The latter phenomenon is what happened in 2005 when the Amazon rainforest was hit by a serious drought.
"The drought isn't a natural disaster but a man-made calamity, " writes Zheng Fengtian of Remin University.
Hydrology drought impact on the aquatic ecosystems and the water supply in the Caribbean.
The drought in the region has been so severe that quiver trees are struggling to survive.
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But farmers in Tennessee are calling the current drought the worst in more than a century.
Its application for the drought order has to get the approval of the Scottish government.
But it's still well below what it was before the drought came on about 1999.
And Mother Nature has really challenged us this growing season -- moisture, drought, whatever.
Drought has been a cause for concern in Australia, some 2, 000 miles to the west.
This should provide for a more accurate estimate of the 2010 drought's contribution to global emissions.
The events experienced by K-Mart may be able to help Wal-Mart survive this drought.
The plan also involves developing crops resistant to environmental stresses, particularly drought and salinity.
California's problems will be aggravated, the report said, by extreme drought conditions in the Pacific Northwest.
He brought fans of Chelsea two big titles in three seasons, after a 50-year drought.
Since 1960, the United States has suffered through an extended drought in the sport.
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Ellis that stopped a Bucks' scoring drought that lasted a little less than seven minutes.
At the same time, the whole industry is suffering from a drought of innovation.
"It's the most severe and expensive drought in 25 years, " USDA economist Timothy Park said.
Ponikarovsky snapped an 18-game goal drought by re-directing Patrik Elias' centering pass past Nabokov.
Already, the armed groups' activity and a pervasive drought have displaced hundreds of thousands of Malians.
Scottish Water has reassured its customers but added that they were "actively considering" drought orders.
Of the 16 teams currently positioned to make the postseason, that is the NBA's longest-such drought.
But 600 miles west in Texas a drought was taking hold and wildfires raged.
That's the last thing that the drug industry, already facing a drought of new products, needs.
Such countries are most exposed in a credit drought, as they rely on foreign capital.
It blamed instead the drought, from which China has suffered as much as anyone.
Drought has cut Australia's 2007 crop, and some of the surplus may be soaked up.
Drought, frost and fires all played a part in the sharp drop in production.
It warns that another series of dry winters would put Britain back on drought alert.
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