Drought in Numbers 2022: Restoration for Readiness and Resilience
This report covers the impacts of drought on human society and world ecosystems, historical trends pertaining to drought, and various ways to combat drought globally.Read More →
Rapid intensification of the emerging southwestern North American megadrought in 2020–2021
This study shows that after exceptional drought severity in 2021, ~19% of which is attributable to anthropogenic climate trends, 2000–2021 was the driest 22-yr period since at least 800.Read More →
The 2021 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: code red for a healthy future
This review article represents the consensus of leading researchers on the health impacts of climate change.Read More →
Assessment of Historic and Future Trends of Extreme Weather in Texas, 1900-2036
This report analyzes historic observations of temperature, precipitation, and extreme weather in Texas and identifies ongoing and likely future trends out to the year 2036.Read More →
Intergenerational inequities in exposure to climate extremes
This study estimates that, under current climate pledges, children born in 2020 will experience a two- to sevenfold increase in extreme events, particularly heat waves, compared with people born in 1960.Read More →
NOAA Drought Task Force Report on the 2020–2021 Southwestern U.S. Drought
This report analyses the causes of the 2020–21 U.S. Southwest drought.Read More →
Impacts of extreme climate on Australia’s green cover (2003–2018): A MODIS and mascon probe
This study investigates the effects of extreme climate on Australia's green cover during 2003–2018 for the end of rainy seasons of April and October in the northern and southern parts, respectively.Read More →
Combined Impacts of Warm Central Equatorial Pacific Sea Surface Temperatures and Anthropogenic Warming on the 2019 Severe Drought in East China
Warm central equatorial Pacific sea surface temperature and anthropogenic warming were possibly responsible for the severe drought that occurred in East China from August to October 2019. Read More →
State of the Climate: National Climate Report
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the climate in the United States by month, including data on precipitation, drought, and temperature and how it compares to national averages. Read More →
Physical Understanding of Human-Induced Changes in U.S. Hot Droughts Using Equilibrium Climate Simulations
Summertime drought–heat-wave relationships have changed significantly over the southern and southwestern United States because of anthropogenic climate change since the late nineteenth century.Read More →