See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The western half of the United States is currently experiencing a ...

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The Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) historically drove a regular wet-dry cycle, but climate change might’ve hijacked this once-predictable climate pattern.

The Colorado River Basin meanders through seven U.S. states and supplies water to Lake Powell in the Upper Basin and Lake Mead in the Lower Basin. In turn, these reservoirs deliver water and power to ...

Current levels of dryness in the US Southwest and northwest Mexico haven’t been seen since medieval times. For years, scientists have wearily watched the trend toward megadrought in the American West, ...

Ponderosa pine trees are one of the most ubiquitous conifer species in western North America, extending from southern British Columbia all the way down to northern Mexico. In the American Southwest, ...

The American West's megadrought deepened so much last year that it is now the driest in at least 1,200 years and is a worst-case climate change scenario playing out live, a new study finds. A dramatic ...

ED:IE RIGHT NOW, WE ARE IN WHAT IS BEING CALLED A MEGA DROUT.GH THAT IS ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY RELEASED BY UCLA. GULSTAN: IT IS GETTING ATTENTION ONLINE, BUT WHAT DOES MEGA DROUGHT MEAN? HERE TEXO ...