Drought : Science World Report

Aug 18, 2015 09:18 AM EDT

Record California Drought May be Killing Giant Sequoias

The California drought is still impacting the state in some major ways. Now, researchers have announced that millennia-old sequoias may be in danger due to the ongoing drought conditions.

Aug 14, 2015 08:31 AM EDT

Climate Change Recorded in 500-Year-Old Chinese Cave Graffiti

Chinese cave "graffiti" may tell a 500-year story of climate change.

Aug 11, 2015 10:34 AM EDT

California Wildfires are Causing Ecosystems to Change: Southern Plants Shift North

California wildfires are a major issue this year and now, researchers are taking a closer look at the swathe of devastation they leave behind. Scientists have now found that southern plant species are shifting northward due to the fires.

Aug 11, 2015 09:33 AM EDT

Climate Change: Butterfly Species Face Extinction by 2050 as Droughts Worsen

Severe drought isn't just impacting crops. It could also cause butterflies to go extinct by 2050.

Aug 10, 2015 05:49 PM EDT

California Drought 2015: What's Causing It and What Climate Shift May Break It

California is still in the midst of a long-term drought. But what is causing this drought in the first place? That's a good question.

Jul 31, 2015 03:13 PM EDT

California Drought: 'Rain Debt' is Now Equal to an Entire Year's Worth of Precipitation

NASA has revealed that the state has accumulated a debt of about 20 inches of precipitation between 2012 and 2015, which is the average amount expected to fall in a single year.

Jun 17, 2015 07:46 AM EDT

Earth's Groundwater is Being Drained Quickly

Using satellites, scientists have found that civilization is rapidly draining some of its largest groundwater basins, and there's no accurate data about how much water remains within them.

Jun 12, 2015 07:35 AM EDT

Genetics of Drought Tolerance: How to Combat Climate Change with DNA

Learning how plants survive droughts is crucial for the future. As our planet warms, more droughts may mean failed harvests.

May 28, 2015 08:07 AM EDT

Global Climate Change is on the Verge of a Broad-Scale Shift that May Last Decades

The global climate may be on the verge of broad-scale change that could last for decades.

May 26, 2015 09:06 AM EDT

Melbourne's Millennium Drought Strategies May Help a Dry California

The Millennium Drought in southeastern Australia may hold lessons for drought-stressed regions around the world. The city of Greater Melbourne has successfully implemented innovations that may tell other cities how to survive droughts.

Mar 30, 2015 11:45 AM EDT

Drought Damage from Climate Change Leads to Widespread Forest Death

Scientists have created a new modeling tool to explain how and where trembling aspen forests died as a result of a massive drought.

Mar 10, 2015 09:19 AM EDT

Increase in CO2 and Warmer Temperatures May Cause More Extreme Droughts in the Tropics

It turns out that an increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may just increase drought in the tropics. Scientists have taken a closer look at what effects CO2 might have on the environment and have found that it has the potential to intensity extreme droughts.