In August 2012, satellites observed the effects of drought and heat waves on vegetation from the Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi River.
Published Oct 3, 2012
The U.S. Drought Monitor reports its lowest levels in 17 years.
Published May 5, 2017
Extreme heat helped push as much as 26 percent of the contiguous United States into drought in July 2011. This image shows the impact on plants throughout the month.
Published Aug 11, 2011
In a dry spell of historic proportions, more than half of the country faced severe or moderate drought.
Published Jul 17, 2012
Most of Texas is brown in this vegetation index image, revealing the negative impact drought had on plants in August 2009.
Published Aug 12, 2009
Drought conditions in 2018 are extreme over the Four Corners region of the United States.
Published Nov 8, 2018
Hot, dry weather from January through March 2007 wilted crops in southern Africa. The impact of the drought on vegetation throughout southern Africa is illustrated in this image.
Published Apr 14, 2007
