The Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) historically drove a regular wet-dry cycle, but climate change might’ve hijacked this ...

The American West's megadrought deepened so much last year that it is now the driest in at least 1,200 years and is a worst-case climate change scenario playing out live, a new study finds. A dramatic ...

Droughts in the U.S. Southwest and Central Plains during the last half of this century could be drier and longer than drought conditions seen in those regions in the last 1,000 years, according to a ...

Note: Since this story was first published, I've added comments from Park Williams, lead author of the new megadrought study, as well as additional graphics. Snow, followed by massive drifts of hope.

The consequences of climate change paint a bleak picture for the Southwest and much of America’s breadbasket, the Great Plains. A “megadrought” likely will occur late in this century, and it could ...

PHOENIX – NASA satellite photos show how drastically the water levels in Lake Powell and Lake Mead have receded in just the past few years. They demonstrate the severity of long-term drought and the ...

An exceptionally dry year in 2021 pushed the 22-year-long drought to the top of the record books. Scientists say climate change is a major factor. The searing “megadrought” that has gripped the ...