South Africa's agricultural landscape has navigated a tumultuous path this year, beset by challenges ranging from mid-summer ...

This data is based on both soil conditions and temperature data to create what is known as a soil moisture anomaly map ... extreme drought. Parts of sub-Saharan Africa and the US are also ...

In the middle of Cape Town’s Cape Flats lies the Philippi Horticutural Area, an agricultural zone that produces more than ...

Groundwater represents an opportunity to increase reliable water supplies in Africa and provide a buffer against drought. The DRIP Groundwater Use web-based application (screenshot below) creates high ...

The researchers found that drought in southern Africa's drylands had caused the strongest phytoplankton bloom in about 27 ...

PRETORIA (Reuters) -South Africa's economy unexpectedly shrank in the third quarter of this year as a drought caused a big drop in agricultural production, but analysts said they expected a return ...

And that means regions and cities across South Africa could soon be facing their own Day Zero—for some it has already arrived. KwaZulu-Natal province is no stranger to drought. In 2019 ...

The famine in East Africa has killed tens of thousands, and more people are dying every day. A devastating drought across the region, plus war, neglect and spiraling prices have all contributed to ...

Negotiations on a future global drought regime get underway at UNCCD COP16; US$ 15 billion pledged for the Riyadh Global Drought Resilience Partnership; World Drought Atlas highli ...

aridity and dust emissions in southern Africa suggest that such events could become more probable in the future. Together with recent findings on ocean fertilization by drought-induced megafires ...