Water supplies are near historically low levels in southeastern Brazil.
Published Oct 23, 2014
A new web tool designed by NASA applied scientists could help the tribe anticipate and respond to drought.
Published Apr 20, 2020
North Island vegetation shows signs of stress during one the region’s most severe droughts on record.
Published May 7, 2020
The volume of water in New Mexico’s largest reservoir has dropped to historic lows due to drought and persistent demand.
Published Jul 26, 2013
Dark brown squares mark fields that would ordinarily support irrigated crops in California’s Central Valley in this vegetation image. In 2009, a lack of water meant that the crops were not growing well or the fields lay fallow.
Published Aug 16, 2009
After four years of shrinking due to drought, the largest reservoir in California got a much-needed boost from El Niño-fueled winter precipitation.
Published Apr 7, 2016
As the wet season approached in South America, intense drought still ran deep across the Amazon basin and much of Brazil.
Published Dec 1, 2016
A new study found that the abundance of these floating plants has increased due to urbanization.
Published Sep 2, 2020
Reservoirs, lakes, and mountainsides are brimming with water and snow, though scientists caution that underground aquifers are a long way from having the same bounty.
Published Apr 21, 2017
Nearly 65 percent of the country’s reservoirs were running dry in June 2019.
Published Jun 27, 2019Image of the Day Water Drought Floods Severe Storms Temperature Extremes
Acquired at the end of July in 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012, these false-color images show changing conditions in Namibia’s Etosha Pan.
Published Sep 2, 2012
While autumn rains offered some relief to Northern California, drought still reigns in the southern part of the state.
Published Nov 16, 2016
Kansas wetlands dry out across two rain-scarce summers.
Published Oct 7, 2012
For elephants roaming the savanna in Kenya, drought can be a matter of life and death.
Published May 3, 2017
Reservoirs in the South African province are low after three years of unusually dry weather.
Published Nov 7, 2017
Satellite measurements of heavy isotopes in water vapor help solve a mystery of the rainforest.
Published Oct 31, 2017
The fast-growing city has polluted waterways and a growing demand for clean tap water.
Published Apr 11, 2017
Persistent drought and intensive water use has proven too much for this lake in Chile.
Published Apr 18, 2019
More than 64 million people are directly affected by drought in the Southwest and Southern Plains, and far more are indirectly affected because of the vast number of farms, orchards, and ranches that supply the rest of the United States.
Published Nov 27, 2014
The Dolmen de Guadalperal resurfaced after five decades underwater.
Published Sep 19, 2019
Natural vegetation and irrigated farmland along the Snake River Plain in Idaho use dramatically different amounts of water during the growing season.
Published Jan 26, 2010
