August 27, 2021 September 1, 2017 Water levels at Glen Canyon Dam have fallen to their lowest level since 1969 and are still dropping. As…
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Canyon Ferry Reservoir, part of the Upper Missouri River Basin. Credit: Bureau of Reclamation The Bureau of Reclamation released the Missouri River Headwaters Basin Study…
Oak tree rooting into bedrock at the Jackson School’s White Family Outdoor Learning Center. Credit: Erica McCormick You can’t squeeze water from a rock. But…
August 7, 2000 August 9, 2021 The reservoir stands at its lowest level since the 1930s. Lake Mead is the largest reservoir in the United…
August 19, 2021 Several destructive fires have charred landscapes in northern California, and their emissions are adding up. The worst of California’s fire season typically…
In Yosemite’s Illilouette Creek basin, a stand of young Sierra lodgepole pine grow in a forest clearing that was created by wildfire 20 years prior.…
A forest fire during the 2015 El Niño. Credit: Erika Berenguer A major drought and forest fires in the Amazon rainforest killed billions of trees…
June 16, 2021 Precipitation totals and lake levels are among the worst they have been since the 1970s. Just four years after emerging from a…
Rainclouds moving over the Amazon rainforest. Credit: Jessica Baker Amazon rain forests could be at far higher risk of extreme drought than previously thought, according…
June 5, 2021 For the second year in a row, drought has overtaken much of the United States from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific…
March 23, 2021 The western United States is currently experiencing moderate to severe drought, and it is expected to worsen in upcoming months. Almost half…
In research that may eventually help crops survive drought, scientists at Princeton University have uncovered a key reason that mixing material called hydrogels with soil…
Parched earth. Credit: The University of Queensland Mega-droughts – droughts that last two decades or longer – are tipped to increase thanks to climate change,…
June 22, 2020 The 2019-20 winter in Europe was the warmest on record, with little snow. The spring was also drier and warmer than normal,…
This is a sesame flower growing atop a sesame plant in western Texas research fields. Credit: Irish Lorraine B. Pabuayon Texas has a long history…