Tefnut's Environmental News is where you can find todays current and past articles about droughts, climate change, desertification, geoengineering, reverse desertification projects and other articles about our changing environment.

Below is a list of environmental news articles about droughts, desertification and how to stop the growth of deserts that you may find of interest.

Thanks,

Bill McNulty

Civilian Conservation Corps
Soil Erosion a National Menace (1928) by Hugh Bennett and W.R. Chaplin
Liquid Nanoclay - Turn barren desert sand into fertile soil quickly.
Regreening Africa - by using Zai Farming
Tree Restoration Project
Using Mushrooms to Restore Forests 8/25
Flash Droughts 8/25
Food Forests in Latin America 8/25
Droughts Spreading Worldwide 7/25
Fog Harvesting Could Provide Water for Arid Cities 2/25
The Regreening of Egypt 7/24
Wheat DNA Goldmine Discovered 7/24
Climate Engineering off US Coast Causing Problems 6/24
Pesticides in UK and Falling Insect Populations 6/24
Zimbabwe Drought Declared 4/24
New Mosquito Bed Availible 4/24
Fossil Fuels and Heat Waves 4/24
Bee Colony Collapse Getting Better 3/24
Indoor Produce Farming 3/24
Drought in Amazon 11/23
Saving the Right Kind of Bumblebees 5/23
Rare Zebras Die in Kenya 10/22
Climate Report Predicts Extreme Destruction 9/22
Megadrought in the US Southwest 9/22
Renewables Could Save Trillions 9/22
Deforesters Plundering the Amazon 8/22
EPA to Approve Pesticide That's Toxic to Bees 3/22
Dams Increase River Temperatures 2/22
Rainforests can Recover from Deforestation Quickly 12/21
Africa's Green Wall Makes Economic Sense 11/21
Wildfires and Climate Change 11/21
Lakes Dissappear in Turkey 10/21
Kenya Faces Looming Drought 9/21
Insects are Vanishing from the Planet 9/21
The Coming Insect Apocalypse 7/21
France Sized Forest Regrown in 20 Years 5/21
Pesticides Impact on Bees Has Doubled 4/21
Why are Deserts So Cold at Night 2/21
One Quarter of Bees Missing Since 1990 1/21
Istanbul Running Out of Water 1/21
Tree Regrowth After a Drought 11/20
Predicting Locust Breeding Grounds 11/20
Will the Sahara Ever Be Green Again 9/20
Pesticides Killing US Bird Populations 8/20
New Method of Pulling Carbon from the Atmosphere 7/20
Locusts Attack Across Africa, Asia and the Middle East 6/20
Fatal Bouts of Heat and Humidity on the Rise 5/20
Drought Study Helps Predict Famines 4/20
Insect Apocalypse Occuring Over Last Twenty-Five Years 4/20
Worldwide Famine Coming During Coronavirus Pandemic 4/20
Second Wave of Locusts Heads to East Africa 4/20
China's Dams Create Drought 4/20
Spekboom Takes on Climate Change 3/20
Ducks Won't Take On Locusts in Pakistan 2/20
Fog Catching in Peru 2/20
Locusts Swarm Kenya 2/20
Biochar and Cattle 2/20
Bumblebee Decline Suggests Mass Extinction 2/20
Can We Reverse Insect Apocalypse? 1/20
Climate Change and Monarch Butterflies 1/20
Huge Brazilian Bee Dieoff 8/19
Russian Beekeepers Report Large Losses 7/19
The Sahara Was Home to Dinosaur Sea Critters 7/19
Can Planting Billions of Trees Save the Planet? 6/19
Permafrost Thawing 70 Years Earlier Than Predicted 6/19
Sacred Forests of Ethiopia 5/19
Monarch Butterfly Population Drops 1/19
Locusts Change Colors According to Environment 1/19
Flooding Deserts to Stop Global Warming 11/18
Solar Farms to Bring Rain to Sahara? 9/18
GAO Trees and the Regreening of Niger 9/18
Long–Term Effects of Amazon Drought 8/18
Connectivity Between Droughts and Rainfall 8/18
MIT Fog Harp 6/18
NASA to Study Plants Water Usage from Space 6/18
Turning Desert Sand Into Farmland in Hours 5/18
The Uniqueness of Water 5/18
Kenyan Seed Balls 5/18
Eu Bans Bee Killing Pesticides 5/18
Flash Floods Hit East Africa 5/18
Cape Town Avoids Day Zero 5/18
Pet Trade Killing Frogs Globally 5/18
Virginia Tech's Fog Harp 4/18
Climate Change and European Droughts 4/18
Somalian Drought Worsens 5/17
Unbearable Costs of African Droughts 4/17
Watering Kenyan Wildlife 3/17
Kenyan Farmers Fight Drought 3/17
South Africa Drought Conditions Grow 2/17
Sand Dams and Rainwater 9/16
Land Degradation Costs Today 6/16
Great Green Wall Receives Funding 5/16
US Bee Stocks in Trouble 5/16
African Dust Affects Caribbean Corals 5/16
Fairy Circles Found in Australia 3/16
South Africa Faces 100 Year Drought 3/16
Rain Deluges Hit Wet and Dry Regions 3/16
Huge Crisis Looms for Africa 3/16
Cover Crops and Farming Yields 2/16
Bee Colony Collapse Is a Manmade Problem 2/16
Satellites Track Cattle in Australia 1/16
Bumblebees and Pesticides 11/15
Worldwide Groundwater Survey Completed 11/15
World One Degree Hotter Since Industrial Age Started 11/15
UCSB Predicts Drought in Africa11/15
Amazon Drought and Carbon Release 10/15
How to Get Rid of Oyster Killing Shrimp? 8/15
Understanding Nighttime Thunderstorms 7/15
Neonicotinoids Companies Attend Meetings to Ban Their Products 7/15
UK Allows Bee Killing Pesticides Again 7/15
Sea Critters Help Form Clouds 7/15
World's Aquifers Running Dry 6/15
Ocean Spray and the Weather 5/15
Large Animals Disappear from Landscape 5/15
Seattle Chefs Stop Pesticide Spraying on Oyster Beds 5/15
Imidacloprid to be Sprayed on Oyster Beds 5/15
Spate of Dust Storms is a Mystery 4/15
Satellites Used to Stop Forest Destruction 4/15
California Growers Gamed System During Current Drought 3/15
Amazon Losing CO2 Absorption Powers 3/15
Greenhouse Collects Morning Dew 3/15
China's Cement Consumption Skyrockets 3/15
Good vs Bad Geoengineering 2/15
Data Projects to Save the Environment 11/14
Climate Change and Ancient Egyptian Wildlife 9/14
Amazon Cloud Cover Disappears 9/14
Bill Gates Program to Change African Farming Practices 9/14
Satellite to Monitor Soil Moisture 8/14
Bird Deaths Linked to Imidacloprid 7/14
NASA Maps Soil Moisture 7/14
Kenya to Provide Food and Water to Wildlife 7/14
Iran's Water Crisis Deepens 7/14
Federal Grazing Rights and Drought 6/14
Kenya Tries to Climate-Proof Landscape to Prevent Desertification 6/14
Solar Winds and Lightning 5/14
Baskets Collect Drinking Water 3/14
Tracking Tree Loss in Real Time by Satellites 2/14
Bee Loss Extends to Honeybees 2/14
Freshwater Reserves Found Under Oceans 12/13
Climate Smart Agricuslture Desired for Future 12/13
Zimbabwe Crops Suffer After Floods and Drought 12/13
Aid Agencies Paid Al-Shabab During Famine 12/13
Wildebeest Make Early Migration North 11/13
African Dust Fertilized Everglades During Giza Pyramid Construction 10/13
Truffula Trees and the Sahel 10/13
Tanzania and Genetically Modified Crops 10/13
Underground Aquifer Found in Kenya 9/13
Tropical Storms Nourish Marine Life 9/13
Severe Drought in Namibia Takes Toll 9/13
Climate Fixes Promote Hopes and Fears 8/13
New Theory on Formation of Fairy Circles 8/13
Water Data to be Collected in East Africa 8/13
Climate Change and The Masai 8/13
Drought Suffocates Namibia 8/13
US Beekeepers Lose Over 30% of Stock 5/13
EU to Ban Neonicotinoids Pesticides 4/13
Cell Phones and Drought Alerts 4/13
Dark Lightning Zaps Airline Passengers 4/13
UK MPs Urge Bee Killing Pesticide Ban 4/13
Canada Abandons Anti-Drought Treaty 3/13
Sahara Dust Affects Sierra Nevadas Rainfall 2/13
California Irrigation Brings Rain to US Southwest 1/13
Terrace Farming in Ancient Petra 1/13
Seaweed Killed by Heatwave 1/13
Wacky Climate Ideas Gain Hold 1/13
Lunar Dust and Raindrops 12/12
Terraforming Earth 12/12
Droughts and Faulty Index 11/12
China's Coal Fired Power Plants and Global Warming 11/12
Geoengineering and Mad Scientists 11/12
Bee Colonies and Pesticides 10/12
Bee Colony Collapse and Inbreeding 9/12
Afternoon Rain Falls Mainly on Dry Plains 9/12
Arctic Ice In Bad Shape 9/12
Drought Computer Models May be Wrong 9/12
Arctic Ice is Disappearing 9/12
Niger Nomad Sells His Last Camel 8/12
Droughts and the Pyramid Builders 8/12
Megadrought Coming to the USA? 8/12
Drought and King Corn 8/12
Megafires and Tree-rings 7/12
Huge Namibian Aquifer Discovered 7/12
Ocean Fertilization to Cool Planet 7/12
Rodents are Rainforest Saviours 7/12
Ancient Mayan Dam Identified 7/12
Drought Covers over Half of United States 7/12
Cattle Milked in Ancient Sahara Region 6/12
Bee Killing Mite Identified 6/12
Smart Water Hand Pumps in Africa 6/12
Megafires are Recent According to Tree-Rings 5/12
Seagrass as a Carbon Sink 5/12
Clouds and Climate Change 4/12
Huge African Underground Water Resources Found 4/12
Garden Pesticides and Bee Colony Collapse 4/12
Chili Pepper Concoction Stops Marauding Elephants 4/12
Ocean Acidity Killing Oysters 4/12
Biochar Production and Temperature 3/12
Technical Fixes Urged for Arctic Methane 3/12
Rainforests as Rainmakers 2/12
Ships Create Contrails Over Pacific 2/12
Clouds Height Above Ground are Dropping 2/12
China's Air Pollution and Sierra Nevada Snowstorms 2/12
Amazon May Become Source of Greenhouse Gases 2/12
Holistic Management of Cattle 1/12
Soil's Hidden Carbon Amounts 1/12
Groundwater Dropping Globally 1/12
Locusts Like Over Grazed Croplands 1/12
The Cause of Bee Colony Collapse? 1/12
China's Bumper Grain Crop and Cloud Seeding 12/11
Bacteria and Fungii Change Soil Composition 12/11
Pollution Affects Cloud Formation 11/11
Dam Sediment Destroys Chesapeake Bay Oyster Crop 11/11
China Building Over 300 Dams Worldwide 11/11
China's "Warrior of the Sands" Stops Desert Growth 10/11
Texas Drought Has Global Impact 10/11
Innovative Desert Farmer to Lose Land to Burkina Faso Government 10/11
Holistic Management of Grasslands 10/11
Desert Stopping Ideas from Sahel 10/11
The Fight Against Desertification 10/11
New World Pandemics Led to C02 Decrease 10/11
Pollen Coating Affects Cloud Seeding 10/11
Fine Line Between Forests and Savannahs 10/11
Trees Boost African Crop Yields 10/11
Weather Modifications During Droughts 10/11
Texas Drought to Last 10 Years? 10/11
Major Loss of Ozone Over Arctic 10/11
China's New Forests are Really Plantations 9/11
Some Radical Geoengineering Ideas 9/11
Permafrost and Carbon Release 9/11
Old Growth Forests and Biodiversity 9/11
CIA Says Global Warming Info is Classified 9/11
UN Secretary on Desertification 9/11
Nigeria Loses Over Half of its Forests 9/11
Fertilizer Tree Aids Crops 9/11
Water Collection in Semi-Arid Regions of Brazil 9/11
Improving Food Security by Planting Forests 9/11
Real Cause of East African Famine 9/11
Back to Back La Nina? 9/11
Geoengineering Trials to Start 9/11
Frankincense and Myrrh Harvests and Sustainability 9/11
Moving Flood Waters to Drought Areas 9/11
Tibetan Plateau Faces Deforestation 9/11
Why Did Methane Amounts Level Off 8/11
Mystery Ingredient in Cloud Formation 8/11
Tropical Forests and Carbon Release 8/11
Upside of Global Warming 8/11
IBM Predicts River Floods 8/11
SW China Drought Affects Millions 8/11
Mosquitoes Disappearing in Africa 8/11
Global Sea Levels Drop 1/4 inch 8/11
Time for Geoengineering Panic Button? 8/11
Water Industry Needs to Unite 8/11
Cooking Gas and Climate Change 8/11
Senegal Plants "Green Wall" 8/11
Korea to Lead in Desertification Programs 8/11
China Blamed for Horn of Africa Drought 8/11
Crescent Moon Lake and Desertification 8/11
The Toxic Mathenge Shrub 8/11
Ghana Female Farmers Fight Desertification 8/11
Desertification in Mongolia 8/11
Harvesting Icebergs for Fresh Water 8/11
Hydro Produces Excess Carbon in Tropics 8/11
Vegas Raised Shrimp 7/11
Carving Your Name in the Desert 7/11
Shrimp Raised Near Las Vegas 7/11
Huge Arctic Fire 7/11
Major Snowfall in Chile Desert 7/11
Horn of Africa Drought is Severe 7/11
Asian Pollution Slows Global Warming 7/11
Somali Drought Victims Hit by Rainstorms 7/11
Cities as Carbon Sinks 7/11
UN Tree Project to Fight Desertification 6/11
China Flood Affects Millions 6/11
Humans Emit More CO2 Than Volcanoes 6/11
Forest Planting May Not Help Reduce CO2 6/11
Horn of Africa Drought Worse in 60 Years 6/11
Rainforests "Better Managed" 6/11
Rainforests More Valuable Intact 6/11
Can Technology Make the Desert Bloom Again 4/11
Ozone Hole Drifts South 4/11
Artificial Clouds Can Bring Warmer Temps 4/11
Mangroves Store Carbon 4/11
Sugarcane Cools Down Brazil 4/11
Drought and Mayan Collapse 3/11
Climate Smart Agriculture 3/11
Arctic Plankton Bloom Comes Early 3/11
Can Hurricanes Trigger Earthquakes 3/11
Forest Loss Slows as Asia Plants 2/11
Climate and Human Societies 1/11
China's Desertification Fight 1/11
Logging Helped Create New England Swamps 1/11
Dust Storms and Climate Models 12/10
Aboriginal Burn Control a Myth 12/10
Shuttle Reveals Ancient Lake Bed 11/10
Global Warming May Reverse Atlantic Currents 11/10
Cloud Seeding in New South Wales 11/10
Olivine Dust Could Fight Climate Change 11/10
Cow Burps and Methane 10/10
Biochar, Terra Preta and Climate Change 9/10
Urban Bees Have an Extensive Diet 8/10
Why Eating Veggies Won't Save the World 7/10
Dust Takes a Toll on Environment 7/10
Power Generation From Salt Batteries 7/10
Great Green Wall of Africa Proposed 6/10
Australian Dust Impacts Antarctica 5/10
Lasers Used to Seed Clouds 5/10
Chinese Genetic Engineering Causes Pest Problems 5/10
Bill Gates as Rainmaker 5/10
Ancient Egyptian Bee Keepers 5/10
Mega Flood Caused European Ice Age 4/10
Methane Found Bubbling Under Arctic 3/10
Old Rivers Discovered Under Australian Deserts 3/10
Forest Loss Slows as Planting Grows 3/10
UK Consumption Adds to Water Crisis 3/10
Excessive Fertilizer Use in China 2/10
Logging Increases Forest Flammability 2/10
Food Crisis Looms 2/10
Weeds as World Food Crop? 2/10
Bee Colony Collapse Uncertainty 1/10
Your Lawn and Nitrous Oxide 1/10
Coal and Lung Cancer 1/10
Nazca Killed by Deforestation 11/09
China Blizzard and Cloud Seeding 11/09
Dust Storm Triggers Ocean Bloom 10/09
Food Crisis in Kenya 10/09
One Billion Go Hungry 10/09
Food Production Must Rise 70 Per Cent 10/09
Global Hunger Worsens 10/09
Trees as Famine Food 10/09
Cow Manure and Methane Gas 8/09
Sun Causes La Nina Effect on Earth 8/09
Simple Truth About Raindrops 7/09
Desert Wall to Stop Dune Expansion 7/09
Lightning May Have Started Life on Earth 7/09
Experts Warn of Expanding Tropics 7/09
Crops and Toxins in Warmer World 6/09
Sand Dune Wall 6/09
Grazing Changes Needed 6/09
Bacteria Found in Clouds 5/09
Overfishing Began Over 1000 Years Ago 5/09
Chlorine and Triassic Extinction 4/09
Stressed Corals Change Sex 3/09
Controlled Burns and Carbon Emissions 3/09
Trees Excess Value Besides Carbon Sinks 3/09
Roofs Can Raise Lead Levels in Cistern Water 3/09
Urban Trees Pay Off 2/09
Locusts Brain Chemicals Lead to Swarm 2/09
Sun's Impact on Rainfall is Predictable 12/08
Coal is the King of Global Warming 12/08
Hurricanes May Bury CO2 10/08
Agaric Society and Eco-Ruin 12/07
Peru's Water Troubles 3/07
How to Cool the Earth (Maybe) 6/06
Desertification Costs 42 Billion Per Annum 6/04
Mayan Collapse Caused by Drought 3/03
Tracking Air Pollution 5/01