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People in Cape Town, South Africa, refill water bottles at Newlands Spring in January 2018 amid the city's drought

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Rich people use so much water that it is threatening the global supply

A three-year drought in Cape Town, South Africa, may have been worsened by high-income people filling their swimming pools and irrigating their gardens

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US reservoirs are evaporating more quickly because of climate change

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The newly discovered Moai statue found on Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island

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Moai statue discovered in a dried-up lake on Easter Island

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Dry ground in a former lagoon

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Rare triple-dip La Niña is mostly to blame for South America’s drought

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A vehicle travels along a flooded street after "atmospheric river" rainstorms slammed northern California, in the town of Aptos, U.S., January 5, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RC2NKY9IYPEG

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How California can capture stormwater to fight off the drought

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Part of the Guadiana river has dried up and gives way to dry land under the Puente de la Mesta medieval bridge in Villarta de los Montes, in the central-western Spanish region of Extremadura, on August 16, 2022. - Temperatures in Spain have been very high this summer with several unusual heat waves. Scientists say human-induced climate change is making extreme weather events including heatwaves and droughts more frequent and more intense. (Photo by THOMAS COEX / AFP) (Photo by THOMAS COEX/AFP via Getty Images)

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Extreme drought in 2022 exposed fragility of Europe’s energy system

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Aerial view of ancient Maya city Chichen Itza

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US megadrought could upend life as we know it – just look to history

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An aerial view shows the brine pools and processing areas of the Soquimich (SQM) lithium mine on the Atacama salt flat, the world's second largest salt flat and the largest lithium deposit currently in production, with over a quarter of the world's known reserves, in the Atacama desert of northern Chile, January 10, 2013. SQM fertilizer company has fired its chief executive after it became embroiled in an election campaign financing scandal that has rocked the Chilean establishment, tainting business leaders and politicians with close links to the 1973-1990 dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. Picture taken January 10, 2013. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT POLITICS) - GM1EB3I04EU01

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Drought, not lithium mining, is drying out Chile’s largest salt flat

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TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, NEW MEXICO - AUGUST 15: An aerial view of a 'bathtub ring' of mineral deposits left by higher water levels at the drought-stricken Elephant Butte Reservoir on August 15, 2022 near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. New Mexico?s largest reservoir is currently at 3.8 percent of its total capacity in spite of recent monsoon rains in the state. According to officials, water levels at Elephant Butte have been below average since around 2019 and the lake has not been able to meet full levels of irrigation demand for several years. Experts say that in spite of the monsoon rains bringing temporary relief to parts of the Southwest, the climate change-fueled megadrought remains entrenched in the West. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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What is causing the megadroughts in North and South America?

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Vintage overshot water wheel. Cromford, Derbyshire, England, UK

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Industrial Revolution may have been kick-started by drought

The 19th century transition to coal in Britain was thought to be driven by a lack of sites for water wheels but there were plenty of spots left – instead, drought may have made water flow less consistent and reliable than coal

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Shocking images show scale of megadrought devastation in North America

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Technology

How much water do data centres use? Most tech companies won’t say

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What is megadrought? How scientists define extreme water shortages

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Megadrought could become the new normal in the south-western US

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