The Cold War era was marked by political tension, espionage, and a nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet ...

Unpredictable Crop Yields Extreme weather events, like frost, drought, and heavy rainfall, are becoming more common and have ...

The Great Hunger was a modern event, shaped by the belief that the poor are the authors of their own misery and that the ...

The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors drought, crop production, food prices and other indicators in order to forecast food insecurity in more than 30 countries. Funded by ...

Here is a look at famine, a severe and prolonged hunger in a significant portion of a region or country’s population that results in malnutrition and death by starvation and disease. To assess a ...

His latest book is Rot: An Imperial History of the Irish Famine. From 1845 to 1851, Irish potato crops were destroyed by a novel pathogen, the fungus-like organism Phytophthora infestans.