008: A major dry spell hit Israel causing the worst drought for 10 years. The president of the National Water Authority in Israel said the government had failed follow through ...

On June 4, 2008 Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared that the state of California is in a drought. He warned that rationing water may be a possible action if the situation ...

Lake Lanier, a man made lake in Georgia is being affected by the drought. As the lake recedes, artifacts from before the lake was formed in the 1950s are being ...

The Dust Bowl refers to a series of dust storms that lasted for most of the 1930s on the American and Canadian prairies. The storms caused devastating agricultural damage and ...

Wildfires are common during the summer months in Greece. Contributing factors include hot temperatures, drought, winds and sometimes arson.

Members of the United Nations met the week of June 4, 2008 to discuss the current worldwide hunger crisis. A major topic of discussion at the conference were biofuels and ...

The "SurvivaBall" is a "self powered, self cooling, self heating, self-hydrating, total recycling, emergency life sustaining device" designed to protect people from whatever climate change brings, whether its hurricanes, drought ...