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Drought Devastates Vegetation in Oklahoma Panhandle
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Drought Devastates Vegetation in Oklahoma Panhandle

As of early August 2008, the Oklahoma panhandle was experiencing its driest year (previous 365 days) since 1921, according to records kept by the Oklahoma Climatological Survey. Through July, year-to-date precipitation in Boise City, in the heart of Cimarron County, was only about 4.8 inches, barely half of average and drier than some years in the 1930s, the height of the Dust Bowl.

Published Aug 14, 2008

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Dried Out Vegetation Across America
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Dried Out Vegetation Across America

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

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Long-Term Drought Parches Chile
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Long-Term Drought Parches Chile

Vegetation is withering across Central Chile.

Published Nov 18, 2019

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New Zealand Browned by Drought
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New Zealand Browned by Drought

North Island vegetation shows signs of stress during one the region’s most severe droughts on record.

Published May 7, 2020

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Drought in Romania
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Drought in Romania

Published Jul 9, 2007

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Cropland and Prairie, Cimarron County, Oklahoma
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Cropland and Prairie, Cimarron County, Oklahoma

In the second week of August 2008, the western Oklahoma Panhandle got just enough rain to ease the region’s drought status from “exceptional” to “extreme“ according to the U.S. Drought Monitor report from August 12. The scattered August rains may be responsible for some of the vegetation patterns recorded by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA’s Terra satellite in this image from August 14, 2008.

Published Aug 20, 2008

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Vegetation in North America
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Vegetation in North America

Published Dec 22, 2001

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