droughts

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A shutdown would have dire consequences: tougher European winters, droughts in South Asia and parts of Africa, and higher sea levels around the North Atlantic.

From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026

That means they play an outsize role in climate change, which is amplifying heat waves, droughts and wildfires.

From Salon • Jun. 24, 2026

They also allow crops to tap deeper water sources during droughts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026

The charity said the effects of climate change - including recent heatwaves and droughts - had compounded challenges it would naturally be facing at its age.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

More often than not, they did not believe in conversation, their dispositions reflecting the rough, atonal quality of the land, which after the droughts consisted mostly of the gnarled limbs of low-lying mesquite bushes.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger