Drought Research News

Posted May 22, 2013:

• Drought Makes Borneo's Trees Flower at the Same Time

Posted May 18, 2013:

• Frogs, Salamanders and Climate Change

Posted April 18, 2013:

• U.S. Drought Falls Below 50 Percent for First Time in 10 Months

Posted March 29, 2013:

• Gene Responsible for Short Stature of Dwarf Pearl Millet Identified

Posted March 25, 2013:

• Elevated Carbon Dioxide in Atmosphere Trims Wheat, Sorghum Moisture Needs

Posted March 20, 2013:

• In Triplicate, Genes Make Maize Tolerant to Toxic Soil

Posted March 13, 2013:

• Increase in Heavy Rainfalls Over Past 60 Years in Upper Midwest, US
• Monarch Butterflies Numbers Down Again

Posted March 11, 2013:

• Monsoon Failure Key to Long Droughts in Southwest

Posted February 17, 2013:

• Microbes Team Up to Boost Plants' Stress Tolerance
• Tree-Ring Data Show History, Pattern to Droughts

Posted February 12, 2013:

• NASA Satellites Find Freshwater Losses in Middle East

Posted February 11, 2013:

• Tree Die-Off Triggered by Hotter Temperatures

Posted February 6, 2013:

• 2012 Warmest and Second Most Extreme Year on Record for the Contiguous United States

Posted January 30, 2013:

• U.S. Water Supply Not as Threatened as Believed, Study Finds
• Understanding the Historical Probability of Drought

Posted January 28, 2013:

• Genome Sequence of 90 Chickpea Lines Decoded

Posted January 22, 2013:

• Plant Water Demands Shift With Water Availability

Posted January 18, 2013:

• New Insights on Drought Predictions in East Africa
• Severe Climate Jeopardizing Amazon Forest, Study Finds

Posted January 8, 2013:

• 2012 Was Warmest and Second Most Extreme Year on Record for the Contiguous U.S.

Posted December 12, 2012:

• Violence in Mali Threatening Survival of Endangered Elephants

Posted December 6, 2012:

• Drought in the Horn of Africa Delays Migrating Birds

Posted December 5, 2012:

• Plant Stress Paints Early Picture of Drought

Posted November 27, 2012:

• Increasing Drought Stress Challenges Vulnerable Hydraulic System of Plants, Professor Finds

Posted November 1, 2012:

• UK Butterfly Populations Threatened by Extreme Drought and Landscape Fragmentation

Posted October 31, 2012:

• Western Aspen Trees Commonly Carry Extra Set of Chromosomes
• Desert Farming Forms Bacterial Communities That Promote Drought Resistance

Posted October 18, 2012:

• Ozone Affects Forest Watersheds

Posted October 15, 2012:

• Dire Drought Ahead, May Lead to Massive Tree Death
• Research Shows Legume Trees Can Fertilize and Stabilize Maize Fields, Generate Higher Yields

Posted October 12, 2012:

• Documented Decrease in Frequency of Hawaii's Northeast Trade Winds

Posted October 10, 2012:

• Drought, Climate Change Impact Salamander Survival Rates

Posted October 1, 2012:

• Changes in Atlantic Ocean Temperature Affects Western Amazonia Climate

Posted September 30, 2012:

• Climate Change Could Cripple Southwestern U.S. Forests: Trees Face Rising Drought Stress and Mortality as Climate Warms

Posted September 11, 2012:

• Droughts Are Pushing Trees to the Limit

Posted September 9, 2012:

• Forest Mortality and Climate Change: The Big Picture

Posted August 30, 2012:

• Surviving Drought: Discovery May Help Protect Crops from Stressors
• No-Till Farming Helps Capture Snow and Soil Water

Posted August 29, 2012:

• What's Behind Rising Food Prices, Beyond the U.S. Drought

Posted August 24, 2012:

• Good News from the Bad Drought: Gulf 'Dead Zone' Smallest in Years

Posted August 21, 2012:

• Forest Razing by Ancient Maya Worsened Droughts, Says Study

Posted August 16, 2012:

• Climate and Drought Lessons from Ancient Egypt

Posted August 14, 2012:

• Impulsive Micromanager Microbes Help Plants Adapt, Survive

Posted August 10, 2012:

• USDA: Ongoing Drought Causes Significant Crop Yield Declines

Posted August 9, 2012:

• Global Water Sustainability Flows Through Natural and Human Challenges

Posted August 8, 2012:

• Diversity Keeps Grasslands Resilient to Drought, Climate Change
• July 2012 Marked Hottest Month on Record for Contiguous U.S.; Drought Expands to Cover Nearly 63 Percent of the Lower 48

Posted July 30, 2012:

• Rapid Assessment of Plant Drought Tolerance Possible With New Method

Posted July 29, 2012:

• Chronic 2000-04 Drought, Worst in 800 Years, May Be the 'New Normal'

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