Sentence examples for it was drought from inspiring English sources

Now it was drought, not war, that was the problem.

In a study published Monday in Tel Aviv: Journal of the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University, researchers say it was drought that led to the collapse in the ancient southern Levant.

But gave it a good watering just in case it was drought (which didn't seem that likely considering our watering, but...) Whether it was the watering or the silica spray or something else we'll never know, but it is upright again stretching to the passing clouds, undeterred by the grasping tendrils of the beans, happy to leave the confines of the wigwams and hitch a ride ever closer to the sun.

In the late 1980s, some scientists concluded that it was drought (or climate more generally), not overgrazing, that controlled the number of livestock in the semi-arid tropical rangelands with a high degree of rainfall variability (Behnke et al. 1993; Ellis and Swift 1988; Homewood et al. 1987).

It is drought resistant, non-invasive, native and a big hit with butterflies and birds.

NOT long ago, the problem was floods; now it is drought.

Asked if it is drought that he worries about, the engineer shakes his head: "No, what I fear is conflict between communities".

"Cassava is a great crop, it is drought tolerant and you can harvest it whenever you want, but it is really perishable," the director of the research project, Andrew Westby, told me.

Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) may be a reasonable alternative as an energy crop in the southern U.S. because it could easily fit into existing production systems, it is drought resistant, and it has large biomass production potential.

In the case of chikungunya or dengue in Africa, for example, it's drought conditions that enhance mosquito-breeding habitats near people and then the high temperatures that boost transmission in the mosquito".

This is how bad it is: Drought now grips 40% of the West, with no end in sight: globally, nine of the 10 warmest years recorded since 1880 have occurred since 2000, officials say.