Sentences with phrase «crops withered»

More than 1.7 million cattle died of starvation or thirst — and at least 2.2 million acres of crops withered across at least five states.

Crops withered and cattle died.

The people of East Africa once again face a devastating drought this year: Crops wither and fail from Kenya to Ethiopia, livestock drop dead and famine spreads.

One such example is the crop withering mechanic used in Farmville, the principles of which are still often used in more current games like Clash of Clans, but with less damaging consequences.

One such example is the crop withering mechanic used in

As corn crops wither and food prices rise, this has resulted in a steady string of visits to Iowa and other sun - baked states by politicians, including both Rep. Paul Ryan and President Obama today.

But you will never see a headline in a major paper reading «Global Warming Strikes: Crops Wither, Coasts Flood, Species Vanish.»

Four of these — 2002, 2003, 2005, and 2006 — were years in which major food - producing regions saw their crops wither in the face of record temperatures.

Not exact matches

The greatest drought in the nation's history continued last week to blight the lives of people throughout a vast region in the central and southwestern part of the U.S., bringing withered crops, emaciated cattle, dead or dying trees, waterless streams and the decimation of wildlife.

OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters)- The most extensive drought in five decades has left corn plants withered and dying, and crop yields in the largest producing states will be much lower than experts have forecast, scouts said on Friday as they completed a U.S. Midwest crop tour.

This is an obvious hurdle for longtime study» if the goal is to follow brain development for longer than a trimester or two prenatally, the stage at which the current crop of brain organoids start to wither.

If glaciers disappear, summer crops will wither and die.

African crop yields wither, along with the Amazon rainforest; Himalayan glaciers disappear by 2035.

The temperature increases bring crop - withering heat waves, more - destructive storms, more - intense droughts, more forest fires, and, of course, ice melting.

I ask Inhofe if he's noticed any climate changes in his home state, such as last summer's unprecedented heat and severe drought, withering crops, wild fires and dramatically expanded tornado season.

Predictions for a bumper crop in May withered 26 percent by August.

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DEBORAH AMOS: Farmers lost crops in the withering heat.

Prominent among these are falling water tables, the growing conversion of cropland to nonfarm uses, and more extreme climate events, including crop - withering heat waves, droughts, and floods.

Crop - withering heat waves have lowered grain harvests in key food - producing regions in recent years.

There is no water for their parched mouths or withered crops.

It also calls for a concerted effort to raise water use productivity, similar to the gains achieved for land use, and to stabilize climate to avoid crop - withering temperatures and more frequent droughts.

The heat stoked wildfires that continue to burn out of control and have overwhelmed the country's firefighters, while an unparalleled drought withered crops so severely that Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin took the radical step of banning all grain exports.

It is the Ministry of Energy's responsibility to minimize crop - withering heat waves, to prevent the melting of the glaciers that feed Asia's major rivers during the dry season, and to prevent the ice sheet melting that would inundate the river deltas and floodplains that produce much of the Asian rice harvest.