The Southwest United States is currently facing its worst megadrought of the past 1,200 years. According to a recent study by ...

Climate change is warming the North Pacific Ocean, leading weather patterns that drive drought in the U.S. Southwest to ...

A megadrought has sapped water supplies, ravaged farms and ranches, and fueled wildfires across the American Southwest for ...

"Water managers need to start planning for the possibility that this drought isn't just a rough patch—it could be the new reality," said Timothy Shanahan.

The long-running drought in the Southwest, which has persisted since 2000, can now be considered the driest 22-year period of the past 1,200 years, according to a study published Monday in the ...

Drought conditions persisted in the Southwest, where water is desperately needed to replenish the country's largest reservoirs relied on by tens of millions of people.

In the late 2010s, when Assistant Professor Flavio Lehner worked for the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, ...

Fourth year in a row of drought is likely in Southwest after worst 3 on record By Rachel Ramirez and Stephanie Elam , CNN 5 min read ...

The researchers drew their conclusions by abandoning popular climate models that they said in recent years have not ...

Although the rainfall helps diminish the drought, it can also lead to dangerous floods. Over the weekend, a flash flood swept away a 16-year-old girl in Cottonwood, Arizona. Though the rain itself ...

To the right there’s a map, pulled from the study, showing that the swath of land in question and its risk of a 35-year drought. It extends from Southern California clear to West Texas ...

Latest national drought report data shows southwestern Sask. had the biggest jump in drought intensity, with some parts ...