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U.S. Needs New Drought Assessment Framework as Droughts Become More Severe and Unpredictable

7/10/26
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Droughts in the United States are becoming more intense and unpredictable, and the nation needs to develop a new drought assessment framework to better understand and address them, according to aΒ new reportΒ from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, andΒ Medicine.

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Conflict Increases Food Prices in Far-Flung Locations: Study

7/1/26
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Fighting along key transport routes pushes up food prices in areas far from the conflict itself, according to a new study. Researchers examined the price of maize and other staples during the war in Somalia between government forces and Al-Shabaab, an Islamist terrorist group. They found that although the fighting was concentrated in the southwest of the country, the impact of price rises was felt 900 kilometers (560 miles) awayβ€”equivalent to the length of theΒ U.K.

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