Tropical forests store enormous amounts of carbon and harbor most of the world's terrestrial biodiversity. The post Tropical trees more adaptable to droughts than previously thought appeared first on ...

"Climate change isn't simply making Earth warmer or drier. It is making droughts more variable and less predictable." The post Study finds droughts change how infectious diseases spread appeared ...

When catastrophic wildfires capture global headlines, such as the unprecedented blazes sweeping through southern Europe this ...

Unlike hurricanes and floods, which arrive suddenly and tend to dominate headlines with dramatic images of wrecked homes and submerged towns, droughts are often overlooked by media, governments and ...

"For archaeologists, these moments are ​extremely valuable." The post Droughts Are Getting So Intense That Ancient Ruins Are ...

Hot air holds more moisture. That’s why you can blow your hair dry even after a steamy shower. It’s also what dumps rain in the tropics and sucks water from desert soils. A new study, published in ...

Dry wells. Dwindling reservoirs. Parched ground. Forest fires. The American West has gotten awfully familiar with drought in the 21st century. And it wouldn’t be the same without the heat. This summer ...

More than 13,000 droughts spanning years have overwhelmed our planet across nearly four decades. These severe droughts are becoming hotter, longer and more devastating as our planet’s global ...

“This isn’t just a crisis for farmers, it’s a crisis that trickles down to Europe’s most vulnerable,” says researcher Merel Laauwen. View on euronews ...

Amid a shortage of recent rainfall, meteorological droughts have occurred in 48 cities and counties nationwide, with severe ...

When catastrophic wildfires capture global headlines, such as the unprecedented blazes sweeping through southern Europe this ...