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Climate change is contributing to drought in the American West even without rainfall deficits, scientists find

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Climate change is contributing to drought in the American West even without rainfall deficits, scientists find

The Enterprise Bridge passes over a section of Lake Oroville that was nearly dry on Sept. 30, 2014, in Oroville, California. Credit: Andrew Innerarity/California Department of Water Resources Higher temperatures caused by anthropogenic climate change made an ordinary drought into an exceptional drought that parched the American West from 2020–2022. A study by UCLA and … Read more

SNP choices contributing to financial pressure

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PA Media Finance Secretary Shona Robison said emergency spending controls were inevitable The Scottish Government's own decisions are to blame for the “extreme pressures” facing the country's finances, a watchdog has said. The Scottish Fiscal Commission (SFC) – the official independent economic forecaster – warned that the SNP government would have to take “difficult decisions” … Read more