Blue state's water failures could threaten food supplies across US, lawmaker warns

A key House Republican accuses Gavin Newsom of stressing the Colorado River supply by failing to build new dams and water infrastructure in California.

Approximately 39 million Brazilians live in areas threatened by desertification. They include farmers, indigenous peoples, and those living in the Pantanal, Caatinga, and Pampa biomes. The term may seem strange, since the country does not have deserts like Chile’s Atacama or North Africa’s Sahara - places where the dry