Increasing spells of drought in certain parts of the world (the USA has suffered lengthy droughts, as has the Middle East and the Amazon rainforest, for example) could be seriously damaging both natural vegetation and human crops in their ability to thrive and absorb carbon from the atmosphere. (ecoshock.org)
Sebastian Vettel ended a lengthy drought without victory, while Lewis Hamilton came close to clinching a podium spot after starting at the back of the grid. (planetf1.com)
Similar bone beds that include other species of metoposaurs have been found in what are now Africa, Europe, and North America — a hint that climate at the time was highly unpredictable and prone to lengthy droughts. (sciencemag.org)