The worst wildfire in Texas' history has a complex link with climate change
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(Image credit: Getty Images) The worst wildfire in Texas' history is leaving wide scars on the landscape.
(Image credit: Getty Images) The worst wildfire in Texas' history is leaving wide scars on the landscape.
On an afternoon in late June, the San Luis Reservoir — a 9-mile lake about an hour southeast of San Jose, California …
This is Part 3 in a Colorado River Series. For Part 2, click here. On a 120-degree day, as waves of hot air shimmer above…
This is Part 3 in a Colorado River Series. For Part 2, click here. On a 120-degree day, as waves of hot air shimmer above…
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A “megadrought” gripping the western United States is the worst one in 500 years, scientists said.
A "megadrought" gripping the western United States is the worst one in 500 years, scientists say.
A megadrought gripping the western United States is the worst one in 500 years, scientists say.
Dr Justin Mankin is a climate scientist, assistant professor in the department of geography at Dartmouth College in New…
Climate change is already here. It’s not something that can simply be ignored by cable news or dismissed by sitting US senators…
America's Southwest may soon be hit "megadroughts" that last for decades—the likes of which have not been seen since the…
Humans can survive in some pretty outrageous temperatures. Gleaming cities sit atop deserts where it routinely gets above 110…
The beginnings of the mighty Colorado River on the west slope of Rocky Mountain National Park are humble.
The Colorado flows through Castle Valley, near Moab, Utah. Photo by Ted Wood. This article is the first in a 5-part series on…
Some of the most destructive and tragic wildfires to hit California in the state's history are burning even now.
From the roof of Chuck McAfee’s adobe farmhouse in rural southwestern Colorado, you can see into three other states: Arizona…
GLEN CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, Utah — Like many places across the West, Lake Powell seems impossibly large, mythical…
GLEN CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, Utah—Like many places across the West, Lake Powell seems impossibly large, mythical almost…
Published by Business Insider on Tue, 27 Jun 2017 The nations two largest reservoirs, Lake Mead on the Arizona/Nevada border…
BY BRAD UDALL AND JONATHAN OVERPECK | June 25, 2017 DNN twitter feed Printer Friendly Email Article The nation’s two largest…
The nation’s two largest reservoirs, Lake Mead on the Arizona/Nevada border and Lake Powell on the Arizona/Utah border, were…
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The nation’s two largest reservoirs, Lake Mead on the Arizona/Nevada border and Lake Powell on the Arizona/Utah border, were…
Lake Powell, photographed April 12, 2017. The white ‘bathtub ring’ at the cliff base indicates how much higher the lake reached…
Lake Powell, photographed April 12, 2017. The white ‘bathtub ring’ at the cliff base indicates how much higher the lake reached…
By Brad Udall, Colorado State University and Jonathan Overpeck, University of Arizona | June 14, 2017 08:33am ET MORE The…
(THE CONVERSATION) The nation’s two largest reservoirs, Lake Mead on the Arizona/Nevada border and Lake Powell on the Arizona/Uta…
Brad Udall, and Jonathan Overpeck, (THE CONVERSATION) The nation’s two largest reservoirs, Lake Mead on the Arizona/Nevada…
According to a 2015 report from the World Food Programme (WFP [1]), climate change presents risks to the whole food system…
Clinton and Trump have debated everything but the one issue that poses the greatest risk to the economy.
This post originally appeared at The Huffington Post. Back in 1992, when a relatively unknown governor from Arkansas was…
Back in 1992, when a relatively unknown governor from Arkansas was challenging incumbent George H.W.
Back in 1992, when a relatively unknown governor from Arkansas was challenging incumbent George H.W.
As the American Southwest grows hotter, the risk of severe, long-lasting megadroughts rises.
As the American Southwest grows hotter, the risk of severe, long-lasting megadroughts rises, passing 90 percent likelihood by…
As the American Southwest grows hotter, the risk of severe, long-lasting megadroughts rises, passing 90 percent likelihood by…
If you think the current drought in California is bad, take a look at what some scientists predict for the second half of this…
The Great North American Megadrought published: 28 May 2015 views: 94739 In a few decades, scientists predict that a widespread…
The Great North American Megadrought published: 28 May 2015 views: 94739 In a few decades, scientists predict that a widespread…
Three brown, withered lawns surround David Behar’s home in Marin County, north of San Francisco in California.
A new study is the first to put numbers to the idea that increasing heat drives moisture from the ground, intensifying drought…
Scientists say global warming has likely contributed to California's megadrought.
Scientists say global warming has likely contributed to California's megadrought. According to the researchers, increasing heat…
Climate change threatens to devastate entire regions of North America, and not even a historic El Niño can save us
William deBuys California’s struggle with climate change will soon reach the rest of the country.
Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com Long ago, I lived in a cheap flat in San Francisco and worked as the lone straight man in a…
(Source: Pacific Institute) For the latest updates about the California drought go to www.californiadrought.org. Find all past…
For lovers of delicious ocean salmon, or beef get ready for a shock. A drought, a record in some areas of the Canadian prairies…
If we stay on our current trajectory, we could be facing a 35-year "megadrought" by the end of the century
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California is undergoing a record-setting drought that began in 2012, the worst in at least 1,200 years . It can be seen in…
California is undergoing a record-setting drought that began in 2012, the worst in at least 1,200 years. It can be seen in many…
A broken paddle on parched earth, one result of four years of drought in California. Robert Galbraith/Reuters California is…
Flexibility and reform may prove key to dealing with the ongoing drought -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Unlike its golden-brown neighbor further south, Washington state was blessed with relatively generous storms over winter. But…
The state, along with much of the West, has gone through worse dry spells lasting decades. Development and climate change…
California has many tools available to ease its pain, from water reuse to efficiency, which we can all learn from.
Tying climate change to weather doesn't rest on single extreme event, but big picture; it should spur us to prepare by fixing…
California’s challenge is economic and political. The state may have plenty of water, but it doesn’t have enough for every…
Alex Mung, head of the Water Initiative at World Economic Forum, outlines seven reasons why water is vital for sustainable…
Texas is famous the world over for two things on a massive scale: oil and droughts. Now the slick but dry state is becoming…
Texas is famous the world over for two things on a massive scale: oil and droughts. Now the slick but dry state is becoming…
Texas is famous the world over for two things on a massive scale: oil and droughts. Now the slick but dry state is becoming…
Se teme que en algunas partes del mundo, las emisiones de gases con efecto invernadero, mayormente dióxido de carbono, provocarán…
Texas is famous the world over for two things on a massive scale: oil and droughts. Now the slick but dry state is becoming…
NASA’s top water scientist says California only has about one year’s worth of water left in storage, and its groundwater …
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Rising temperatures and declining snowpack in the mountains mean that the drought across the western U.S. is about to get even…
Kaum Regen, leere Wasserreservoire, vertrocknete Felder: Kalifornien leidet seit drei Jahren unter extremer Dürre. Forscher befür…
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Not long ago, scientists at NASA and two major universities warned of an inevitable “megadrought” that will parch the…
A study published in Science Advances predicts that future droughts will last much longer than originally estimated. The…
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The U.S. Southwest and Central Plains are at high risk for a megadrought later this century if greenhouse gas concentrations…
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De kans is groot dat het westen van de VS op weg is naar de ergste droogte in duizend jaar. Een nieuwe studie voorspelt die…
The same pattern of severe droughts that extinguished the Ancient Pueblo culture of the southwest US in the 13th century will…
Minnesota has had its brushes with drought in recent years, but nothing like the experience of the American Southwest, where 11…
In the recent film Interstellar , a mysterious phenomenon known as “the blight” is wiping out agriculture around the world…
In the recent film Interstellar , a mysterious phenomenon known as “the blight” is wiping out agriculture around the world…
A new study suggests that drought conditions in the American West will be more severe than those that doomed the Pueblo culture…
The drought is very bad already. But the acutely parched American West and Central Plains don't yet know what a truly epochal…
A megadrought could strike the western United States in the coming decades, creating a danger not seen in 1,000 years.
Droughts in the U.S. Southwest and Central Plains during the second half of the XXI century, could be drier and longer than…
Harsh droughts lasting decades are likely to dry out a broad swath of America's heartland, researchers say.
There is an 80 percent chance that the American Southwest and the central Great Plains will experience a 35-year “megadrought…
Within this century, climate change will bring "megadroughts" that will rival any drought seen for the past 1,000 years.
A new study from NASA reveals that droughts in the U.S. Southwest and Central Plains during the last half of this century could…
Brooks Hays WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- A new NASA study says the driest and longest droughts in more than 1,000 years could…
Regions in southwestern US and the Central Plains in western parts of North America will face decade-long droughts in the…
The United States continues to suffer from droughts and now, scientists have found that conditions may only worsen in the future.
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La larga sequía que afecta al Sudoeste de EEUU palidecerá en comparación con lo que llega: una "megasequía" que tomará la región…
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