Agroforestry project sows seeds of hope in drought-hit Honduras ...

Drought is a prolonged, abnormally dry period when the amount of available water is insufficient to meet our normal use. Drought is not simply low rainfall; if it was, much of inland Australia would ...

The U.S. Forest Service has closed all trails to Mt. Baldy’s peak until December 2025 to help the ecosystem recover from a fire. Hikers are defying the closures.

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Salty oceanwater is creeping up the Delaware River, a source of drinking water for millions, brought on by ...

The Drought Statement discusses recent rainfall compared to historical records and the impacts on soil moisture and water resources. For over 50 years these statements have reported on the extent and ...

But when a few weeks go by between rainstorms, drought can develop very quickly. This has particularly been the case this fall in the Northeast. After an extremely wet winter and spring ...

Drinking water is not yet impacted, but officials are taking urgent measures. Drought and sea level rise have caused salt water from the Atlantic Ocean to creep into the Delaware River Basin ...

The landmark new World Drought Atlas depicts the systemic nature of drought risks through dozens of maps, infographics, and case studies. It illustrates how drought risks are interconnected across ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Aymara indigenous people wait in line to vote during judicial elections in Jesus de Machaca, Bolivia, Sunday ...

The same was true for most of the country. On Nov. 5, the U.S. Drought Monitor reported that more than 85% of the continental U.S. was experiencing “abnormally dry” conditions (or worse ...

Salty ocean water is creeping up the Delaware River, the source for much of the drinking water for Philadelphia and millions of other people, brought on by severe drought conditions and sea level ...

Sure, Thursday was a wet and soggy Thanksgiving Day, but guess what? North Jersey is still in the midst of a serious drought. The rain last week and this week did help improve streamflows a bit ...