Word: droughts
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...webs that sustain life on our planet--and, increasingly, by the threat of their unraveling. Indeed, unless we reach across borders and face this threat together, the next century may dawn on an Earth in ecological crisis, with half of all species gone, and our grandchildren enduring deadly floods, drought and disease brought on by global warming...
...nine-year drought is the longest dry spell of any of the four Beanpot teams...
...Thank God for Elian Gonzalez. Yes, yes, I'm as sick of the very pampered little boy as you are ("Mommy mommy, I want ice cream!" he screams and the next day Ben and Jerry's brings him a lifetime supply), but he thankfully ended a severe news drought. Until last week, Time and Newsweek were resorting to their stock stories - you know, updates of "Is There Really Life on Mars?", "Human Cloning: The Future is Now," "Was Jesus Black?," etc... Every time Anna Kournikova wins a tennis match, her mother and coach make a beeline for the nearest liquor...
Yesterday's victory marks the first step on that journey towards ending an 82-year championship drought. The win also marks the first time this year the Sox have prevailed in a game started by someone other than Pedro Martinez...
...identical to those of the past century, the damage inflicted would be far worse. To appreciate what happens when vegetative cover is removed, one need look no further than the 1930s Dust Bowl in the U.S. and the 1970s famine in Africa's Sahel. In both cases, a meteorological drought was exacerbated by agricultural and pastoral practices that stripped land bare, exposing it to the not so tender mercies of sun and wind...