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ABC Feeds 6h ago

Southern Queensland graziers call for drought declaration
By Brandon Long and Dan McCray

Graziers start destocking to preserve dwindling feed with rainfall well below average across the region.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-15/southern-queensland-graziers-call-for-drought-declaration/106680098

#Droughts #ExtremeWeatherEvents #BeefCattleFarming #AgriculturalandFarmingPractice #BrandonLong #DanMcCray

Southern Queensland graziers call for drought declaration

Graziers start destocking to preserve dwindling feed with rainfall well below average across the region.

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Eric Maugendre about carbon 1d ago

"Cascading transition risks towards degraded ecosystems in the #Amazon biome[:] The large majority of the simulated transitions is caused by spatial knock-on effects from increasing drought intensities, leading to long-ranging and self-propelling cascades on scales of hundreds to thousands of kilometres."

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10456-0

#droughts #deforestation #landGrab #landUse #landUseChange #forests #forest #carbon #carbonSinks #carbonSink #footprint #Brazil #Mercosur #beef #cattle #Amazonia

Jon Snow 1d ago

‘Irresponsible’: backlash as Utah approves datacenter twice the size of Manhattan

Facility would require more power than entire state uses and suck up vast amount of water in drought-stricken area

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/13/utah-approves-datacenter-backlash

#Stratos #AI #datacenters #environment #power #water #droughts #technology

‘Irresponsible’: backlash as Utah approves datacenter twice the size of Manhattan

Facility would require more power than entire state uses and suck up vast amount of water in drought-stricken area

The Guardian

Forest Ecosystems 4d ago

China's massive tree plantations recover faster from droughts but suffer more sudden flash #droughts than natural #forests. This asymmetry calls for mixed-species strategies and density control to sustain reforestation without worsening water stress.🌲
@Forestecosystems
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2197562026000400

Parents For Future

5d ago

When +4 °C on the y‑axis no longer covers it. El Niño.

(some ensemble members exceeding +4 °C does not imply an expected outcome. +2–3 °C+ remains a realistic range. Bad! 🔜 #ExtremeWeather #Droughts #Floods
Live gif: https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/CFSv2/imagesInd3/nino34Mon.gif
Source: https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/CFSv2/CFSv2_body.html ... #ClimateCrisis )

Parents For Future #EndFossilFuels 🪧🛢️❌5d ago

When +4 °C on the y‑axis no longer covers it. El Niño. (some ensemble members exceeding +4 °C does not imply an expected outcome. +2–3 °C+ remains a realistic range. Bad! 🔜 #ExtremeWeather #Droughts #Floods www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/CFS... www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/CFS... #ClimateCrisis )

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Nonilex May 7

The coming #ElNiño could be the strongest in over a century. 
Warming water in part of the #PacificOcean is raising the odds for the biggest El Niño on record. The #weather pattern could fully form by July. 
It could lead to record high global #temperatures & #food shortages, & shift patterns of #droughts, #floods, humidity & #SeaIce across the planet.

#ExtremeWeather #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026/05/06/el-nino-record-weather-impacts/?utm_campaign=rct_2406:2;tt_2510:control&no_nav=true&utm_source=webview&utm_medium=referral_home

Why the odds keep rising for the strongest El Niño in a century

It’s the third consecutive month that multiple models have predicted that a potentially record-breaking El Niño could drive global temperatures to new highs.

The Washington Post

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Apr 29

#AntibioticResistance among #germs swells during #droughts, study suggests
Experiments at Caltech found that dry soil—drought conditions—consistently select for and enrich antibiotic resistance in soil bacterial communities. More concerningly, researchers found that pro-resistance conditions in soil link to higher frequencies of #antibioticresistant infections in hospitals around the world. And with human-driven #climatechange, drought conditions are expected to increase.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/03/antibiotic-resistance-among-germs-swells-during-droughts-study-suggests/