Fish carcasses lie on dried mud on the shore of Lake Mead in 2022. The reservoir near Las Vegas is the largest on the Colorado River and stores water for Nevada, Arizona, California and Mexico. (Gina ...

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 ...

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.

Parts of the United States may be in a drought that will last until the end of the century, according to a concerning new study. Analysis by researchers from the University of Texas at Austin ...

Clues from another dry spell 6,000 years ago are helping scientists understand what’s driving the latest one, and why it’s been so unrelenting. By Raymond Zhong A megadrought has sapped water supplies ...

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 ...

Despite several snow-heavy winters in California, the snowpack in the Sierra Nevadas has not managed to cure the state of its dry soils. NASA satellite data has revealed that the recent major snowfall ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KENSINGTON, Maryland (AP) — A ...

Archaeologists have long suspected that climate can make or break a civilization, but the emerging picture of past “megadroughts” suggests something more severe: centuries-scale dry spells that can ...

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 ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, although battered by Trump administration attempts to impose massive staff and budget cuts on the agency, nevertheless continues to publish ...

Three years ago, climate researchers shocked drought-weary Californians when they revealed that the American West was experiencing its driest 22-year period in 1,200 years, and that this severe ...