Overall Green alert Drought for Northern Great Plains (Canada, USA)-2023
in Canada, United States

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 8 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1016298
Name: Northern Great Plains (Canada, USA)-2023
Countries: Canada, United States
Start Date: End of Jan 2023
Duration: 248 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 267761 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Detailed event map. European Union, 2023. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Copernicus: l’estate 2023 è stata la più calda mai registrata2023-09-06T11:07+0200.

Il Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). implementato dall’ European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) della Commissione europea con il finanziamento dell’UE, ha pubblicato i nuovi bollettini climatici mensili che riporta
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Soia, mais in rialzo dopo che i dati degli Stati Uniti rivelano danni ... 2023-09-06T06:03+0200.

I prezzi della soia e del mais di Chicago sono saliti mercoledì dopo che un rapporto del governo statunitense ha mostrato che il clima secco ha danneggiato i raccolti più di quanto previsto dalla maggior parte degli analisti, sollevando le
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Human-Induced Climate Change Spurs Heavy Rains, Drought2023-09-06T02:36+0200.

(Photo credit: Lucy Chian via Unsplash) Using machine learning, an international team that included two researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa found human-produced carbon dioxide emissions and climate change have already caused
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China’s Economic Slowdown Is Now Impacting Other Countries2023-09-05T23:19+0200.

Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam are all experiencing slower economic growth due to China. Only Australia is not being adversely impacted by China, due largely to the fact that China this year lifted the tariffs on coal, barley, lobsters, an
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2),