A record number of US states are in drought during what may be Earth’s warmest year - New York City residents were told to ...

New research shows global warming has become the dominant driver of worsening drought in the western United States.

Almost a third of the world - 30% - experienced extreme drought for three months or longer in 2023. In the 1980s, the average was 5%. The new study offers some of the most up-to-date global data ...

An agreement aimed at ensuring more regular water from Mexico to the United States has been reached, both governments said on Saturday, following a long period of tension over a decades-old treaty.

The world’s longest river is at its lowest levels after a long drought. That's left the Amazon Rainforest, the vital waterway ...

A new report finds that one-quarter of the world’s crops are grown in places facing high levels of water stress, water ...

And heatwaves fuelled by climate change can worsen dry conditions when they do occur, by increasing evaporation from the soil ...

The U.S. has droughts in every state except Alaska and Kentucky — the greatest number in history, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. According to the tracker, just over 45 percent of the U.S.

As Europe grapples with unprecedented floods and Asia faces the fury of typhoons, a different crisis is unfolding in South ...

Clausius-Clapeyron shows that for every 3 degree Fahrenheit increase in temperature, there is a 10% increase in the amount of ...

October 2024 brought record-setting drought to the U.S., with dry conditions covering more than half the country. A strong high-pressure system kept temperatures warm and rainfall scarce, driving ...