Many corn fields in western Kansas, like this one just outside of Garden City, were parched by the drought in 2022. But deciding what characterizes a drought as regional climate changes, is not an ...

Missouri State Climatologist Zack Leasor works in an office divided by time. On the right sits the past — dozens of faded, scratched leather-bound books containing over 100 years of handwritten ...

As a result of global change, the frequency of droughts has increased significantly worldwide, causing severe damage to the functioning of grassland ecosystems. Drought events affect not only the ...

A News5 viewer ran into me over the weekend and said, "I know that drought in general means we're drier than we should be. But is there an actual definition that defines it?" It's a good question, ...

The ever-expanding drought in New England has reached critical levels in Massachusetts and is worsening in Rhode Island, Maine and the rest of the region as the persistent lack of substantial rainfall ...

COLORADO (KOAA) — As Colorado’s snowpack continues to decline, drought conditions are becoming more widespread across the state. This weekend, I ran into a viewer who asked if there was an actual ...

A University of Washington professor is defending Washington states recent drought declaration, explaining that state law allows officials to act proactively before severe water shortages are fully ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After months of continuous wet weather, California's drought is leaps and bounds from where it was this time two years ago — a ...

Stakes are high for understanding and naming drought There are a million reasons to study drought, and the definition one uses can depend on their reason for assessing it in the first place. For ...