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Severe droughts will continue to affect the West and get worse as temperatures continue to rise, scientists say. Heat driven by climate change has made ordinary western drought into exceptional ...
[citation needed] Because the drought conditions were forcing American farmers to sell off livestock, the Department of Defense sought to buy up meat at "fire sale" prices in order to stockpile meals for the lean times ahead. [86] High wheat prices caused by the drought have discouraged farmers from investing in alternative drought-tolerant ...
The pulse of the Colorado River has long served as a gauge of the American southwest's water supply, and a new study has found that the intensity of the current megadrought is a threat to its ...
Much of the Northern Hemisphere is struggling with drought or the threat of drought, as Europe experiences an unusually warm, precipitation-free winter and the swaths of the American West remain ...
The 1988–1990 North American drought ranks among the worst episodes of drought in the United States. This multi-year drought began in most areas in 1988 and continued into 1989 and 1990 (in certain areas). The drought caused $60 billion in damage ($155 billion 2025 USD) in United States dollars, adjusting for inflation.
The southwestern North American megadrought is an ongoing megadrought in the southwestern region of North America that began in 2000. At least 25 years in length, the drought is the driest multi-decade period the region has seen since at least 800 CE .
In its report “Farms Under Threat: The State of the States,” the American Farmland Trust estimates an average of 2,000 acres of farmland are converted daily to property used for housing and ...
The 2012–2013 North American drought, an expansion of the 2010–2013 Southern United States drought, originated in the midst of a record-breaking heat wave.Low snowfall amounts in winter, coupled with the intense summer heat from La Niña, caused drought-like conditions to migrate northward from the southern United States, wreaking havoc on crops and water supply. [1]