Sentence examples for persistent droughts from inspiring English sources

Across vast swaths of the globe, however, severe, persistent droughts lasted not just for years but for generations.

"Century-long observed trends … strongly suggest that anthropogenic forcing has increased the probability of severe and persistent droughts in this region.

But the news from the rest of the world — steadily increasing atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, rising sea levels, more violent weather events, persistent droughts — is not encouraging.

Given Hurricane Sandy and persistent droughts, Mr. Obama would also make communities more resilient to climate change; construction of federally financed buildings and roads, for example, will now have to take sea-level rise and increased storm surges into account.

And it appears that we are now in an era that will be defined precisely by events that appear, by our current standards of normality, highly improbable: flash floods, hundred-year storms, persistent droughts, spells of unprecedented heat, sudden landslides, raging torrents pouring down from breached glacial lakes, and, yes, freakish tornadoes.

Persistent droughts, population growth, and consequences of the climate change put severeconstraints on agriculture in many Regions.

Nevertheless, the persistent drought does put pressure on Japanese wrestlers.

One environmental theory that explains Nauru's persistent drought is called the oven effect.

A persistent drought has pushed up the price of wheat and other staples.

The major culprit in the blazes is a persistent drought that has made for volatile fire conditions.

Persistent drought, land grabs and political repression have created a crisis in that region in recent times.