megadrought in Chile, and climate change is at least partly to blame, scientists say. The" Southern Blob

“ This is right in line with what people were thinking of in the 1900s as a worst-case scenario.... All of California was considered in official drought from mid-May until the end of 2021, and at least three-quarters of the state was at the highest two drought levels from June through Christmas, according to the U.S. drought monitor.... “ For this drought to have just cranked up back to maximum drought intensity in late 2020 through 2021 is a quite emphatic statement by this 2000s drought sayi

Chilean authorities this year were forced to truck water to some 400, 000 people living in rural areas.... Natural variability in ocean and atmospheric temperatures also played a role, the scientists say. That massive blob – wider than the continental United States – is now 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than it was 40 years ago.... Areas of nearby ocean, however, have warmed much more slowly during that time, and are just 0.2C to 1C warmer, the study shows. The heat from the blob warms the air di

Less snowpack feeds rivers, streams and lakes in areas surrounding the mountains.... Minor cutbacks in water deliveries are expected next year if water levels in Lake Mead do not rebound.... David Paul Morris/ Bloomberg via Getty Images People on Folsom Lake during a drought in Granite Bay, Calif., May 25, 2021....

20-year megadrought that studies link to human-caused climate change. The Associated Press contributed to

There’s no relief in sight for the West’s record-shattering megadrought, which will likely only

megadrought stands out in the record as the “ worst ” or driest in more than a millennium

just a few weeks.... A climate change-fueled megadrought also is contributing to conditions that

point during a regional megadrought worsened by climate change.... The nation’s fastest-growing state

than 20-year megadrought that studies link to human-caused climate change.... Arizona, Nevada and