Drought Research News

Posted August 19, 2005:

• Past Droughts Geographically Widespread In The West, According To Tree-Ring Data

Posted August 11, 2005:

• High Carbon Dioxide Levels Spur Southern Pines To Grow More Needles

Posted August 7, 2005:

• How Do You Get Plants To Grow On Mars? The First Step: Relieve Their Anxiety

Posted May 24, 2005:

• A Continent Split By Climate Change: New Study Projects Drought In Southern Africa, Rain In Sahel

Posted May 19, 2005:

• Marshes Tell Story Of Medieval Drought, Little Ice Age, And European Settlers Near NYC

Posted April 28, 2005:

• Drought To Persist In North America Due To La Niña

Posted March 28, 2005:

• Research Indicates No Relief For Drought, Fire Concerns

Posted February 23, 2005:

• We're Here, We're Warming, Can We Get Used To It?

Posted February 18, 2005:

• Tree-Ring Data Reveals Multiyear Droughts Unlike Any In Recent Memory

Posted February 4, 2005:

• Drought Reduces Nitrogen-Fixing In Legumes

Posted January 11, 2005:

• Drought's Growing Reach: NCAR Study Points To Global Warming As Key Factor

Posted November 23, 2004:

• UGA Researchers Explain Recent Decline In Georgia's Blue Crab Population

Posted November 22, 2004:

• Researchers Discover New Way to Boost Grain Crops' Drought Tolerance

Posted October 18, 2004:

• Multi-Species Herbivore Outbreak Follows El Niño Drought In Panama

Posted October 8, 2004:

• Drought In The West Linked To Warmer Temperatures

Posted August 1, 2004:

• Droughts Like 1930s Dust Bowl May Have Been Unexceptional In Prehistoric Times, New Study Suggests

Posted June 14, 2004:

• All Ecosystems Are Equally Productive Under Drought Conditions

Posted March 19, 2004:

• NASA Explains 'Dust Bowl' Drought

Posted March 10, 2004:

• Research Links Long Droughts In U.S. To Ocean Temperature Variations

Posted January 14, 2004:

• Sediment Samples Suggest How Plants Would Fare In Hotter, Drier Future

Posted October 14, 2003:

• Old Mosquito Theory Holds No Water

Posted September 18, 2003:

• Contaminated Water From Abandoned Mines Threatens Colorado Ski Areas

Posted August 7, 2003:

• NASA Working To Take The Guesswork Out Of Long-Term Drought Prediction

Posted July 24, 2003:

• UCLA Study Explores Droughts In Canadian Prairies

Posted June 6, 2003:

• Plants And People Share A Molecular Signaling System, Researchers Discover

Posted May 22, 2003:

• Gene May Produce Drought-Resistant Plants

Posted March 10, 2003:

• Changes In Jet Stream, Storm Tracks, Linked To Prairie Drought Patterns, Study Finds

Posted December 27, 2002:

• Are Wildland Fires Fueling The Greenhouse?

Posted December 17, 2002:

• K-State Researchers Study Response Of Prairie Ecosystem; In Face Of Changes In Precipitation Variability, Climatic Extremes

Posted November 6, 2002:

• Transition From El Nino To La Nina Affected Vegetation

Posted September 30, 2002:

• Sweating It Out: U.S. Cities Have 10 More Hot Nights A Year Than 40 Years Ago, Cornell Climate Researchers Discover

Posted January 23, 2002:

• Counterintuitively, After Extreme Droughts, Wading Birds Flourish

Posted October 10, 2001:

• Crayfish Research Illustrates Environmental Health

Posted October 8, 2001:

• Common Native Plant Of Great Plains May Be Threatened By Climate Change

Posted June 5, 2001:

• Enhanced Model Better Assesses Impact Of Climate Variability

Posted May 18, 2001:

• Changes In Sun’s Intensity Tied To Recurrent Droughts In Maya Region

Posted May 15, 2001:

• Droughts Aggravated By Dust In The Wind

Posted April 3, 2001:

• Rockefeller Researchers Identify Defense System In Plants; Protein Found To Confer Resistance To Drought

Posted November 3, 2000:

• Researchers Study Oldest Oak East Of The Mississippi

Posted September 1, 2000:

• NASA Index Uses Plants To Shed New Light On Droughts

Posted August 11, 2000:

• Ancient Lake Sediments Yield Clues About Future Central Plains Drought Cycles

Posted May 10, 2000:

• Scientists Say Adios To La Nina

Posted April 6, 2000:

• Watching The Snow Melt Predicts Flooding And Drought

Posted March 14, 2000:

• More Drought Looming If Rains Do Not Return, USGS Warns

Posted February 16, 2000:

• Possible Climate Shift Could Worsen Water Deficit In The Southwest

Posted February 11, 2000:

• Droughts Worse Than The 1930's Likely In The Twenty-First Century

Posted February 8, 2000:

• Researchers Find Evidence Of 16th Century Epic Drought Over North America

Posted February 4, 2000:

• La Nina's Persistence May Mean Another Dry Summer

Posted November 24, 1999:

• Scientists Show That Vegetation Conditions Drive The North Africa Drought

Posted September 3, 1999:

• Using New Satellite Maps, Scientists Get A Clear View Of This Summer's Developing Drought

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