Drought exposes Byzantine ruins in Sapanca Lake, eastern Marmara’s lifeline As water levels recede in Türkiye's Sapanca Lake, an islet has surfaced with architectural remains that may point to a strategic Byzantine-era structure. #drought #Türkiye www.turkiyetoday.com/visuals/drou...

The snow water equivalent percent for the Western U.S. A large portion of the West has less than 50% of the NRCS 1991-2020 median. Some good storm systems are needed to deepen the snowpack. #snow #snowpack 🧪

Massive Train Derailment Occurs 17 Miles Northwest Of Cheyenne A BNSF train carrying dozens of double-stacked freight cars derailed early Friday morning northwest of Cheyenne. Although no cause has been given, residents blame the wind. #wind #weather #Wyoming cowboystatedaily.com/2025/12/19/f...

Warm weather and low snowpack bedevil Western ski resorts Ski resorts in the West are struggling to open runs as the warm, dry start to winter has brought little snow. #drought #snowdrought #tourism #ski apnews.com/article/drou...

‘The time to act is now’: Colorado River states still clashing as feds push them to reach a deal As Lake Powell sits at less than 1/3 full, federal leaders pushed states to agree on the future management of the drought-stricken Colorado River. #ColoradoRiver #drought www.sltrib.com/news/environ...

The US Seasonal Drought Outlook, valid through March 31, 2026 shows that drought may persist/develop (brown/yellow) in the Southwest, along the southern US and up the East Coast. Drought may improve/be removed (tan/green) in the Northwest and Midwest. #drought 🧪 www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/exp...

Drought worsened in parts of the Northeast, improved in the Northwest and was mixed in the Southeast. Drought (D1-D4) covered 40.52% of the contiguous US, an increase of 0.23 points. #drought #DroughtMonitor 🧪 droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap.a...

Climate change challenged as sole trigger of Syrian Civil War, exposing governance failures in drought response The study confirms that the conflict itself became the dominant driver of displacement, destroying infrastructure and preventing the return to abandoned lands. 🧪 phys.org/news/2025-12...

The North American Drought Monitor shows that drought intensified in Canada in November, eased slightly in the U.S., and expanded in Mexico. #drought #NorthAmericanDroughtMonitor #DroughtMonitor #NADM 🧪 droughtmonitor.unl.edu/NADM/Home.aspx

Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.

Northwest just finished warmest fall on record The Northwest just experienced its 6th warmest August on record, the warmest September on record — about 6 degrees Fahrenheit above normal and the 2nd warmest November on record, per NOAA data. 🧪 oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/12/16/n...

Ancient trees aren’t just big or old—they’re climate archives and cultural touchstones. A new SETI Institute Big Picture Science episode argues that protecting these few giants yields outsized benefits for science, history, and our future: bigpicturescience.org/episodes/bes...

Temperatures in the U.S. since Oct. 1 have been unusually warm in the West, with departures reaching 2 to 8 degrees above normal. Precipitation has been largely below normal from the Great Plains to the East Coast. Some parts of the West have gotten ample precip. 🧪 hprcc.unl.edu/maps.php?map...

Water levels across the Great Lakes are falling – just as US data centers move in Region struggling with drought now threatened by energy-hungry facilities – but some residents are fighting back. #GreatLakes #water #drought www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Colorado is fighting beetles on multiple fronts Gov. Polis signed an executive order to curb a mountain pine beetle outbreak in ponderosa forests along the front range. The infestation is attributed to drought and a warming climate. #Colorado #drought #beetle www.cpr.org/2025/12/15/p...

JBS to close California beef plant JBS will permanently close a facility in Riverside that prepares beef for sale at U.S. grocery stores, the world's largest meat company said on Friday, as tight cattle supplies have raised costs for meatpackers. www.reuters.com/world/us/jbs...

Utah's snow season isn't alone in its "slow start." Snowpack levels are below average to well below average in basins across the West, and satellite imagery shows that the region's snow cover is lowest thru the 1st week of December since 2001. #SnowDrought #drought www.ksl.com/article/5141...

New research shows that crops are far more vulnerable when too much rainfall originates from land rather than the ocean. Land-sourced moisture leads to weaker, less reliable rainfall, heightening drought risk. #drought #rainfall 🧪 www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Extreme weather events put increasing pressure on agriculture, potentially impacting the US's ability to provide food for its growing population and underscoring the importance of maintaining a resilient food supply chain. #drought #FoodSupply #agriculture phys.org/news/2025-12...

Drought eased in the Carolinas, in Gulf states, and in parts of the West as Washington endured record flooding. Drought worsened in small pockets across the US and covered 40.29% of the continental US, a decrease of 1.13 points. #drought #DroughtMonitor 🧪 droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/S...

La Niña is favored to continue for the next month or two, with a transition to ENSO-neutral most likely in January-March 2026 (68% chance). #LaNina #ENSO 🧪 www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/ana...

🌡️ November 2025 was the third-warmest November on record globally, keeping 2025 on track to be the second- or third-warmest year recorded. The global three-year average temperature for 2023–2025 will likely exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels for the first time.  Read more ⬇️

South Florida water managers struggle to balance estuary protection with drought concerns Rising salinity threatens Caloosahatchee River estuary species as freshwater flows fall short of targets nine of the last 14 days. #drought #salinity #water #Florida #estuary www.fox4now.com/labelle/sout...

A new ‘hypertropical’ climate is emerging in the Amazon Unprecedented hot drought conditions are becoming more common, exposing trees to deadly stress and reducing the region’s ability to absorb anthropogenic carbon dioxide. #drought #Amazon #climate 🧪 news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/10/a...

Weather Disruption Intensifies Across Global Supply Chains Climate-linked weather volatility is increasing in frequency, severity and geographic spread, and is now considered a structural threat to logistics reliability. #weather #SupplyChain #ExtremeWeather metro.global/news/weather...

The U.S. Southwest's disappearing precipitation is due to human-driven climate change, per report The Colorado River Basin, like much of the southwestern U.S., is in historic drought due to human activity. It's unlikely to rebound until we do something about it. #drought 🧪 phys.org/news/2025-12...

My piece in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on the rapid and widespread increase in violence over #water resources in the past several years. Record levels reported in 2024. thebulletin.org/2025/12/viol...

As farmers face trade wars and inflation, calls to mental health hotlines rise As farmers face historic headwinds and market hardships, calls to the national Farm Aid hotline and the Iowa Concern hotline are increasing. #farmers #MentalHealth #tariffs #Iowa nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/12/08/r...

Poland Spring’s water withdrawals during Maine’s drought Since mid-August, Maine has been in a drought. Poland Spring, the Maine-based water bottler, is pumping more water from springs than previously, despite drought and claiming it had cut back. #drought www.newscentermaine.com/article/mone...

The 'hobbits' mysteriously disappeared 50,000 years ago About 50,000 years ago, Homo floresiensis, or hobbits, disappeared. New evidence suggests extreme drought may have contributed to the hobbits' disappearance. #Hobbits #drought #Indonesia 🧪 phys.org/news/2025-12...

Snowpack in the West is lacking as shown by the snow water equivalent. Many basins across the West have snow water equivalents below 50% of normal as shown in red. #snow #snowpack #drought #precipitation 🧪 nwcc-apps.sc.egov.usda.gov/imap/#versio...

UK farmers lose £800m after heat, drought cause one of worst harvests on record Three of the five worst harvests on record have occurred since 2020, leaving some farmers asking whether the climate crisis is making it too financially risky to plant crops. #drought www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Drought changes were mixed across the US, with drought (D1-D4) covering 41.42% of the contiguous US, a decrease of 1.64 points from last week. #drought #DroughtMonitor 🧪 droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap.a...

Golden Eagles are quietly vanishing from Nevada The Golden Eagle population in Nevada was declining due to drought, disease that kills their prey, and energy projects reducing the amount of foraging ground, among other factors. #GoldenEagle #drought #Nevada 🧪 www.earth.com/news/golden-...

New England warming faster than most places on Earth, study finds New England’s transformation makes it the fastest-heating area of the US, bar the Alaskan Arctic, and the pace of its temperature rise has apparently increased in the past five years. 🧪 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

In November, the percent of normal precipitation was below normal for much of the US. Large swathes of the country received less than 75% (dark orange) of normal precip, while areas of the Southeast, Plains and West got less than 25% (red). #precipitation #drought 🧪 hprcc.unl.edu/products/map...

Iran to resort to water imports amid scarcity crisis Iran’s Energy Minister Abbas Aliabadi said that Tehran plans to import water from neighboring countries, while also utilizing the water flow into the sea amid intensified water scarcity in recent months. #drought thenewregion.com/posts/3847

Birds, plants and other wildlife are struggling from extended dry spells Arizona birds were moving out of their normal ranges and closer to backyard gardens as the birds searched for food amid extended drought. #drought #Arizona news.azpm.org/p/news-topic...

Severe and Persistent River Droughts Led to Collapse of Indus Valley Civilization Severe and persistent river droughts, each lasting longer than 85 years, affected the Indus basin between 4,400 and 3,400 years ago. #drought #IndusValley www.sci.news/archaeology/...

Heat and drought change what forests breathe out Rising global temperatures were expected to cause forest soils to leak more nitrogen gas into the air, further increasing both pollution and warming while robbing trees of an essential growth factor. #Drought #forest 🧪 news.ucr.edu/articles/202...

Taps may run dry in Iran, where the water crisis is so severe it can be seen from space Worshippers prayed for rain at a mosque in Tehran earlier this month as the city faces a water crisis so severe the Iranian president suggested people may need to evacuate. #drought www.cnn.com/2025/12/01/c...

Drought Drives Deer to Irrigated Croplands, Urban Landscaping During drought, Utah's mule deer move from natural habitat to irrigated croplands and urban landscaping when water content in plants dropped to a specific low. #drought #MuleDeer #Utah 🧪 www.usu.edu/today/story/...

The percent of normal precipitation map for the last 30 days shows that many parts of the US have received 50% or less (dark orange) of normal precipitation. Meanwhile, areas of California and the West have gotten 400% to 800% of normal precipitation. #precipitation 🧪 hprcc.unl.edu/products/map...

'Cloud-milking' is keeping forests alive in areas devastated by drought Cloud-milking is a zero-energy technique that uses a netting of metal pins to collect condensation from low-hanging fog. #drought #CloudMilking #CanaryIslands 🧪 www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/clo...

The US Seasonal Drought Outlook valid thru Feb 28, 2026 shows that drought may persist/develop in the Southwest, Southeast, and parts of MT, MN, WI, NE and ME. It may improve/be removed in areas of the Northwest, Northeast, TX to MI, and HI. #drought 🧪 www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/exp...

Drought expanded in many parts of the US with areas of improvement in the West and Northeast. Drought (D1-D4) covers 46.12% of the contiguous US, an increase of 1.69 points from last week. #drought #DroughtMonitor 🧪 droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/S...

'Once in a lifetime' Missouri tourist destination back from the depths for 4th year in a row, thanks to chronically low Mississippi River Hordes of tourists flocked to southern Missouri in 2022 for what they thought was going to be a rare event. #drought #Missouri www.ksdk.com/article/news...

Wisconsin archaeologists identify 16 ancient canoes in a prehistoric lake ‘parking lot’ Archaeologists mapped the site of 16 canoes submerged in the lake bed of Lake Mendota in Madison. The site is near a network of former indigenous trails. #Wisconsin #canoe #drought apnews.com/article/anci...

The polar vortex is about to bring a wild weather pattern change Over the next 10 days, changes in the stratosphere will upend weather patterns and set the stage for a cold, snowy December across parts of the Northern Hemisphere. #PolarVortex #SuddenStratosphericWarming www.cnn.com/2025/11/19/w...

Satellite Images Show Texas’ Strained Water Resources NASA released satellite images of two large depleted reservoirs near Corpus Christi in south Texas. A water emergency requiring tougher restrictions on outdoor water use may be needed by November 2026. #drought www.newsweek.com/nasa-satelli...