"Water managers need to start planning for the possibility that this drought isn't just a rough patch—it could be the new reality," said Timothy Shanahan.

The Southwest United States is currently facing its worst megadrought of the past 1,200 years. According to a recent study by ...

There are also many major fires burning in Canada since May. So far this year 13.8 million acres have burned across the ...

Drought in California, Utah, Nevada and other Western states has no end in sight. Water conservation is needed, but some fear it won't be enough.

Drought conditions in the western US. Science. The horizontal blue line at the bottom shows the average soil moisture levels from 2000-2018. You can see this matches 4 previous megadroughts in the ...

US Drought Monitor. Related article The West's historic drought in 3 maps. La Niña is a natural phenomenon marked by cooler-than-average sea surface temperatures across the central and eastern ...

Extreme drought across the Western U.S. has become as reliable as a summer afternoon thunderstorm in Florida. And news headlines about drought in the West can seem a bit like a broken record, with ...

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins closed the border to Mexican cattle for a second time after new reports of screwworm infestations.

The U.S. Drought Monitor shouldn’t be the be-all and end-all for decision-making, and should continue be paired with reservoir observations, ...

Drought conditions persisted in the Southwest, where water is desperately needed to replenish the country's largest reservoirs relied on by tens of millions of people.

The portion of the state with no drought has more than doubled since early June. See the newest Iowa Drought Monitor map to ...

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