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 ...

Annual tree-ring growth records from more than 122 species of trees show that trees growing in wetter forests are more sensitive to increasing drought. The findings – which tackle a research question ...

In a recent study published in the journal Science Advances, researchers examined the influence of drought on human-wildlife conflict. Interactions between humans and wildlife have become more ...

A new study has unveiled a high-resolution, hourly solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) dataset designed to monitor vegetation photosynthesis during droughts. This innovative approach offers ...

Even though snow now covers much of our region, people who rely on wells for drinking water are still feeling the effects of ...

Farmers in the southern part of North Carolina are draining ponds to keep their crops irrigated, and ruins of flooded towns are emerging from Jordan Lake as drought conditions that have their roots in ...

An old roadbed that was part of community in the New Hope Valley before they were flooded upon Jordan Lake’s 1982 completion are visible Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2023 in Chapel Hill. Jordan Lake is more than ...

Stage 3 drought restrictions could reach Corpus Christi within the next two months, according to city officials. Without substantial rain “in the area of the watershed, we expect to go below 20% ...