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Two data centers in San Antonio have used 463 million gallons of water in the past two years.
The Alamo City facilities,
owned by Microsoft and the Army Corps,
have drained water from the surrounding area despite difficult drought conditions throughout Texas.
In 2025, data centers across the state are projected to use 49 billion gallons of water,
⚠️ enough to supply millions of households,
primarily for cooling massive banks of servers that power generativ…

Texas Data Centers Use 50 Billion Gallons of Water as State Faces Drought
The Alamo City facilities, owned by Microsoft and the Army Corps, have taken large amounts of water from the drought-ridden state.

Turkey facing worst drought in over 50 years #Turkey

Turkey facing worst drought in over 50 years
Turkey is experiencing its worst drought in over half a century, with rainfall dropping by 27% compared to the last three decades and even more in some regions, according to data published this week.

"Drought bringing autumn harvest two weeks early, Waitrose says"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Food

Jerry Jones throws shade at Buffalo Bills' Super Bowl drought https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/08/21/cowboys-owner-jerry-jones-bills-title-drought/85757803007/

This is not a joke... A press release from the UK government about a meeting of the "national drought group", in order to "save water at home", suggests to:
"Delete old emails and pictures as data centres require vast amounts of water to cool their systems"
... while the government also pus…

National Drought Group meets to address “nationally significant” water shortfall
Five areas remain in drought with six more in prolonged dry weather

“If you ask people who study the topic, they will tell you that a modern famine is a man-made disaster. Natural disasters can play a part. For example, flooding and drought can destroy crops, but relief agencies and wealthy governments can now get aid where it needs to go. So it is ultimately war and political will that keeps enough food from being grown or delivered in places like Ethiopia and Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, Haiti and North Korea and, of course, now in Gaza.”

Global Drought Escalation Since 2014: Multivariate Insights for Ecosystem Resilience and Water Security
Qianqian Han, Yijian Zeng, Bob Su
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.20195 https:…

Global Drought Escalation Since 2014: Multivariate Insights for Ecosystem Resilience and Water Security
How is climate change altering the global patterns, frequency, and intensity of drought? To investigate this, we analyzed global drought events from 2000-2020 using a composite of hydrological indices (Σ(ET-P), SSMI, and GRACE-DSI). Our results reveal that near-normal to severe droughts became increasingly widespread after 2014. Unexpectedly, extreme, 100-year return period droughts occurred not only in semi-arid zones but also in high latitude and typically wet regions. The frequency of these…

Pats' Diggs turns corner, ends 100-yard drought https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46414919/patriots-stefon-diggs-readies-bills-101-yards-win

🌵 Climate models reveal how human activity may be locking the Southwest into permanent drought
https://theconversation.com/climate-models-reveal-how-human-activity-may-be-locking-the-southwest-into-permanent-drou…

Climate models reveal how human activity may be locking the Southwest into permanent drought
The drought has been linked to the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, a natural climate pattern. A new study finds global warming is now influencing that natural phenomenon.

Dutch drought resumes. The season's precipitation deficit (evaporation minus rainfall) has been hovering around 200 mm for a while, a high value already. But now, it is starting to grow again, in line with the top 5% driest years in the 1906-2025 record.
#ClimateChange #drought

You must be sh*ting me!
UK Asks People to Delete Emails In Order to Save Water During Drought https://www.404media.co/uk-asks-people-to-delete-emails-in-order-to-save-water-during-drought/

When is the last time OSU football lost to Tulsa? Golden Hurricane ends 27-year drought https://www.oklahoman.com/story/sports/college/cowboys/2025/09/20/tulsa-football-ends-27-year-drought-against-ok…

A new wave of climate research is sounding a stark warning:
Human activity may be driving drought more intensely
– and more directly
– than previously understood.
The southwestern United States has been in a historic #megadrought for much of the past two decades,
with its reservoirs including lakes Mead and Powell dipping to record lows
and legal disputes erupting ov…

Climate models reveal how human activity may be locking the Southwest into permanent drought
The drought has been linked to the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, a natural climate pattern. A new study finds global warming is now influencing that natural phenomenon.

Der #Ganges trocknet laut einer neuen Studie so stark aus wie seit 1.300 Jahren nicht mehr.
Die Flussmenge ist heute um 76 Prozent geringer als beim schlimmsten historischen #Dürreereignis im 16. Jahrhundert. Hauptursache ist menschliches Handeln, darunter ein geschwächter Sommer-

The Ganges River is drying at an unprecedented rate, new study finds
The Ganges River is in crisis. This lifeline for around 600 million people in India and neighboring countries is experiencing its worst drying period in 1,300 years. Using a combination of historical data, paleoclimate records and hydrological models, researchers from IIT Gandhinagar and the University of Arizona discovered that human activity is the main cause. They also found that the current drying is more severe than any recorded drought in the river's history.

UK Asks People to Delete Emails In Order to Save Water During Drought https://www.404media.co/uk-asks-people-to-delete-emails-in-order-to-save-water-during-drought/

"Morocco tests floating solar panels to save water, generate power"
#Morocco #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables

Morocco tests floating solar panels to save water, generate power
Sun-baked Morocco, grappling with its worst drought in decades, has launched a pilot project aimed at slowing water evaporation while simultaneously generating green energy using floating solar panels.

The ornamental pond on Southampton Common (known as the Lake) is almost completely dried up after a prolonged drought. The foliage is looking parched and faded. The new normal?
#ClimateDiary #summer

Justin Herbert poised for MVP-caliber season; Indianapolis Colts equipped to end playoff drought https://www.nfl.com/news/justin-herbert-poised-for-mvp-caliber-season-indianapolis-colts-equipped-to-end-playoff-drought

Netskope priced its IPO at $19 per share, at the top of its targeted range, valuing the company at $7.3B, and raised $908.2M in the offering (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/17/netskope-seeks-7point3-billion-valuation-…

Netskope prices IPO at $19, valuing company at $7.3 billion
The IPO market is experiencing a revival after a yearslong drought, with notable debuts from CoreWeave, Circle and Figma.

AGL breaks wind energy drought with 15-year contract in South Australia, supporting decarbonisation efforts and job creation. #climatechange #climatesolutions #climate

Australia’s wind energy drought set to be broken as AGL signs 15-year contract with South Australia project
Australia’s wind financing drought expected to be broken after the country’s biggest coal generator signs 15-year off take deal with new South Australia project.

Government that’s going all in on “AI” urges you to delete old emails and pictures to save water. You couldn’t make this shit up. https://tech.lgbt/@Natasha_Jay/115016993942039602

Natasha Jay (@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt)
Attached: 1 image Did AI recommend this? In a new digital twist to environmental responsibility, the #UK government is now suggesting people to “Delete old emails and pictures” in data centres to help with the current drought 🤪 This country ... (no words) https://www.gov.uk/government/news/national-drought-group-meets-to-address-nationally-significant-water-shortfall

Cowboys Legend Emmitt Smith Defends Jerry Jones Over Super Bowl Drought https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/cowboys-legend-emmitt-smith-defends-jerry-jones-over-super-bowl-drought/?adt_ei=[email]

Chocolate getting pricey. And if you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit don't buy club.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c86737yg3jlo
Severe drought conditions affecting chocolate, and still some people don't think climate change matters.

Penguin and Club bars can no longer be described as chocolate
The rising cost of cocoa has led to the manufacturers changing their recipe.

Deep learning for flash drought forecasting and interpretation
Qian Zhao, Xuwei Tan, Xueru Zhang, Pierre Gentine, Yanlan Liu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.02576 https://

Deep learning for flash drought forecasting and interpretation
Flash droughts are increasingly occurring worldwide due to climate change, causing widespread socioeconomic and agricultural losses. However, timely and accurate flash drought forecasting remains challenging for operational forecast systems due to uncertain representations of interactive hydroclimate processes. Here, we introduce the Interpretable Transformer for Drought (IT-Drought), a deep learning model based on publicly available hydroclimate data. IT-Drought skillfully forecasts soil moist…

More than 343,000 hectares (848,000 acres) of land – the equivalent of nearly half a million football pitches [or a suare with sides 58.6 km long] – have been destroyed this year in Spain, setting a new national record, according to the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS)
Wildfires rage across Spain and Portugal as record area of land burned | Climate News | Al Jazeera

Wildfires rage across Spain and Portugal as record area of land burned
Wildfires in Spain and Portugal burn record land and force evacuations as heatwave and drought spur the flames.

"Turkey facing worst drought in over 50 years"
#Turkey #Drought #Climate #ClimateChange

Turkey facing worst drought in over 50 years
Turkey is experiencing its worst drought in over half a century, with rainfall dropping by 27% compared to the last three decades and even more in some regions, according to data published this week.

Here is my little buddy. She comes hopping if she sees me outside and follows me around the yard.
One time I was going somewhere in the yard and stopped and felt a bump. She had run into me and was backing up and trying to decide if she should flee or what as she was shivering. Little pieces of carrots are her favorites but she will eat swiss chard, romaine lettuce and beets too. Most of other veggies she will nibble and leave.

Dolphins' Tyreek Hill snaps year-long 30-yard catch drought in Week 2 matchup vs. Patriots

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/dolphins-ty…

Report reveals nearly 80% of the world's poor live in regions exposed to climate hazards #environment

Report reveals nearly 80% of the world's poor live in regions exposed to climate hazards
Nearly 8 in 10 people living in multidimensional poverty—887 million out of 1.1 billion globally—are directly exposed to climate hazards such as extreme heat, flooding, drought, or air pollution.

This is the #Garbce stop on railway line 271 (Poznań — Wrocław), renovated a few years ago.
The platforms end a dozen metres from the railway crossing. However, there is no walkway from the platforms to the crossing; probably because it would need to cross a tiny stream. Instead, a 100 m long walkways have been added to the other end of the platforms, with a tunnel joining the platforms and access to a side road in the town. To reach the railway crossing, you have to walk 700 m.
Ironically, even in the general drought the tunnel manages to feature puddles of ground water. Also including the photo of a platform roofing with weird orange marks.
#rail

«UK government suggests deleting files to save water»
The same government that wants to "turbocharge AI" with "AI Growth Zones", that puts "AI" into public services left and right, and the government that generally seems to be fully "AI"-pilled now has the audacity to ask people to delete emails "to save water"? 😂
https://www.theverge.com/science/758275/drought-delete-files-email-data-center-water-uk

I wish that the flooding/drought situation could be communicated in a way similar to the UKHSA dashboard.
Defra-adjacent stuff tends to have either light information, or a level of detail that's too much for non-professionals.
I just want to see a map with regions coloured to show they're having problems, and maybe year-long time-series graphs that simply convey when a region has too much, or too little, water.

Water situation reports for England
Monthly water situation reports and weekly rainfall and river flow reports.

Weekend #Plankton Factoid 🦠🦐
An interesting survival mechanism of zooplankton is the production of resistant resting or diapause eggs. Calanoid and harpacticoid copepods, rotifers, and cladocerans (as ephippia) do this when conditions are poor due to overcrowding, predation, drought, or water quality. These eggs can hatch after decades or even centuries in an egg bank. This helps to explain …

Generative AI-Downscaling of Large Ensembles Project Unprecedented Future Droughts
Hamish Lewis, Neelesh Rampal, Peter B. Gibson, Luke J. Harrington, Chiara M. Holgate, Anna Ukkola, Nicola M. Maher
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.21844

Generative AI-Downscaling of Large Ensembles Project Unprecedented Future Droughts
Understanding how droughts may change in the future is essential for anticipating and mitigating their adverse impacts. However, robust climate projections require large amounts of high-resolution climate simulations, particularly for assessing extreme events. Here, we use a novel dataset, multiple large-ensembles of Global Climate Models (GCMs), downscaled to 12km using generative AI, to quantify the future risk of meteorological drought across New Zealand. The ensembles consists of 20 GCMs, i…

#idw #WMO report on global #water resources: 2024 was characterized by both extreme #drought and intense

WMO report on global water resources: 2024 was characterized by both extreme drought and intense rainfall

Dutch drought still getting worse. Precipitation deficit already at 238 mm (not counting this year's headstart in March); that's double the peak in a median year and in the worst 5% of years on record.

"‘Unprecedented’ wildfire in southern France driven by drought and climate change, officials say"
#France #Wildfires #Climate

Climate change drove ‘unprecedented’ wildfire in France, officials say
Hotspots across southern Europe have been scorched this summer, stoked by high temperatures and drought.

Cowboys look to break streak even longer than Super Bowl drought in Week 8 vs Broncos https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/10/22/cowboys-broncos-denver-losing-streak-1992/86836247007/…

📉 Either too little or too much: Report finds world's water cycles are getting more erratic
#climate

Either too little or too much: Report finds world's water cycles are getting more erratic
The water cycle has become increasingly erratic and extreme, swinging between deluge and drought, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). It highlights the cascading impacts of too much or too little water on economies and society.

Attributing excess conflict risk in Syria to anthropogenic climate change
Solomon Hsiang, Marshall Burke
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.02650 https://arxiv.org…

Attributing excess conflict risk in Syria to anthropogenic climate change
Some analyses suggest that drought in Syria during 2007-10 may have contributed to the 2011 onset of its civil war and that anthropogenic climate change had a detectable impact on the severity of that drought. Yet these qualitative statements alone do not allow us to estimate {how much} anthropogenic climate change amplified the risk of civil war in Syria. Climate policy is increasingly relying on global-scale cost-benefit analyses to inform major decisions, and any excess conflict risk imposed…

Impacts of the duration and intensity of grazing cycle on vegetation population dynamics in semi-arid ecosystems with seasonal succession
Junhong Gan, Xiaoli Wang, Guohong Zhang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.09760

Impacts of the duration and intensity of grazing cycle on vegetation population dynamics in semi-arid ecosystems with seasonal succession
A novel vegetation model involving seasonal succession to distinguish the dryperiod, growth period and grazing period is proposed. The main aim is to explore the effects of duration and intensity of grazing season on the dynamic behaviors of a single vegetation population and the competitive outcomes between two competing vegetation species. The critical duration of drought period and grazing period that enable the persistence of a single vegetation population is obtained. Further, we found tha…

Dak, Schotty frustrated at inconsistent Cowboys: 'It's unacceptable' https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/dak-schotty-frustrated-at-inconsistent-cowboys-it-s-unacceptable

Modeling high and low extremes with a novel dynamic spatio-temporal model
Myungsoo Yoo, Likun Zhang, Christopher K. Wikle, Thomas Opitz
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.01481 https://…

Modeling high and low extremes with a novel dynamic spatio-temporal model
Extreme environmental events such as severe storms, drought, heat waves, flash floods, and abrupt species collapse have become more prevalent in the earth-atmosphere dynamic system in recent years. In order to fully understand the underlying mechanisms and enhance informed decision-making, a flexible model capable of accommodating extremes is necessary. Existing dynamic spatio-temporal statistical models exhibit limitations in capturing extremes when assuming Gaussian error distributions, where…

A lot of people making fun of the Environment Agency suggesting "deleting emails" to fight drought.
People also made fun of it when they put it in a press release two months ago. I don't know if it's a deliberate attempt to get attention, or just something their LLM keeps suggesting.

England faces 5 billion litre public water shortage by 2055 without urgent action
England faces 5 billion litre a day shortfall for public water supplies by 2055 – and a further 1 billion litre a day deficit for wider economy.

How can we measure the information created by natural selection?
Joel R. Peck, David Waxman
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.13373 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.133…

How can we measure the information created by natural selection?
Natural selection can create information. In particular, because of the action of natural selection, we can often learn something about an environment by examining local organisms, and vice versa. For example, the characteristics of a cactus suggest that the local environment is relatively dry, and if a natural terrestrial environment is dry, then we will generally have an enhanced probability of finding drought-resistant plants (like cacti). Here, we propose a measure that can be used to quant…

no ____ sherlock: “Evidence of drought”
In 2015 we had a long drought and that was the first year *ever* #BCWildfire saw Rank 5 fires in the Coastal Fire Centre of BC. It was a fire near Squamish. I was in a municipal meeting with BC Wildfire folks at UBCM.
Climate Change is happening, has happened, and will continue until we stop forcing it. Our natural landscapes have no way to adapt.
END FOSSIL FUELS
#BCWildfire #endfossilfuels #BCPoli #CanPoli #ClimateChange
https://www.albernivalleynews.com/local-news/evidence-of-drought-wesley-ridge-wildfire-burns-through-dry-conditions-8175809

Scaling up AI requires staggering amounts of power and water
— especially when considering that many areas are already dealing with strained grids or drought conditions.
Even when optimized, a single hyperscale facility can draw as muchpower as a mid-sized city
and millions of gallons of water annually.
Professor Romany Webb, deputy director of Columbia University's Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, explained the challenge:
"Data centers are incred…

New map and research expose disturbing side effects of AI industry boom: 'There are going to be challenges'
As part of the latest wave of Big Tech's spending on AI, Google announced a $9 billion investment to build a new data center campus in Virginia.

The massive wildfire in southern France got worse today. 135 km² burned already.
Three years of drought created a large amount of fuel in the form of dead trees and dead brushes, a climate expert explained on TV.
#ClimatechangeisWaterchange
#ClimateChange

Massive wildfire in France leaves at least one dead, nine injured
Firefighters in southern France were battling on Wednesday to contain the country’s biggest wildfire so far this year, said local authorities. At least one person has died so far in the wildfire, while nine others were injured. More than 1,800 firefighters have been deployed to tackle the blaze. 

Dak, Schotty frustrated at inconsistent Cowboys: 'It's unacceptable' https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/dak-schotty-frustrated-at-inconsistent-cowboys-it-s-unacceptable

"Report reveals nearly 80% of the world's poor live in regions exposed to climate hazards"
#Climate #ClimateChange
…

Report reveals nearly 80% of the world's poor live in regions exposed to climate hazards
Nearly 8 in 10 people living in multidimensional poverty—887 million out of 1.1 billion globally—are directly exposed to climate hazards such as extreme heat, flooding, drought, or air pollution.

“Simple, everyday choices – such as turning off a tap or deleting old emails – also really helps the collective effort to reduce demand and help preserve the health of our rivers and wildlife,” ~Helen Wakeham, Environment Agency Director of Water.
The Agency didn’t immediately respond to an inquiry from The Verge about how much water it thought deleting files might save, nor how much water data centers that store files or train AI use in the UK’s drought-affected areas.
https://www.theverge.com/science/758275/drought-delete-files-email-data-center-water-uk

Stargazing: Cowboys who tried to fly at Mile High https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/stargazing-cowboys-who-tried-to-fly-at-mile-high

Decades of data show African weather disturbances intensify during La Niña #Africa…

Decades of data show African weather disturbances intensify during La Niña
A recent study reveals how a major global climate pattern influences the African weather systems that help seed Atlantic hurricanes. The findings, published in the Journal of Climate, could lead to better seasonal forecasts of rainfall, drought, and tropical cyclone activity across the Atlantic basin.

🌞 California farmers identify a hot new cash crop: Solar power
#agriculture

California farmers identify a hot new cash crop: Solar power
Imagine that you own a small, 20-acre farm in California's Central Valley. You and your family have cultivated this land for decades, but drought, increasing costs and decreasing water availability are making each year more difficult.

"Europe's summer of extreme weather caused €43bn of short-term losses, analysis finds"
#Europe #Climate #ClimateChange

Dak Prescott makes NFC Championship Game prediction, Cowboys QB sends confident message to Rams

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/dak-pre

Can Chargers, Broncos continue to ascend after breakthrough 2024 seasons?

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/can-chargers-broncos-continue-to-ascend-after-bre…

Detecting extreme event-driven causality
Siyang Yu, Yu Huang, Zuntao Fu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.05043 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.05043

Detecting extreme event-driven causality
The occurrence of some extreme events (such as marine heatwaves or exceptional circulations) can cause other extreme events (such as heatwave, drought and flood). These concurrent extreme events have a great impact on environment and human health. However, how to detect and quantify the causes and impacts of these extreme events by a data-driven way is still unsolved. In this study, the dynamic system method is extended to develop a method for detecting the causality between extreme events. Tak…

we are now on Stage 3 water restrictions! No fill *or* topping up of ponds or pools! So that definitely captures the #poolpond ;)
I'm going to go get an adapter for my little pond pump hose so it can hook up to a regular garden hose and we'll use all the #pool water for watering the gardens over the next few weeks until the rains truly return.
#Fire #PortAlberni #UnderwoodFire #Water #ClimateChange #Drought #DIY #BackyardProject
https://socialbc.ca/@alberniweather/115036554816818531

Cowboys' Javonte Williams makes Dallas running back history not done since 2008 Marion Barber https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/cowboys-javonte-williams-dallas-running…

Cowboys-Giants: How to Watch, Listen, Stream https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/cowboys-giants-how-to-watch-listen-stream-x5812

"Water shortages declared ‘nationally significant’ as drought spreads in England"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Water #Drought