I really thought when talking about drought in America sometimes that can be a six-week thing where there's no rain. Whereas, here in Australia over the last few years we saw areas that only had one or two inches. Ridiculous small amount of rain. And for ourselves, we were in Invere...
Flooding is nearly normal for Somalia— but so are droughts. “The2011 drought was particularly bad.“In 2016 and 2017 the “long rains” in areas of East Africa failed and plunged parts of Kenya into a food crisis as cattle starved and crops withered.” [source] TheIndian Ocean Dipole, ...
Statistics show that most tornadoes in theU.S.occur between 5P.M.and 6P.M.However, those times vary by region; for example, Florida tornadoes are just as likely to occur after midnight as in the afternoon. Although theU.S.is certainly a hotbed of tornado activity, tornadoes do happen in...
Most of the world's deserts occur in what zone? What is a semiarid desert biome? Do rising air currents help form deserts? How are onshore summer breezes formed? What causes cooler temperatures along the Namib Desert coast? What are the characteristics of a desert ecosystem?
plant calls many places “Home”, it is native to North America, Asia, and Australia. depending upon your point of view, mallow is a weed, a flower, or an edible plant. If you are growing mallow flowers, you can also harvest the edible mallow leaves to use in salads, soups, and ...
(Fisher and Wilkinson2005). Importantly, there has been a substantial focus on fire-related studies published in the USA (and recently in Australia; Dennison et al.2014; Ward et al.2020). This bias mirrors the skew in disease surveillance toward developed countries over the developing world (...
What are the implications of current and future actions on forest invertebrates and the ability of urban areas to support them under climate extremes (e.g., intensified storm events, droughts and heatwaves) and intentional, e.g., the planting of street trees, and unintentional changes in vegeta...
In Australia, most population growth is expected to occur in the cities of Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, and Perth, all located in the southern half of the continent, which is projected to experience longer, dryer, hotter summers and reduced rainfall. Australia is already witnessing these impacts...
"people moved three kilometres away from where i was born, to the north. it was all because of the small rains and droughts. "some of the people who live there, they go to mogadishu just to survive or to get a job since they lost their livestock. "now it ...
How long do fish live naturally? Fish in the wild probably live shorter lifespans than captive fish because they are exposed to more predators and dangerous environmental factors like floods, droughts, and cold snaps. Captive fish can live a surprisingly long life if kept in a clean tank with...