us drought monitor

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is developing a framework for assessing drought in a changing climate. It's a tricky question.

Programs that provide drought relief to farmers use the U.S. Drought Monitor to determine eligibility, but some experts say it doesn’t always capture local conditions.

A new report shows that the nation's worst drought in decades is getting worse again, ending an encouraging five-week run of improving conditions.The…