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The "Causes" section is extremely poorly documented. There is little to no documentation in the first and arguably most important paragraph. It badly needs to be fixed. Battleghost ( talk) 01:26, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
I don't think it is. --Fev 04:19, 14 February 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fev ( talk • contribs)
I just ran across this article, and understand the previous pleas for help over previous years. The sections of the article have been placed in a more logical order. Segments of existing C, good, and featured articles relating to drought, erosion, and dry season (with their supporting references) were included where they seemed to be appropriate. The gallery is being slowly deconstructed with the images within it fitting on the right of the lengthening article -- article size has increased 20%. Thegreatdr ( talk) 01:35, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
I can't find anything in 29 ^ Smith A.B. and R. Katz, 2013: U.S. Billion-dollar weather and climate disasters: Data sources, trends, accuracy and biases. Natural Hazards, 67, 387–410, doi:10.1007/s11069-013-0566-5 that supports the statement "Activities resulting in global climate change are expected to trigger droughts with a substantial impact on agriculture[28][29]throughout the world, and especially in developing nations." It discusses climate change and billion dollar plus agricultural losses, but doesn't suggest there is a strong connection between the two in the effects of the incidents, and in fact goes out of its way to say they cannot show a correlation. Should it be removed? It implies weight to the argument that is not supplied. Cwmillerjr ( talk) 15:01, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
Aridity (" drought") indexes that can be included in the article (after [1]):
Is there a Cetiera(didnt see one in article)When a drought is over? Live in US State of California .Tha has had a drought(especailly Southern California area where I live) for years.Right now Rain Storm after rainstorm But still there a OFFICIAL DROUGHT! Thanks! Eddson storms ( talk) 04:10, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
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for Drought Vulnerability I would like to note the following in "Consequences of drought" --> Effects vary according to vulnerability. For example, subsistence farmers are more likely to migrate during drought because they do not have alternative food-sources. Areas with populations that depend on water sources as a major food-source are more vulnerable to famine. One can understand that if such scenarios prevail, agricultural production and development of a region or country, particularly in the Mediterranean area, will be reduced due to projected future water and soil degradation. It will also increase the imports of agricultural products from other countries which would not have been affected as seriously by the forecasted impacts of climate change (reference: Tsesmelis, D.E.; Karavitis, C.A.; Oikonomou, P.D.; Alexandris, S.; Kosmas, C. Assessment of the Vulnerability to Drought and Desertification Characteristics Using the Standardized Drought Vulnerability Index (SDVI) and the Environmentally Sensitive Areas Index (ESAI). Resources 2019, 8, 6.)
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" Droughts affect food production and human society, so they are considered a disaster, of natural, supernatural or human cause (which itself could be supernatural causes, malediction, sin, ...). It is among the earliest documented climatic events, present in the Epic of Gilgamesh and tied to the Biblical story of Joseph's arrival in and the later Exodus from Ancient Egypt.[6] "
this part of the text seems odd for a wikipedia article on natural phenomena — Preceding unsigned comment added by [[User:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]] ([[User talk:{{{1}}}#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/{{{1}}}|contribs]])
I think the role of ocean currents in droughts should be discussed some. CessnaMan1989 ( talk) 17:21, 19 October 2021 (UTC)
We should perhaps add some details about drought proofing and introduce the term, see e.g. https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/72817 (there is no Wikipedia article or redirect for drought proofing yet). EMsmile ( talk) 12:15, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
Suggest the illustration showing Obama et al discussing California drought with farmers be updated to a more graphic illustration of the agricultural impacts of drought. ASRASR ( talk) 10:54, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
Here is an example, see on the right. Droughts can cause wildfires which is why I think a wildfire image would be good, with the right caption.
EMsmile ( talk) 17:14, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
Castncoot ( talk) 01:23, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
File:Corn shows the affect of drought.jpg| Agricultural changes. Droughts, rising temperatures, and extreme weather negatively impact agriculture. Shown: Texas, US (2013). [1]
EMsmile ( talk) 09:29, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
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I still have a few problems with this collage: it currently has two images from the U.S.. I think one should be replaced with an image from Asia. Also I am in two minds about what to do about drought images from Africa: there are quite a few on Wikimedia Commons about droughts in Somalia, Kenya etc. but I think we have to be mindful that we don't show too much of the poor starving African rural children as we don't want to perpetuate the Western pespective imagery of Africa as a "sad country with starving children". However, there are starving children from drought there, so how best to balance all the different aspects out? For this reason, I've taken a sandstorm image from Somalia for now. Pinging two others who I know are interested in images for the leads of articles: User:Femkemilene, User:Clayoquot. Thanks. EMsmile ( talk) 09:46, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
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Cheers all, I noticed the bottom of this article links to "Drought" on Wiktionary (definition: "A surname") , when it should link to "drought" with a lower-case "d" (which is the topic of this Wikipedia article.) Compare for yourselves:
Best, Albertr ( talk) 18:09, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
If someone has time: it would be great if the section on consequences could be improved: I see a bit of repetition there between the paragraphs written in prose and those that are bullet point lists. This repetition needs to be removed. The text should mostly be prose; perhaps some specific examples could be in a bullet point list. EMsmile ( talk) 09:18, 12 July 2023 (UTC)
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The "Causes" section is extremely poorly documented. There is little to no documentation in the first and arguably most important paragraph. It badly needs to be fixed. Battleghost ( talk) 01:26, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
I don't think it is. --Fev 04:19, 14 February 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fev ( talk • contribs)
I just ran across this article, and understand the previous pleas for help over previous years. The sections of the article have been placed in a more logical order. Segments of existing C, good, and featured articles relating to drought, erosion, and dry season (with their supporting references) were included where they seemed to be appropriate. The gallery is being slowly deconstructed with the images within it fitting on the right of the lengthening article -- article size has increased 20%. Thegreatdr ( talk) 01:35, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
I can't find anything in 29 ^ Smith A.B. and R. Katz, 2013: U.S. Billion-dollar weather and climate disasters: Data sources, trends, accuracy and biases. Natural Hazards, 67, 387–410, doi:10.1007/s11069-013-0566-5 that supports the statement "Activities resulting in global climate change are expected to trigger droughts with a substantial impact on agriculture[28][29]throughout the world, and especially in developing nations." It discusses climate change and billion dollar plus agricultural losses, but doesn't suggest there is a strong connection between the two in the effects of the incidents, and in fact goes out of its way to say they cannot show a correlation. Should it be removed? It implies weight to the argument that is not supplied. Cwmillerjr ( talk) 15:01, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
Aridity (" drought") indexes that can be included in the article (after [1]):
Is there a Cetiera(didnt see one in article)When a drought is over? Live in US State of California .Tha has had a drought(especailly Southern California area where I live) for years.Right now Rain Storm after rainstorm But still there a OFFICIAL DROUGHT! Thanks! Eddson storms ( talk) 04:10, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
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for Drought Vulnerability I would like to note the following in "Consequences of drought" --> Effects vary according to vulnerability. For example, subsistence farmers are more likely to migrate during drought because they do not have alternative food-sources. Areas with populations that depend on water sources as a major food-source are more vulnerable to famine. One can understand that if such scenarios prevail, agricultural production and development of a region or country, particularly in the Mediterranean area, will be reduced due to projected future water and soil degradation. It will also increase the imports of agricultural products from other countries which would not have been affected as seriously by the forecasted impacts of climate change (reference: Tsesmelis, D.E.; Karavitis, C.A.; Oikonomou, P.D.; Alexandris, S.; Kosmas, C. Assessment of the Vulnerability to Drought and Desertification Characteristics Using the Standardized Drought Vulnerability Index (SDVI) and the Environmentally Sensitive Areas Index (ESAI). Resources 2019, 8, 6.)
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-- 65.92.134.182 ( talk) 03:34, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
" Droughts affect food production and human society, so they are considered a disaster, of natural, supernatural or human cause (which itself could be supernatural causes, malediction, sin, ...). It is among the earliest documented climatic events, present in the Epic of Gilgamesh and tied to the Biblical story of Joseph's arrival in and the later Exodus from Ancient Egypt.[6] "
this part of the text seems odd for a wikipedia article on natural phenomena — Preceding unsigned comment added by [[User:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]] ([[User talk:{{{1}}}#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/{{{1}}}|contribs]])
I think the role of ocean currents in droughts should be discussed some. CessnaMan1989 ( talk) 17:21, 19 October 2021 (UTC)
We should perhaps add some details about drought proofing and introduce the term, see e.g. https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/72817 (there is no Wikipedia article or redirect for drought proofing yet). EMsmile ( talk) 12:15, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
Suggest the illustration showing Obama et al discussing California drought with farmers be updated to a more graphic illustration of the agricultural impacts of drought. ASRASR ( talk) 10:54, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
Here is an example, see on the right. Droughts can cause wildfires which is why I think a wildfire image would be good, with the right caption.
EMsmile ( talk) 17:14, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
Castncoot ( talk) 01:23, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
File:Corn shows the affect of drought.jpg| Agricultural changes. Droughts, rising temperatures, and extreme weather negatively impact agriculture. Shown: Texas, US (2013). [1]
EMsmile ( talk) 09:29, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
References
I still have a few problems with this collage: it currently has two images from the U.S.. I think one should be replaced with an image from Asia. Also I am in two minds about what to do about drought images from Africa: there are quite a few on Wikimedia Commons about droughts in Somalia, Kenya etc. but I think we have to be mindful that we don't show too much of the poor starving African rural children as we don't want to perpetuate the Western pespective imagery of Africa as a "sad country with starving children". However, there are starving children from drought there, so how best to balance all the different aspects out? For this reason, I've taken a sandstorm image from Somalia for now. Pinging two others who I know are interested in images for the leads of articles: User:Femkemilene, User:Clayoquot. Thanks. EMsmile ( talk) 09:46, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 22 September 2022 and 8 December 2022. Further details are available
on the course page. Student editor(s):
VenusL (
article contribs).
— Assignment last updated by VenusL ( talk) 10:30, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
Cheers all, I noticed the bottom of this article links to "Drought" on Wiktionary (definition: "A surname") , when it should link to "drought" with a lower-case "d" (which is the topic of this Wikipedia article.) Compare for yourselves:
Best, Albertr ( talk) 18:09, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
If someone has time: it would be great if the section on consequences could be improved: I see a bit of repetition there between the paragraphs written in prose and those that are bullet point lists. This repetition needs to be removed. The text should mostly be prose; perhaps some specific examples could be in a bullet point list. EMsmile ( talk) 09:18, 12 July 2023 (UTC)