Hacker News
- Three months ago, over 50% of California was either in an extreme or exceptional drought (D3/D4), as of yesterday that percentage is now zero. https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?CA= 53 comments dataisbeautiful
- U.S. drought monitor https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/ 4 comments internetisbeautiful
- The Majority of all land in the US is now officially in a drought. https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/ 15 comments economy
- Some 55 percent of Iowa, the No. 1 corn state, is in drought, an increase of 2.5 percentage points in the past week. Overall, drought now affects 37 percent of all U.S. corn acreage. https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/ 6 comments environment
Linking pages
- Heatwave in China is the most severe ever recorded in the world | New Scientist http://newscientist.com/article/2334921-heatwave-in-china-is-the-most-severe-ever-recorded-in-the-world/ 883 comments
- U.S. Droughts Will Be the Worst in 1,000 Years - Scientific American http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-droughts-will-be-the-worst-in-1-000-years/ 595 comments
- The world is closer to a food crisis than most people realise | Lester R. Brown | The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jul/24/world-food-crisis-closer 535 comments
- Three Quarters of Americans Now Believe Climate Change Is Affecting the Weather | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2012/10/three-quarters-of-americans-now-believe-climate-change-is-affecting-the-weather/ 510 comments
- Western Canada burns, deaths mount after world’s most extreme heat wave in modern history | Green Left https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/western-canada-burns-deaths-mount-after-worlds-most-extreme-heat-wave-modern-history 326 comments
- Skip the fireworks this record-dry 4th of July, over 150 wildfire scientists urge the US West https://theconversation.com/over-100-fire-scientists-urge-the-us-west-skip-the-fireworks-this-record-dry-fourth-of-july-163561 231 comments
- Scott Pruitt says it’s not the time to talk climate change. For him, it never is. - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/09/07/at-a-moment-climate-change-is-hard-to-ignore-the-epa-is-being-pointed-elsewhere/?amp%3Butm_term=.7c4053d3eaae&hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_pruitt-230pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory 193 comments
- What caused the Maui fires? Why Hawaii’s fires are so bad right now - Vox https://www.vox.com/climate/2023/8/9/23826015/maui-fire-2023-lahaina-hawaii-cause 189 comments
- U.S. Drought Monitor Update for July 5, 2022 | National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/us-drought-monitor-update-july-5-2022 180 comments
- Summer’s record heat, drought point to longer-term climate issues - The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/summers-record-heat-drought-point-to-longer-term-climate-issues/2012/08/11/e1e6c68c-e313-11e1-a25e-15067bb31849_story.html 115 comments
- U.S. Droughts Will Be the Worst in 1,000 Years - Scientific American http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-droughts-will-be-the-worst-in-1-000-years1/ 103 comments
- Extreme drought could cost California half its hydroelectric power this summer - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/1/23149952/drought-california-hydroelectricity-energy-costs-emissions 100 comments
- 'Extreme' drought status nearly eliminated in California in wake of atmospheric rivers - ABC News https://abcnews.go.com/US/extreme-drought-eliminated-california-wake-atmospheric-river/story?id=96387910 92 comments
- Lake Mead water valve is exposed for the first time amid historic drought | CNN https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/27/us/water-intake-exposed-lake-mead-drought-climate/index.html 81 comments
- What Matters: The American West is drying out | CNN Politics https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/19/politics/what-matters-climate-change-western-drought/index.html 75 comments
- Summers Are Becoming Unbearably Hot Before They Even Start https://news.yahoo.com/summers-becoming-unbearably-hot-even-205413420.html 55 comments
- California drought emergency brings water shortages, fire danger - The Washington Post https://washingtonpost.com/local/2021/05/21/california-drought-emergency-fires/ 55 comments
- U.S. Drought Monitor Update for May 10, 2022 | National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/us-drought-monitor-update-may-10-2022 53 comments
- California Braces for Unending Drought - The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/10/us/california-drought-water-restrictions-permanent.html 51 comments
- 275 California drought maps show deep drought and current recovery - Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/science/la-me-g-california-drought-map-htmlstory.html 39 comments