Scenarios about 'drought'
A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall leading to water shortages and agricultural challenges. Throughout history, droughts have triggered famines, population migrations, and the collapse of civilizations, as seen in events like the Dust Bowl of the 1930s American Great Plains. In alternate history scenarios, different drought patterns could dramatically alter settlement patterns, agricultural development, and the rise and fall of major powers.
What If The Sahel Implemented Different Anti-Desertification Strategies?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Sahelian nations adopted more effective anti-desertification approaches in the 1970s, potentially transforming the region's ecological, economic, and social trajectory.
What If Tucson Had Pioneered Radical Water Conservation in the 1990s?
Exploring how Tucson, Arizona might have developed if it had implemented comprehensive water conservation and desert-adapted urban design decades before the Southwest water crisis became acute.