There is wide agreement that any temperature increase greater than 2 degrees Celsius threatens civilization; we passed the 1-degree mark this fall and already the Arctic is melting, the West is confronting epic drought and the ocean is 30% more acidic.
'An intending irrigator, acquiring a water right based on such a measure, would be almost certainly confronted with drought when his need for water was greatest.
They are facing hard decisions about water use as the state confronts the drought's long-term effects on farms and forests, including dwindling crops, a growing threat of devastating wildfires and a worrisome infestation of tree-killing beetles.
While Phoenix and Tucson are beginning to confront the drought, the forested regions of Arizona are facing a new problem, one that could help produce a summer wildfire season worse than last year's, when a record number of square miles burned in the state.
It is obvious that herdsmen, when confronted with drought, may benefit while moving their livestock to greener areas to reduce the mortality of their herd.
The bill passed 245 to 176, with almost all Republican supporters, and is unlikely to break the longstanding partisan stalemate over how to confront the drought.
I also enjoyed this movie about seeds, especially because I'm so optimistic about the potential for improved seeds to help small farmers confront the drought, pests, and diseases that can destroy their crops.
The armies confronted the great drought as well.
A trapdoor spider confronts many hazards — drought; heat; predation by birds, frogs, lizards, and scorpions; quails scratching in the leaf litter; echidnas rummaging in the soil; ornery older spiders and cannibalistic young ones.
More than 100 non-governmental and community-based organizations rely on UNICEF supplies and technical assistance to provide a range of services to Somalia's women and children, who are confronted with insurgency, drought and terrorism as well physical displacement.
