Re “Wildfire Risk Only Growing for Northeast” (front page, Nov. 21): This article leaves the impression that the drought in the Northeast this fall, which drove record wildfires, was caused by ...

Area businesses and residents alike are feeling the effects of months of dry conditions that intensified in September across several Southwest Ohio counties. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, ...

Drought conditions before and during harvest can have severe consequences for your soybean crop. Drought can cause substantial yield reductions, especially during R4 to R6 growth stages, reducing both ...

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 ...

A global research effort led by Colorado State University shows that extreme, prolonged drought conditions in grasslands and shrublands would greatly limit the long-term health of crucial ecosystems ...

HERE. YOU KNOW, MANY OF THESE TREES HERE. UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF THE DROUGHT, THEY’RE DEHYDRATED. SO THIS ONE, LUCKILY, IT’S IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. BUT THE PROBLEM IS, IS WHEN YOU GET TO THESE ...

WEBB BENEFICIAL. WELL, YOU KNOW THE STORY ABOUT THE DROUGHT. FOR A CLOSER LOOK AT THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS AND SOME INTERESTING PICTURES THAT ARE KIND OF PLAYING OUT, EXACTLY HOW BAD THE DROUGHT IS, ...

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 ...

A new discovery by scientists could help protect crop production and reduce plant mortality due to drought, which accounts for a quarter of U.S. crop production losses. Water is essential for plants ...

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