Fish carcasses lie on dried mud on the shore of Lake Mead in 2022. The reservoir near Las Vegas is the largest on the Colorado River and stores water for Nevada, Arizona, California and Mexico. (Gina ...

LINCOLN, Neb. - The western U.S. continues to endure dry conditions, and now scientists are using the term "megadrought" to describe the problem — which has existed for decades — with no end in sight.

In tree ring records dating back to AD 800, the only multidecade drought that came close to today's was in the 1500s. Researchers say climate... Study finds Western megadrought is the worst in 1,200 ...

Clues from another dry spell 6,000 years ago are helping scientists understand what’s driving the latest one, and why it’s been so unrelenting. By Raymond Zhong A megadrought has sapped water supplies ...

Archaeologists have long suspected that climate can make or break a civilization, but the emerging picture of past “megadroughts” suggests something more severe: centuries-scale dry spells that can ...

Despite several snow-heavy winters in California, the snowpack in the Sierra Nevadas has not managed to cure the state of its dry soils. NASA satellite data has revealed that the recent major snowfall ...

Much of western Utah, including Salt Lake City, is under a red flag warning Saturday through Monday "for wind and low relative humidity," according to the National Weather Service office in Salt Lake ...

Three years ago, climate researchers shocked drought-weary Californians when they revealed that the American West was experiencing its driest 22-year period in 1,200 years, and that this severe ...

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 ...