This story appears in the August 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine ... by Mai’s father to carry his farm through cycles of drought. It was a marvel at the time, pumping a thousand ...

What is a drought and what are the causes? Droughts occur when prolonged periods of drier-than-average weather lead to shortages in water supplies The extent of droughts can vary by region, and long ...

The committee will recommend a framework for incorporating non-stationarity considerations into drought assessment, for use across a range of geographic regions and of spatial and temporal scales.

Montana farmers in Gallatin County can now apply for USDA emergency loans after a severe drought. Learn who's eligible, how ...

This means that a desert would not be considered in drought unless it had less rainfall than normal, for a long period of time. Droughts can last from weeks to months and even years. Why are some ...

Despite recent rounds of winter rain and powerful waves that pummeled the coastline, most of California is continuing to bake under a deep drought, with over half of the state facing “abnormally dry” ...

NEWS: Severe drought resulted in the past three months ... This film supports the KS3 geography curriculum by investigating our changing climate and how human and physical processes interact ...

Drought relief came at a price ... and then have a major storm again in the summer," said Jorge Olcina, a geography professor ...

The drought severity has stayed the same across ... "The event in January produced stronger winds over a greater geographic ...

Drought relief has come at a price in Spain ... and then have a major storm again in the summer," said Jorge Olcina, a geography professor at the University of Alicante in Spain.