Climate change linked to California drought disaster
Scientists say there’s a link between California’s severe drought and global warming. Noah Diffenbaugh, a climate scientist at Stanford University, used a novel combination of computer simulations and...
View ArticleShould Americans who use more water, pay more?
If dollar bills flowed out of the faucet and down the drain every time you turned on the tap, would you use less water? About one-third of the United States is in at least a moderate state of drought...
View ArticleCan clear pots build drought-proof wheat?
Growing grain in clear plastic pots may be a way to counter drought, which is expected to become more severe and more frequent worldwide. The inexpensive and simple technique, which will would allow...
View Article5 experts weigh in on California’s drought
Groundwater, snow, evaporation, and jet stream are all key parts of understanding California’s drought. Here are five things to know about the situation. 1. Blame an increasingly wavy jet stream The...
View ArticleDrought can kill trees for years and years
The fact that drought kills trees is well known. But a new study of nearly 29,000 trees at two research forests in North Carolina shows the effects can be far more long-lasting than experts once...
View ArticleTrees take divergent paths to beat the heat
In the face of adverse conditions, people might feel tempted by two radically different options: hunker down and wait for conditions to improve, or press on and hope for the best. A new study suggests...
View ArticleIs California’s drought now the rule, not the exception?
Atmospheric patterns resembling those that appeared during the latter half of California’s ongoing multiyear drought are becoming much more common, a new study finds. “The current record-breaking...
View ArticleMussels and marshes save each other from drought
As coastal ecosystems feel the heat of climate change, new research shows mussels and marsh grass form a partnership that is mutually beneficial. Their teamwork may be critical to helping them bounce...
View ArticleMigrating birds need these shrinking ‘rest stops’
Drought and reduced seasonal flooding of wetlands and farm fields threaten a globally important stopover site for tens of thousands of migratory shorebirds in California’s Sacramento Valley, a new...
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Tweaked plants grow less but handle drought
A group of proteins called WRKYs (pronounced ‘workies’) govern both stress response and growth in plants, report researchers. This makes the proteins of particular interest to plant breeders and crop...
View ArticleShould Americans who use more water, pay more?
If dollar bills flowed out of the faucet and down the drain every time you turned on the tap, would you use less water? About one-third of the United States is in at least a moderate state of drought...
View ArticleCan clear pots build drought-proof wheat?
Growing grain in clear plastic pots may be a way to counter drought, which is expected to become more severe and more frequent worldwide. The inexpensive and simple technique, which will would allow...
View Article5 experts weigh in on California’s drought
Groundwater, snow, evaporation, and jet stream are all key parts of understanding California’s drought. Here are five things to know about the situation. 1. Blame an increasingly wavy jet stream The...
View ArticleDrought can kill trees for years and years
The fact that drought kills trees is well known. But a new study of nearly 29,000 trees at two research forests in North Carolina shows the effects can be far more long-lasting than experts once...
View ArticleTrees take divergent paths to beat the heat
In the face of adverse conditions, people might feel tempted by two radically different options: hunker down and wait for conditions to improve, or press on and hope for the best. A new study suggests...
View ArticleIs California’s drought now the rule, not the exception?
Atmospheric patterns resembling those that appeared during the latter half of California’s ongoing multiyear drought are becoming much more common, a new study finds. “The current record-breaking...
View ArticleMussels and marshes save each other from drought
As coastal ecosystems feel the heat of climate change, new research shows mussels and marsh grass form a partnership that is mutually beneficial. Their teamwork may be critical to helping them bounce...
View ArticleMigrating birds need these shrinking ‘rest stops’
Drought and reduced seasonal flooding of wetlands and farm fields threaten a globally important stopover site for tens of thousands of migratory shorebirds in California’s Sacramento Valley, a new...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tweaked plants grow less but handle drought
A group of proteins called WRKYs (pronounced ‘workies’) govern both stress response and growth in plants, report researchers. This makes the proteins of particular interest to plant breeders and crop...
View ArticleJet stream changes linked to Europe’s extreme weather
Increased fluctuations in the path of the North Atlantic jet stream since the 1960s coincide with more extreme weather events in Europe such as heat waves, droughts, wildfires, and flooding,...
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