Essays on Drought

Everyone in the Central Valley, and most of California has heard of the always looming threat of droughts. Nevertheless, would most people be able to explain why California is in a drought? The assumption of a drought is lack of rainfall, which is the textbook…

This drought, compounded by a short supply of hay on the eastern seaboard of Australia and rising transport costs, is likely to change the farming landscape in Australia for decades to come. Drought has a huge impact on the Australian economy, considering Australia is the…

To begin with, by dictionary, a drought is a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water. This study of the climate change in the Fertile Crescent and implications of the recent Syrian drought was carried out through a 6-month period…

Small scale farmers are the driving force behind economies in Africa, even though their potential is not realized. The term small scale farmers is given to farmers from their lack of resources, they own small land that they use to produce crops. Which they may…

Cape Town is one of the most populated cities in South Africa and is the legislative capital, located in the south-western corner of the country at the foot of Table Mountain. The Cape Town drought was caused by many different things such as agricultural strain,…

1930 the start of one of Kansas’s great struggles the Dust Bowl. A huge reason of this is the use of farming techniques that work on land not of Kansas. Another is the consecutive droughts that occured in succession. Finally you have the strong winds…

Sahel Desertification The people of the Sahel region have had a long history of migration as a livelihood diversification strategy to combat the Sahelian climate. Low income countries such as Mali and Burkina Faso are engaged in a losing battle against the relentless episodes of…

“The drought currently encompasses over 98% of the state of California” (Chuck 2015) Almost the entire state of California is suffeing from drought issues, however, “more than 44% of California is in “exceptional” drought — the worst level of drought” (Rice 2015). This means that…

Does Big Chico Creek support fish life? To answer this question we need to explore what life a creek should support and if in fact that life is supported or sustained in Big Chico Creek. A side thought worth consideration and investigation can be: how…