- North America: 2000 to 2018 was the driest 19-year span since the late 1500s (...) This appears to be just the beginning of a more extreme trend toward megadrought as global warming continues. https://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6488/314 5 comments worldnews
Linking pages
- Colorado River drops to record low levels, slashing Arizona’s water supply | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/08/colorado-river-drops-to-record-low-levels-slashing-arizonas-water-supply/ 65 comments
- Drought: Worst western megadrought in 1,200 years is here, new study says https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/04/16/drought-worst-western-megadrought-here-study-says/5145929002/ 18 comments
- A Severe Drought Is Threatening the Hoover Dam Reservoir—and Water Throughout the West – Mother Jones https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2021/07/a-severe-drought-is-threatening-the-hoover-dam-reservoir-and-water-throughout-the-west/ 16 comments
- Severe drought threatens Hoover dam reservoir – and water for US west | Climate crisis | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/13/hoover-dam-lake-mead-severe-drought-us-west 14 comments
- Thirsty future for American West, as "megadrought" grips some of the fastest-growing U.S. cities https://waterdesk.org/2020/05/megadrought-study 12 comments
- The Colorado River Drought Is A Crisis For The West https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/caitochs/colorado-river-drought-west-water 9 comments
- Eight States Are Seeding Clouds to Overcome Megadrought - Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/eight-states-are-seeding-clouds-to-overcome-megadrought/ 7 comments
- Southwest megadrought emerges due to global warming - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/04/16/southwest-megadrought-climate-change/ 6 comments
- ‘Truly an emergency’: how drought returned to California – and what lies ahead | Climate crisis | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/07/california-drought-oregon-west-climate-change 5 comments
- American West Faces Wildfires And Water Shortages As Climate Change Amplifies Drought https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2021/06/11/american-west-faces-wildfires-and-water-shortages-as-climate-change-amplifies-drought/ 3 comments
- There's a big problem with the tree-planting climate strategy | The Week https://theweek.com/articles/920806/theres-big-problem-treeplanting-climate-strategy 3 comments
- Whodunnit?: Hundreds of Thousands of Birds fell out of the Sky in Southwest and now we Know Why https://www.juancole.com/2020/12/whodunnit-thousands-southwest.html 1 comment
- As a megadrought persists, new projections show a key Colorado River reservoir could sink to a record low later this year | CNN https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/19/weather/western-drought-colorado-river-cutbacks-study/index.html 0 comments
- Is this the end of forests as we've known them? | Trees and forests | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/10/is-this-the-end-of-forests-as-weve-known-them 0 comments
- In Parched Southwest, Warm Spring Renews Threat of ‘Megadrought’ - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/08/climate/southwest-megadrought-climate-change.html 0 comments
- Make it rain: US states embrace 'cloud seeding' to try to conquer drought | Environment | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/23/us-stated-cloud-seeding-weather-modification 0 comments