A strengthening El Niño developing in the Pacific could reshape U.S. drought patterns over the next year.
"We were picking cotton when Mama just stood up, and I can remember pretty much the words she said: 'Pick up your sacks, kids, we're going to California.'" One of the largest mass migrations in ...
The Dust Bowl of the 1930s was a devastating but temporary confluence of human cluelessness and natural accident. It was also ...
'The stronger the upcoming El Niño conditions get, the longer it takes for weather patterns to return to the historical ...
According to Naeem Kalwar, it takes 27 years to increase 1% of organic matter in the soil. But last week, it took a matter of minutes for that precious topsoil to blow vigorously across parts of North ...
This winter in Colorado has been one of the warmest and driest in recent history, but not the worst. There are other examples - like the Dust Bowl.