The top-line findings of a massive analysis of the growth rate of more than 20,000 tropical trees in more than 30 countries may at first seem reassuring: that droughts over the past century have had a ...

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln's National Drought Mitigation Center and the United Nations' Convention to Combat Desertification have released a report outlining the impacts of drought around the ...

Fourteen months of drought have taken their toll on Arkansas' wetlands and the effects will be felt much more by waterfowl hunters as the first segment of the state's duck season begins Nov. 21.

Aspen trees respond to past droughts by increasing their chemical defenses against insects, revealing a surprising form of environmental memory.

Climate change is amplifying extreme weather conditions across southern Africa. Dry seasons are getting hotter and drier, ...

Purdue Extension urban forestry specialist Lindsey Purcell inspects leaves of a tulip poplar, Indiana’s state tree, for damage from lack of water. Although turning of leaf color is inevitable in ...

Photo: Rainout shelter at experimental site at Credo, north of Coolgardie, Western Australia, used to simulate drought conditions. Credit: Professor Rachel Standish from Murdoch University. Despite ...

Drought is a major climate hazard in semi-arid regions. Wikimedia Commons Droughts are a familiar hardship in Ghana’s semi-arid north, where rainfall is erratic and agriculture is the mainstay of ...

PITTSYLVANIA CO., Va. – Parts of Virginia have not seen drought-free conditions since August of last year, and farmers in Southern Virginia are feeling the effects. Johnny Hunt, owner of Route 5 Ranch ...

Tree-ring samples taken by Paulo Quadri, who earned a Ph.D. in environmental studies from UC Santa Cruz, were included in the study. (Photo by Luz A. de Wit) The top-line findings of a massive ...