The top-line findings of a massive analysis of the growth rate of more than 20,000 tropical trees in more than 30 countries may at first seem reassuring: that droughts over the past century have had a ...

A global satellite study reveals how drought and wildfire together disrupt the relationship between rainfall, plant growth, ...

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln's National Drought Mitigation Center and the United Nations' Convention to Combat Desertification have released a report outlining the impacts of drought around the ...

The increasing frequency of compound drought and heatwave (CDHW) events poses a growing threat to water security, agriculture, and ecosystems. However, the evolution, expansion, and spatial ...

Aspen trees respond to past droughts by increasing their chemical defenses against insects, revealing a surprising form of environmental memory.

Purdue Extension urban forestry specialist Lindsey Purcell inspects leaves of a tulip poplar, Indiana’s state tree, for damage from lack of water. Although turning of leaf color is inevitable in ...

Low soil moisture and high vapour pressure deficit (VPD) cause plant water stress and lead to a variety of drought responses, including a reduction in transpiration and photosynthesis 1,2 . When soils ...

More than 13,000 droughts spanning years have overwhelmed our planet across nearly four decades. These severe droughts are becoming hotter, longer and more devastating as our planet’s global ...

During a historic drought in northern Kenya, a pastoralist community turned to a food source it had long viewed as a fallback for people without livestock: fishing. As herds dwindled and families ...

Contrary to predictions that changes in climate are going to cause forest, cropland, and rangeland productivity to decline over time, recent data show that the known fertilizing effect of additional ...

An increasing body of global scientific evidence suggests offshore wind farms can change local weather, including by reducing onshore rain. ... Read More The post Drying wake effect triggers offshore ...

Tree-ring samples taken by Paulo Quadri, who earned a Ph.D. in environmental studies from UC Santa Cruz, were included in the study. (Photo by Luz A. de Wit) The top-line findings of a massive ...