Tag: drought
‘Megadrought’ along border strains US-Mexico water relations
Robert Gabriel Varady, University of Arizona; Andrea K. Gerlak, University of Arizona, and Stephen Paul Mumme, Colorado State University
Trees are dying of thirst in the Western drought – here’s...
Daniel Johnson, University of Georgia and Raquel Partelli Feltrin, University of British Columbia
Like humans, trees need water to...
Over 100 fire scientists urge the US West: Skip the fireworks...
Philip Higuera, The University of Montana; Alexander L. Metcalf, The University of Montana; Dave McWethy, Montana State University, and Jennifer Balch, University...
Western fires are burning higher in the mountains at unprecedented rates...
Mojtaba Sadegh, Boise State University; John Abatzoglou, University of California, Merced, and Mohammad Reza Alizadeh, McGill University
Installing solar panels over California’s canals could yield water, land, air...
Roger Bales, University of California, Merced and Brandi McKuin, University of California, Santa Cruz
Climate change and water scarcity...
Interstate water wars are heating up along with the climate
Robert Glennon, University of Arizona
Interstate water disputes are as American as apple pie. States often think a neighboring...
Farmers are depleting the Ogallala Aquifer because the government pays them...
Matthew R Sanderson, Kansas State University; Burke Griggs, Washburn University, and Jacob A. Miller, Kansas State University
A slow-moving crisis threatens the U.S. Central Plains,...
Earth may temporarily pass dangerous 1.5℃ warming limit by 2024, major...
Pep Canadell, CSIRO and Rob Jackson, Stanford University
The Paris climate agreement seeks to limit global warming to 1.5℃ this century. A new report by...
EXPLORING NATURE
Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which...
Mark Axelrod, Michigan State University
To help people who are affected by pollution and other environmental harms, it’s common...
