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
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
The U.S. Drought Monitor reports its lowest levels in 17 years.
Published May 5, 2017
Vegetation is withering across Central Chile.
Published Nov 18, 2019
Severe to extreme drought persists in the Southwest and the Plains in May 2014.
Published May 13, 2014
By late February 2018, an estimated 55 percent of the continental U.S. was classified as abnormally dry.
Published Mar 2, 2018
Nearly all of California was in a state of extreme drought at the end of January 2014. Forests and farms clearly showed the effects in satellite measurements of vegetation.
Published Feb 14, 2014
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
North Island vegetation shows signs of stress during one the region’s most severe droughts on record.
Published May 7, 2020
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
A dry summer is giving farmers in the Northeast one of their toughest seasons in years.
Published Sep 13, 2016
