Greenhouse gases and aerosols emitted by human activity make droughts worse. The western United States is in the midst of an intensifying drought. In the latest U.S. Drought Monitor released Thursday, ...

A Santa Paula cattle rancher walks away from the carcass of one of his animals that died amid extreme drought conditions in 2014. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) Humanity’s heating of the planet, driven ...

This article was originally featured on High Country News. Across the West, state leaders are bracing against the long-term impacts of aridification. In late April, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown added four ...

Dec. 3 (UPI) --A nearly billion-dollar investment will go to almost a dozen western states for critical upgrades to water delivery and drought resilience infrastructure, the U.S. Department of the ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - This past week's drought monitor continues to show much of Western PA and Northern West Virginia in moderate to severe drought conditions. In Pennsylvania, 98.71% of the state is ...

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LOS ANGELES - Dangerous heat wave and drought continue to impact the western United States, placing much of the region under extreme drought conditions and in jeopardy of breaking more records. More ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Parts of Western Pennsylvania are still in a drought, which has been lowering the water where people might like to boat, fish or swim. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh ...

LOS ANGELES — Humanity’s heating of the planet, driven by the burning of fossil fuels and unchecked emissions of greenhouse gases, has become the main driver of worsening droughts in California and ...