Significant drought relief is becoming more difficult due to warming. The "megadrought" that's plaguing much of the western U.S. is a direct consequence of warming global temperatures, according to ...

A megadrought has sapped water supplies, ravaged farms and ranches, and fueled wildfires across the American Southwest for going on 25 years. Not in 12 centuries has the region been so dry for so long ...

The word "megadrought" isn't new in the science community. It's been in use since the early 1990s. But new findings from research conducted at UCLA have the word making headlines in the Western U.S.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dry farm land in the Gila River Valley near Kinter, AZ. The U.S. Southwest has been in a drought since 2000 — in fact, it's been ...

Fire seasons have become longer and more threatening since record-breaking blazes in 2017.

LINCOLN, Neb. - The western U.S. continues to endure dry conditions, and now scientists are using the term "megadrought" to describe the problem — which has existed for decades — with no end in sight.

The current Western megadrought is unlike any other dry period the region has experienced over the past 500 years. That’s according to a new study in which scientists looked at tree rings to track ...

As historic drought conditions on the Western Slope fuel another dangerous wildfire season, a new paper from researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder warns that human-caused climate change is ...

The chances of a megadrought lasting more than 35 years are 10 to 50 percent, says the study, in which University of Arizona researchers played key roles. The highest risks are in parts of ...

The high mountains of central Chile look solid and eternal, but their ice is in trouble. For fifteen years, the country has endured a stubborn megadrought, and glaciers have quietly carried much of ...

A climate changed world is too hot, too wet, too on fire — and increasingly, too dry. Though rainfall events are getting stronger, that doesn’t mean the water always falls where it needs to, and a new ...