It turns out that human activities, such as greenhouse gas emissions and land use, were the main cause of extreme weather and climate events in 2014.
Global climate change may have caused the severe drought in East Africa in 2014. Researchers are taking a closer look at the effects of climate change and have found what events they may have influenced.
In a study at the University of Montana, researchers documented global connections between El Niño events and drought over a time period of 32 years.
California may be experience double the amount of severe droughts and floods later this century. The weather patterns El Niño and La Niña could play havoc on local ecosystems in the region.
A 400-year-old church emerged from a reservoir in Mexico as a result of drought like conditions.
Drought is still a major issue as the climate continues to change. Now, scientists have found that drought has had a more detrimental impact on the growth and survival of larger trees.
It turns out that California hasn't been this dry in 500 years. Scientists have examined tree rings and found that the High Sierra's winter snowpack was the smallest it's been in centuries.
Climate change may cause amphibians quite a bit of harm. Scientists have found that the dry year in the Pacific Northwest lowlands may affect the region's amphibians due to loss of mountain pond habitat.
Scientists have found that as climate change continues, we should expect temperatures to become warmer as drought occurs.
It turns out that climate change may have worsened California's drought.
Much of the European continent has also been impacted by severe drought in June and July 2015, one of the worst since the drought and heat wave of summer of 2003.
Researchers have found that as residents in California continue pumping groundwater, the land is actually sinking faster than ever before--nearly 2 inches per month in some locations.
