Drought Archives

September 8, 2026

As droughts intensify and groundwater warms, contaminants can move into underground aquifers – threatening drinking water and agriculture. By Sanket...

COLORADO NEWSLINE: What climate science tells us about the causes of the Colorado River crisis

Colorado Newsline

Colorado River

August 26, 2026

Researchers have grown increasingly confident in global warming’s role in post-2000 ‘megadrought’ by Chase Woodruff, Colorado Newsline Elected officials from...

EOS: California’s drought irreversibly damaged Sacramento Valley aquifers

American Geophysical Union

Groundwater News

August 21, 2026

Satellite data have revealed an abrupt drop in aquifers’ ability to recharge after the 2020–2022 drought. More real-time monitoring could...

NASA data feeds river forecasts as snow drought effects linger

NASA/JPL

Hydrology

August 21, 2026

By Emily DeMarco, NASA As the effects of the 2026 snow drought in the western United States carry into summer,...

RESEARCH ARTICLE: Drought extremes are intensifying more rapidly than in the past

American Geophysical Union

Hydrology Research article

August 18, 2026

Twenty ensemble members from a 600-year climate simulation reveal that drought extremes are intensifying more rapidly than in the past...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: ‘Snow-eater’ heat waves adding to water woes plaguing the West

Courthouse News Service

Hydrology

August 7, 2026

Scientists developed a new method to better identify and understand the particular heat waves that cause abrupt snowmelt. By Carly...

GRIST: Wildfire prevention has always been a challenge in the West. Hotter, drier weather is making it worse.

Grist

Wildfires and watersheds

July 31, 2026

In an overheating era, the old ways of keeping fires from raging out of control may no longer work By...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: California drought caused irreversible ground sinking in Sacramento Valley

Courthouse News Service

Groundwater News

July 28, 2026

Heavy groundwater pumping during California’s 2020-2022 drought caused the ground in the Sacramento Valley to sink faster than expected, permanently...