Significant drought relief is becoming more difficult due to warming. The "megadrought" that's plaguing much of the western U.S. is a direct consequence of warming global temperatures, according to ...

A megadrought has sapped water supplies, ravaged farms and ranches, and fueled wildfires across the American Southwest for going on 25 years. Not in 12 centuries has the region been so dry for so long ...

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 ...

A megadrought ailing the American West got even drier last year and is becoming the deepest dry spell in more than 1,200 years. A study out Monday said the megadrought is now the worst-case scenario ...

For a full look at the state of the drought and wildfires across the West, and how the conditions are being exacerbated by climate change, watch the full special in the player embedded below. You can ...

The changes on Lake Mead may not look as extreme as other areas due to the zoomed-out nature of these two snapshots, but the wide view affords us some important perspective. The shrinkage is still ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The American West’s megadrought deepened so ...