Articles
200-Year Drought May Have Caused Death of Sumerian Language
Climate change – and drier weather – may have help killed off the Sumerian language and may have amplified Mesopotamia’s eventual decline.
The Cost and Consequences of the U.S. Drought
The 2012 farming season may be in its waning days, but the consequences of this year’s drought, the worst of its kind in 25 years, are yet to be known.
Can GM Crops Bust the Drought?
All farmers know they’ll have to endure the occasional dry period, but what has happened to the American Midwest this summer has been practically biblical. By...
Drought Is Withering U.S. Crops. Can Superseeds Save the Day?
All farmers know they'll have to endure the occasional dry period, but what has happened to the American Midwest this summer has been practically biblical. By...
Drought Across Much of U.S. Leaves Crops Withered and Landscapes Burnt
The extreme drought now affects more than 60% of the United States, leaving the worst-hit Midwestern states thirsty for water and hankering for relief.
Photo Essays
Twister Flashback: Photos From a Killer Oklahoma Tornado, May 1955
The deadly supercell twister that laid waste to parts of Oklahoma City and its suburbs on Monday violently closed out a historic tornado drought that had kept...
China's Drought
A shortage of rainfall in China's southwest has left millions without water
Articles from Around the Web
Wildfire risk runs high, but budget cuts mean fewer firefighters
than the drought-stricken ... WASHINGTON -- The drought that caused record wildfires in California and other Western states last year is expected to persist through the summer, but...
Water war between Klamath River farmers, tribes poised to erupt
New water rights have given tribes an upper hand over farmers just as the Klamath River basin plunges into a severe drought. KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. -- For decades this rural basin...
Fever Hits Thousands in Parched West Farm Region
California, Arizona see spike in valley fever cases as worsening drought kicks up dust ...
Surge in valley fever blamed on climate change
FRESNO, Calif. -- California and federal public health officials say that valley fever, a potentially lethal but often misdiagnosed disease infecting more and more people across the nation, has been on the rise as a warming climate and drought ...
