Tinted detail of a photo: Road broken into slabs and buckled chunks of asphalt amid heaped soil, with a bent crash barrier and damaged buildings beside it, leading to a roundabout under a hazy setting sun.
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Natural Hazards

Water scarcity

Diagnosing drought in northeast Brazil

A dam, an almost empty water reservoir and a small abandoned boat

Worldwide, drought has put lives and livelihoods under serious threat. People are increasingly suffering from drought, but we often also aggravate drought ourselves. Fortunately, solutions to drought problems are mainly in our own hands as well. Drought is not just a water problem. It is a societal problem.   Droughts: a local problem with global …[Read More]