California often swings between climate extremes — from powerful storms to punishing droughts. As climate change drives more intense and frequent dry and wet cycles, pressure on California’s water sup ...

The Middle East faces a catastrophic drought, with Tehran's water reserves at 8% capacity and severe shortages across the ...

Dr. Marshall Shepherd is the director in the Department of Geography and Atmospheric Sciences Program at the University of ...

The Washington State Department of Ecology is working on a new safety net for water users along the Columbia River to prevent ...

“The colors were so sad,” Spera said. “So many leaves seemed like they had fallen prematurely.” ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Central Texas and the state as a whole continues to grapple with a deepening water deficit, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor released this week. A week-over-week comparison ...

There's some encouraging news in this week's U.S. Drought Monitor update: conditions are improving across Colorado, thanks to recent rounds of rainfall. Most notably, the area of extreme drought has ...

The New York State Department of Conservation announced Wednesday that 21 counties moved from drought warning to drought watch after several weeks of consistent rainfall and improved streamflow and gr ...