The Drought In The Horn Of Africa

Medicine & Technology Oct 19, 2015

Climate changes have resulted in Horn of Africa to dry up.

In the Face of Climate Change the Western United States Faces An Energy Crisis Far Too Real

May 19, 2015

Two Arizona State University engineers warn that the power grid of the American West must be prepared for the impacts of climate change. The region's entire infrastructure for electricity generation and distribution must be "climate-proofed" to diminish the risk of future power shortages.

Record-Setting Drought Forces California Salmon to Take to the Highway

May 18, 2015

California's record-setting drought has dried up large swaths of the San Joaquin River; bad news for the state's salmon. So in a desperate effort to save a generation of hatchlings, tanker trucks are being employed to transport the young fish downstream. With their normal passage blocked, the fish are now migrating via Highway 99.

How Can The Pacific and a ‘Warm Blob’ Be the Cause of California’s Drought?

Apr 14, 2015

For several years now it has appeared that the climate in the West has been drastically changing. Naysayers might say that the illusion of “climate change” is all in our heads, but for those who had to ration water this past summer in California, the concept of climate change is certainly no longer a joke. But the conversation may not be entirely full of gloom and doom. In fact, thanks to our beloved Pacific Ocean and that nice coastal breeze that we love so dear, we may just see cooler temperatures after all, but we’re not like to get more rain.

Blue Hole of Belize May Explain What Happened to the Mayans

Dec 30, 2014

Scientists may have solved the mystery of the decline of the Mayan civilization by examining the Blue Hole of Belize.

On Droughts and Dust Bowls—California Looks Back to 1934

Oct 17, 2014

Recently accepted for publication by the journal Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union, the research lead by NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies analyzed the relative intensity and devastation caused by droughts since 1000 AD and found that though the 2014 summer in California was particularly out of the ordinary even in the driest of areas, it did not quite compare to the drought of 1934.