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Old Faithful geyser erupts in Yellowstone National Park
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Megadrought Caused Yellowstone’s Old Faithful to Run Dry

by J. Pinson 16 October 202014 February 2023

Scientists studying wood samples preserved by Old Faithful have determined that the famous geyser was dormant for several decades during the 13th century due to a megadrought.

Dead tree and sand in Death Valley, Calif.
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Winter Drought Relief Unlikely in Western U.S.

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 16 October 202014 February 2022

This year is still on track to be one of the hottest years on record around the globe.

World map with dots showing the center locations of landfalling droughts that occurred between 1979 and 2018
Posted inEditors' Highlights

The Ocean-Land Connection of Droughts

by Marc F. P. Bierkens 12 October 202014 April 2023

Around 16 percent of large-scale droughts over land originate above the ocean and these types of droughts are more extensive and severe than droughts that originate over land.

Two men and two women stand near a hand-pumped borehole in Manicaland, Zimbabwe.
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Groundwater Crisis in Zimbabwe Brought On by Droughts

by Andrew Mambondiyani 2 September 202019 October 2022

Zimbabwe’s groundwater is disappearing fast, leaving rural communities without water for household and agricultural use.

A close up image of a snowflake
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New Tool Quantifies and Predicts Snow Droughts

by David Shultz 31 August 202019 October 2021

A new metric for calculating snow water equivalence relies on three methodologies: modeling, satellite imagery, and direct observation.

Trail in a dry forest on Saint Lucia
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Worsening Water Crisis in the Eastern Caribbean

by Sarah Peter 22 July 202010 November 2021

Scientists, policy makers, and residents are concerned that ongoing water shortages and longer periods of drought may worsen as the climate changes and that the Paris Agreement has fallen short.

Motor homes stand amid floodwater
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More Warming Means Worse Impacts from Runoff and Drought

by David Shultz 15 July 202029 September 2021

New research highlights differences in drought and flood hazards globally under 1.5°C versus 2°C temperature increases and estimates associated human and economic effects.

Ears of corn wither on parched stalks
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Predicting Fast Moving Flash Droughts

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 26 March 202018 February 2022

A cross-disciplinary consortium of scientists works to monitor droughts that develop in as little as 2 weeks—whose frequencies are predicted to increase with climate change.

Carved Assyrian tablet with winged figures kneeling before a tree and cuneiform script beneath
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Megadrought Helped Topple the Assyrian Empire

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 15 January 202028 February 2023

Paleoclimate records shed light on the ancient civilization’s meteoric rise and catastrophic collapse.

A road through a smoky landscape in Australia on 13 January 2020
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Five Environmental Consequences of Australia’s Fires

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 13 January 202022 November 2021

Australia’s road to recovery may be long: Here’s a developing list of how the fires are affecting glaciers, wildlife, water supplies, and global carbon emissions.

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