Length1h 50m
About this audiobook
When the rain stops. This guide covers how drought begins and ends, the meteorology behind stalled rains, how dryness cascades into crops, rivers, and cities, drought indices and monitoring, and how water systems ride out the dry years. No equations, for curious readers.
Audiobook details
GenreEducation and Learning
Length1 hr 50 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 22, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Chapter 1: The Deficit That Cannot Be Defined
3Chapter 2: Why Rain Fails
4Chapter 3: The Anatomy of a Dry Spell
5Chapter 4: Measuring the Absence
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6Chapter 5: The Ground and the Green: Soil, Plants, and the Farm
7Chapter 6: The Water Systems: Rivers, Reservoirs, and the Water Below
8Chapter 7: The Dust and the Wind: The Deficit Takes Flight
9Chapter 8: The Wild Ledger: Ecosystems Under Dryness
10Chapter 9: The Fire Weather: Drought's Hot Companion
11Chapter 10: The Historical Droughts: The Human Ledger, Part One
12Chapter 11: The Megadroughts: The Deep Archive
13Chapter 12: The Cities Under the Deficit
14Chapter 13: The Drylands and Their Futures: Degradation and the Grazing Debate
15Chapter 14: The Forecast and the Plan: Living With the Deficit
16Chapter 15: The Changing Climate and the Deficit
17Conclusion
18References: Droughts
19Glossary
20About the Author
21Series Info
22Copyright
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