News Archive

2025

• Taking stock: interdisciplinary group works together on Great Plains stock pond issues (Jan. 31, 2025)
• Brief Mentions January 2025 (Jan. 31, 2025)

2024

• In Memoriam: Deb Wood, 1956-2024 (Dec. 18, 2024)
• Brief mentions October 2024 (Oct. 30, 2024)
• Drought Resilience +10 conference emphasizes proactive drought response (Oct. 30, 2024)
• Brief mentions July 2024 (Jul. 26, 2024)
• Collaborative internship provides wealth of natural resource management experience (Jun. 24, 2024)
• Zhang uses AI models to boost drought impact analysis (Jun. 12, 2024)
• Schwartz brings together physical and social sciences in dissertation (Jun. 3, 2024)
• ACF basin workshop convenes regional stakeholders (May. 22, 2024)
• Southwest workshop helps participants dig into soil health (May. 22, 2024)
• Collaborative project builds on the GCDI to integrate and map social risk with drought vulnerability (May. 16, 2024)
• Brief mentions April 2024 (Apr. 24, 2024)
• State Impacts tool now offers enhanced user experience (Apr. 24, 2024)
• Varisco joins NDMC as social scientist (Mar. 7, 2024)
• Brief mentions January 2024 (Jan. 26, 2024)
• NDMC partners with the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification on drought impacts policy brief (Jan. 25, 2024)

2023

• Bathke selected to serve as interim state climatologist (Dec. 6, 2023)
• NU researchers, alumni contribute to national climate assessment (Nov. 20, 2023)
• ForDRI monitors and predicts drought in U.S. forests (Oct. 30, 2023)
• Brief mentions October 2023 (Oct. 30, 2023)
• NDMC analysis finds changing snow, precipitation trends in the Northeast (Oct. 17, 2023)
• Objective blends now include machine learning technology, new inputs (Oct. 2, 2023)
• OWWLS expands to cover the entire U.S., Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands (Sep. 26, 2023)
• Collaborative plan heightens Iowa’s response to drought (Aug. 2, 2023)
• Master’s project takes Drought Center student from Nebraska to Alaska (Jul. 17, 2023)
• Ag In Drought combines drought, crop areas, crop progress and management resources (Jun. 19, 2023)
• NDMC partnership works to enhance drought and climate resilience of Indigenous farmers in the Middle Rio Grande basin (Apr. 18, 2023)
• We're all in this together: Stakeholders work to increase drought resilience of the ACF Basin (Apr. 5, 2023)
• Multidisciplinary team looks to increase the resilience of food systems to climate shocks like drought (Mar. 30, 2023)
• Study finds states facing worse drought have more comprehensive drought planning (Feb. 6, 2023)
• NDMC and World Bank partner on drought monitoring tools for southern Africa (Feb. 1, 2023)
• NDMC joins forces with the UN Convention to Combat Desertification to advance global drought resilience agenda (Jan. 26, 2023)
• CMOR helps officials respond to drought in Missouri (Jan. 19, 2023)

2022

• Drought workshops focus on agriculture in Alaska (Dec. 15, 2022)
• New interactive interface and export tool help users visualize and customize U.S. Drought Monitor maps (Oct. 24, 2022)
• New research from the National Drought Mitigation Center (Oct. 12, 2022)
• In a summer for the record books, the U.S. hits 106 weeks straight with more than 40% of the Lower 48 in drought (Oct. 6, 2022)
• New tool makes U.S. drought impacts searchable by state and drought level (Sep. 9, 2022)
• NDMC and Drought Learning Network partners use podcasts to reach agricultural producers and resource managers (Aug. 25, 2022)
• Flash drought showing up with 4-category change over 4 weeks on current U.S. Drought Monitor (Jul. 29, 2022)
• NDMC visiting student brings international insight on crowdsourcing drought data (Jul. 26, 2022)
• Stakeholders meet to share resources and experiences for drought planning in the Southwest (Jul. 22, 2022)
• New map shows the location of weather and water stations across the West (Jul. 14, 2022)
• Drought Center kicks off $1 million Defense project to predict unrest (Jul. 11, 2022)
• U.S. Drought Monitor now provides county-level drought stats (Jun. 22, 2022)
• NDMC, New Mexico pueblos, USDA NRCS and Southwest Climate Hub team up for Drought-Smart Indigenous Agriculture (May. 9, 2022)
• Ranchers review researchers’ drought planning tools (Apr. 28, 2022)
• Drought notches U.S. Drought Monitor record for duration across Lower 48 states (Jan. 20, 2022)
• NDMC’s Haigh to contribute to National Climate Assessment of Northern Great Plains Region (Jan. 13, 2022)
• Drought Center develops new objective blend tools (Jan. 11, 2022)

2021

• U.S. Drought Monitor feature provides emailed alerts about county-level drought designations (Dec. 9, 2021)
• Meet NDMC’s newest staff member, Maddie Goebel (Nov. 23, 2021)
• Drought Center creates tool that could help detect emerging impacts by tracking news (Nov. 8, 2021)
• Southwest Drought Learning Network Sharing Management Practices team shares lessons learned during regional droughts (Aug. 13, 2021)
• U.S. Drought Monitor now searchable by tribal area (Aug. 10, 2021)
• New Drought Center dashboard steps ranchers through key questions (May. 11, 2021)
• NDMC’s Mwape working with Nebraskans on Republican River Basin drought project (May. 4, 2021)
• New interactive guide helps drought planners pick best scenario exercises for different group events (Apr. 16, 2021)
• Decade of growth reflected in reach of North Central Climate and Drought webinar series (Apr. 15, 2021)
• National Drought Mitigation Center enters into 3-year USDA agreement (Jan. 7, 2021)

2020

• Study shows ranchers with drought plans in place make some pivotal moves sooner than those who don’t (Dec. 23, 2020)
• NDMC's Haigh discusses drought and rancher decision-making on Center for Grassland Studies Podcast (Nov. 17, 2020)
• Drought Center develops social media resources to help encourage drought monitoring (Nov. 9, 2020)
• Southeast Alaska's unique drought impacts cataloged (Nov. 9, 2020)
• Pilot system monitors tweets for drought early warning (Sep. 29, 2020)
• Drought Risk Atlas adds trends analysis to growing list of capabilities (Aug. 19, 2020)
• To help farmers better prepare for drought, Rimsaite analyzes water markets for NDMC, Water for Food (Aug. 10, 2020)
• NDMC’s directors look back at what led to center’s founding 25 years ago (Aug. 6, 2020)
• NDMC releases new tools to help Midwestern specialty crop growers make decisions in times of drought (Aug. 3, 2020)
• Grass-Cast maps now available on National Drought Mitigation Center website (Apr. 27, 2020)
• NDMC, CALMIT help launch latest drought monitoring and forecast products utilizing NASA satellite observations (Mar. 31, 2020)
• NDMC director Svoboda invited by UN to join two key groups dedicated to drought risk management (Mar. 13, 2020)
• First coined at NDMC, 'flash drought' phenomenon is subject of new Nature publication (Mar. 2, 2020)
• New form helps “see more” drought (Feb. 27, 2020)
• Landscape photographers invited to submit photos for Visual Drought Atlas (Jan. 31, 2020)

2019

• Drought Center to help with Central and South American drought planning (Dec. 3, 2019)
• Database includes more types of drought planning (Oct. 31, 2019)
• NDMC’s Haigh finds ranchers delayed response to drought (Oct. 24, 2019)
• Drought Risk Atlas updated through 2017, with 50% more stations (Oct. 14, 2019)
• New fact sheet lists USDA’s drought recovery resources (Oct. 4, 2019)
• Upcoming webinar offers land use solutions to reduce drought risk (Oct. 2, 2019)
• U.S. Drought Monitor now offers tables showing drought impacts at state level (Sep. 26, 2019)
• U.S. Drought Monitor celebrates its 20th year (Sep. 17, 2019)
• Report highlights drought scenario options for planning processes (Sep. 12, 2019)
• Upcoming webinar offers community planners information to help reduce risk in times of drought (Sep. 6, 2019)
• Western Kentucky University site of biennial drought forum in September (Aug. 6, 2019)
• Officials from Botswana, Eswatini visit NDMC as part of World Bank partnership (Jul. 1, 2019)
• New U.S. Drought Monitor tutorial now available on National Drought Mitigation Center website (Jun. 27, 2019)
• Drought's connection to public health explored at June summit (Jun. 17, 2019)
• U.S. Drought Monitor now includes U.S. Virgin Islands (Jun. 6, 2019)
• National Drought Mitigation Center's scenario game, Ready for Drought, shows value of collaboration (May. 29, 2019)
• New research examines drought effects on state recreation areas (May. 9, 2019)
• U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands now part of U.S. Drought Monitor (Apr. 8, 2019)
• At Ethiopian space science workshop, NDMC climatologist sees promise in preparing for drought (Apr. 1, 2019)
• Water conservation tips for drought, flood and other disasters (Mar. 20, 2019)
• 5 states began drought plan updates in 2018 (Jan. 31, 2019)
• New web-based form makes submitting drought observations easier (Jan. 28, 2019)
• Public health practitioners to share lessons learned on drought (Jan. 11, 2019)

2018

• Christmas tree shortages across the country attributed partly to drought (Dec. 10, 2018)
• FEMA risk assessment process tailored for drought (Nov. 13, 2018)
• US Drought Monitor data gathering network reaches throughout communities and across the nation (Aug. 20, 2018)
• U.S. Drought Monitor for July 12, 2018 shows drought relinquishing 12-month grip over most of Northern Plains (Jul. 13, 2018)
• Deadline nearing for drought and public health conference abstract submissions (Jul. 3, 2018)
• Use #drought18 to tell us how drought is affecting you (Jun. 13, 2018)
• Grass-Cast: A New, Experimental Grassland Productivity Forecast for the Northern Great Plains (May. 23, 2018)
• Texas state climatologist to discuss drought in southern Plains (Mar. 7, 2018)
• Svoboda named to United Nations Science and Policy Advisory Group (Mar. 6, 2018)
• U.S. Drought Monitor analyzed for National Weather Service areas (Feb. 22, 2018)

2017

• Water and Climate Program to target government officials (Dec. 18, 2017)
• Letting lawns go brown can preserve water for others during drought (Dec. 7, 2017)
• Redefining drought could lead to better preparation (Nov. 1, 2017)
• US Drought Monitor es en Español (Sep. 28, 2017)
• Drought center launches fresh look for USDM site (Sep. 18, 2017)
• Cultivating drought preparedness in South Africa (Sep. 8, 2017)
• U.S. Drought Monitor first: No dryness or drought in New Mexico (Aug. 24, 2017)
• Warning system gets the early drop on drought (Jul. 12, 2017)
• Webinar: A look at drought in the Northern Plains (Jun. 22, 2017)
• Hayes, Svoboda contribute to EU disaster risk management report (Jun. 9, 2017)
• New maps, new website highlight drought effects on agriculture (Jun. 2, 2017)
• Drought, regional climate centers receive Climate Adaptation honorable mention (May. 24, 2017)
• Survey finds drought info leads to better decisions (Apr. 5, 2017)
• Drought Center releases inaugural annual report (Mar. 14, 2017)

2016

• Video highlights North Platte NRD drought tourney (Dec. 22, 2016)
• U.S. drought coverage increases sharply in November (Dec. 1, 2016)
• In Memory of Kelly Redmond (Nov. 15, 2016)
• U.S. drought coverage increases as conditions deteriorate in the Southeast (Nov. 3, 2016)
• Drought management framework for Africa approved (Oct. 24, 2016)
• Using CoCoRaHS observations to fine-tune drought maps (Oct. 14, 2016)
• Svoboda named director of National Drought Mitigation Center (Oct. 4, 2016)
• Applying Season-ahead Precipitation and Streamflow Forecasts to Guide Reservoir Allocations: A Case Study of the Highland Lakes in Central Texas (Sep. 15, 2016)
• U.S. drought coverage decreases during August, but intensifies in Northeast (Sep. 8, 2016)
• Build drought resilience with ideas from the Heartland Native Plant Summit (Aug. 18, 2016)
• U.S. Virgin Islands to be included in Drought Monitor (Aug. 15, 2016)
• U.S. drought coverage nearly doubled since March 2016 (Aug. 4, 2016)
• Drought guidebook most comprehensive catalog of indicators available (Jul. 28, 2016)
• NU agencies lead project to help MENA region respond to drought (Jul. 12, 2016)
• U.S. drought coverage increases in June 2016 (Jul. 7, 2016)
• Don Wilhite to retire June 30 (Jun. 28, 2016)
• New report examines drought risk and management in parched Caribbean (Jun. 20, 2016)
• California reservoir recovery slowing (Jun. 14, 2016)
• U.S. crops and pastures generally good to excellent in May 2016 (Jun. 2, 2016)
• NDMC, JPL talk satellites and drought (May. 23, 2016)
• Caribbean nations use “writeshops” to advance drought preparedness (May. 16, 2016)
• U.S. Crops in Drought, April: Winter wheat, rangeland and pastures in good shape (May. 5, 2016)
• USDA: Cattle, winter wheat affected by March drought expansion in S. Plains (Apr. 8, 2016)
• Nebraska’s Lower Platte South Natural Resources District recognized for drought tournament (Apr. 1, 2016)
• Kenyan agency leader dedicated to preventing drought-related deaths (Mar. 31, 2016)
• Drought Center celebrates 20+ years of protecting livelihoods (Mar. 24, 2016)
• Nemaha NRD drought scenario exercise a step toward addressing competing water uses (Mar. 23, 2016)
• Undergrads contribute to drought research (Mar. 16, 2016)
• US drought footprint continues to shrink (Mar. 2, 2016)
• US drought coverage down to least amount in 5+ years (Feb. 4, 2016)
• Experts point to humans’ role in drought (Feb. 2, 2016)
• USDA Crops In Drought Update: Heavy rains reduce drought (Jan. 7, 2016)

2015

• Heavy November rains sharply reduce U.S. drought (Dec. 3, 2015)
• NDMC has much to celebrate (Nov. 13, 2015)
• USDA’s Crops in Drought Analysis as of Nov. 3: Heavy rains consistent with El Niño shrank drought rapidly from TX to AL (Nov. 5, 2015)
• Two-week US Drought Monitor change was big but not biggest (Nov. 5, 2015)
• U.S. Crops in Drought for Sept. 2015: Entrenched drought affecting rangeland and pastures in WA, OR, CA (Oct. 5, 2015)
• Cost-benefit analysis can help utilities manage drought proactively (Oct. 5, 2015)
• South Korea delegation learns about drought (Oct. 5, 2015)
• Poll: Rural Nebraskans ready to act on climate change (Sep. 15, 2015)
• U.S. Crops in Drought as of Sept. 1: WA, OR & CA pastures and soil moisture affected by ongoing drought, with new drought emerging from TX to NC (Sep. 4, 2015)
• Atlas details Corn Belt farmers’ beliefs and practices (Aug. 20, 2015)
• U.S. Crops in Drought through Aug. 4: Drought developing in parts of the South (Aug. 6, 2015)
• Caribbean region a leader in drought early warning (Jul. 28, 2015)
• Wind River Reservation Tribes work with research coalition to enhance drought and climate resilience (Jul. 24, 2015)
• USDA Analysis: Drought expands in NW, SE in June; LA has driest 4 years on record (Jul. 2, 2015)
• NOAA’s new drought center builds on National Drought Mitigation Center (Jun. 25, 2015)
• USDA Ag in Drought as of June 2, 2015: Huge reduction in drought too late for some winter wheat (Jun. 4, 2015)
• U.S. Crops in Drought through April 28, 2015: Drought cuts into California planting intentions, but dryness helps Midwest planting progress quickly (Apr. 30, 2015)
• Intermountain West, Great Plains, upper Midwest see development, expansion of drought (Apr. 2, 2015)
• Researchers collaborate with Morocco on state-of-the-art satellite-based drought index (Mar. 20, 2015)
• 2015 U.S. Drought Monitor Forum, Reno, NV, April 14-16 (Mar. 17, 2015)
• Research explores ag advisers' ability to communicate climate info (Feb. 27, 2015)
• Drought lingers in West and southern Plains but major precipitation headed for Northern California (Feb. 5, 2015)
• Drought Center researchers "aboard" NASA soil moisture mission as early adopters (Jan. 26, 2015)
• Drought, climate change and public health webinar Jan. 28 (Jan. 15, 2015)
• How the 2012 central U.S. drought evolved from the floods of 2011: A state-by-state assessment (Jan. 12, 2015)
• Drought at smallest extent in three years, but entrenched over parts of West and southern Plains (Jan. 8, 2015)

2014

• Special California Drought Update through Dec. 16 from USDA (Dec. 18, 2014)
• Global Drought Information System Workshop identifies next steps (Dec. 17, 2014)
• USDA’s Dec. 2 Crops in Drought analysis: 37% of winter wheat and 28% of cattle in drought-affected area (Dec. 4, 2014)
• Ranchers encouraged to become spotters for U.S. Drought Monitor (Nov. 13, 2014)
• U.S. Crops in Drought through Oct. 28: more than a third of winter wheat in drought (Oct. 30, 2014)
• US Crop Production report shows drought's effect on CA ag (Oct. 16, 2014)
• Community Capitals Framework Institute to feature public health and hazard resilience (Oct. 8, 2014)
• USDA’s Ag in Drought analysis shows CA rangeland hardest hit (Oct. 2, 2014)
• Population in Drought data now available (Sep. 4, 2014)
• NDMC helps Brazil implement drought early warning and risk management (Aug. 28, 2014)
• Drought coverage holding steady at 34 percent of contiguous US, most intense in California and West (Aug. 7, 2014)
• 2014 Community Capitals Framework Institute to include focus on water and drought (Jul. 23, 2014)
• Analysis of drought’s effects on agriculture in June 2014 (Jul. 3, 2014)
• Despite improvement, drought taking a toll (Jun. 5, 2014)
• "New Dust Bowl" or "Terrible Teens" drought taking a toll (May. 5, 2014)
• Photographing range can help decision-making during and after drought (Apr. 30, 2014)
• U.S. drought intensified slightly in March (Apr. 3, 2014)
• Drought Risk Atlas analyzes drought history for your local climate station (Mar. 25, 2014)
• Drought Center climatologist Tadesse leading $1.6 million NASA project to predict drought and flood in Africa (Mar. 13, 2014)
• Storms ease Western drought but much more precipitation needed (Mar. 6, 2014)
• Climate and social scientists help refine climate tools for agriculture (Mar. 4, 2014)
• Federal agencies and State of California coordinating response to drought (Feb. 7, 2014)
• California drought intensifies and U.S. drought spreads (Feb. 6, 2014)
• Drought Center part of international research team looking at impacts and decision making (Feb. 4, 2014)
• Planning and Drought now available (Jan. 31, 2014)
• California drought deepens as state sets records for dryness (Jan. 30, 2014)
• Change maps simplify comparisons (Jan. 22, 2014)
• Dry 2013 shatters California record (Jan. 17, 2014)
• Dry western weather increases U.S. drought coverage (Jan. 9, 2014)

2013

• Range and Irrigation Experts to Discuss Managing Extreme and Extended Drought at Jan. 9 Kansas Workshop (Dec. 19, 2013)
• Drought coverage stays near 30 percent of continental U.S. (Dec. 12, 2013)
• Drought in U.S. mostly unchanged in past week (Dec. 5, 2013)
• NCAT Seeks Partners for Service Program To Help Communities Cope with Drought (Dec. 3, 2013)
• Winter weather eases drought from California to Texas (Nov. 27, 2013)
• Drought expands in pockets across the U.S. (Nov. 21, 2013)
• Workshop to Help Crop and Range Managers Weather Extreme and Extended Drought (Nov. 20, 2013)
• Drought increases in East, decreases in Midwest (Nov. 14, 2013)
• Precipitation chipping away at drought in Plains and Midwest (Nov. 7, 2013)
• Rains improve drought in the South but drought expands in Northeast (Oct. 31, 2013)
• Drought eases across Plains but hydrologic impacts linger in Texas (Oct. 24, 2013)
• Drought recedes in central states, holds on in West (Oct. 17, 2013)
• Drought eases in Plains, South and West (Oct. 10, 2013)
• Drought eases in West and holds on in Midwest (Oct. 3, 2013)
• Drought eases over southwestern and central states (Sep. 26, 2013)
• NDMC co-hosts NASA Water Resources meeting Sept. 24-26 (Sep. 23, 2013)
• Drought Center social scientists contribute to 'U2U' surveys, focus groups (Sep. 23, 2013)
• Torrential rains ease drought in West (Sep. 19, 2013)
• Join us for a #Drought Tweet Chat Sept. 24 (Sep. 17, 2013)
• Drought expands in hot Midwest, South (Sep. 12, 2013)
• Corn Belt drought intensifies while rains bring scattered relief elsewhere (Sep. 5, 2013)
• Rapid expansion in Upper Midwest pushes drought coverage to more than half of continental U.S. (Aug. 29, 2013)
• Worst drought eases, moderate drought returns to Corn Belt, western wildfires burn (Aug. 22, 2013)
• Remaining patches of exceptional drought recede, while drought expands and intensifies elsewhere (Aug. 15, 2013)
• Drought recedes in Plains and Southwest, expands in West (Aug. 8, 2013)
• Cool, wet weather brings incremental relief from drought (Aug. 1, 2013)
• Moderate drought expands in Northwest and South but Southwest sees some relief (Jul. 25, 2013)
• Spanish scientist refines use of remote sensing of drought for forests (Jul. 23, 2013)
• Drought expands as rains bring patchy relief to worst areas (Jul. 18, 2013)
• How can we help you prepare for drought? (Jul. 17, 2013)
• Drought entrenched in Southwest with eastern edge expanding (Jul. 11, 2013)
• Drought intensifies in the West on July 2 U.S. Drought Monitor map (Jul. 3, 2013)
• NDMC Climatologist Tsegaye Tadesse working with Mexico on a version of VegDRI (Jun. 28, 2013)
• Drought intensifies in Southwest (Jun. 27, 2013)
• Drought intensifies in the West, raising concerns about fire and range conditions (Jun. 20, 2013)
• TS Andrea brings relief to eastern U.S.; hot and dry conditions continue to plague western U.S. (Jun. 13, 2013)
• Presentations from ranching workshop in Socorro are available (Jun. 11, 2013)
• NDMC's new monthly assessment reviews drought, impacts (Jun. 10, 2013)
• Net decrease shown in drought as westward shift continues (Jun. 6, 2013)
• Drought shrinks across upper Midwest and northern Plains (May. 30, 2013)
• Drought contracted overall but intensified in west Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico (May. 23, 2013)
• Drought recedes incrementally but still covers nearly half the country (May. 16, 2013)
• Drought intensifies in New Mexico and the West on U.S. Drought Monitor map (May. 9, 2013)
• Drought intensifies in SE Colorado and in Southwestern U.S., eases in the East (May. 2, 2013)
• NDMC’s Fuchs to give NOAA webinar on the new Drought Risk Atlas (Apr. 29, 2013)
• Drought shifts west on April 23 U.S. Drought Monitor as heavy rains drench the Midwest (Apr. 25, 2013)
• Drought coverage falls below 50 percent of contiguous United States for the first time since June 2012 (Apr. 18, 2013)
• Nebraska leads nationwide improvement on April 9 U.S. Drought Monitor, but Southwest gets worse (Apr. 11, 2013)
• Drought expands in Texas and Florida on latest U.S. Drought Monitor map (Apr. 4, 2013)
• Drought ebbs in Southeast, intensifies in Texas (Mar. 28, 2013)
• Drought expands incrementally over South, while Illinois is now drought-free (Mar. 21, 2013)
• NDMC contributes to international drought policy meeting (Mar. 15, 2013)
• Rains improve drought in the Midwest on March 12 U.S. Drought Monitor map (Mar. 14, 2013)
• U.S. Drought Monitor shows drought worsening in Texas and Florida (Mar. 7, 2013)
• Feb. 26 U.S. Drought Monitor: Winter storms reduce drought in Southeast and south Plains (Feb. 28, 2013)
• Ranchers develop planning methodology to best respond to drought (Feb. 28, 2013)
• Rains ease drought in South and Southeast on Feb. 19 U.S. Drought Monitor (Feb. 21, 2013)
• U.S. Drought Monitor: Rains ease drought in Southeast and other areas (Feb. 14, 2013)
• U.S. Drought Monitor Forum 2013 to focus on drought in the tropics (Feb. 11, 2013)
• Webinar explores successes of drought games (Feb. 8, 2013)
• U.S. Drought Monitor: Rains ease drought across the country but worst areas still dry (Feb. 7, 2013)
• U.S. Drought Monitor: West gets rain, Southeast dries out, Plains endure (Jan. 31, 2013)
• Rains ease drought in Midwest and East but Plains and West still dry (Jan. 24, 2013)
• Drought decreases in many spots across the U.S. but holds on in Plains (Jan. 17, 2013)
• Drought contracts slightly for week ending Jan. 8 (Jan. 10, 2013)
• Storms bring minor improvements to drought (Jan. 3, 2013)

2012

• Impacts could intensify nationally and locally if drought continues into 2013 (Dec. 20, 2012)
• Plains hoping for rain and snow as drought holds steady (Dec. 20, 2012)
• Total area of U.S. in drought recedes slightly (Dec. 13, 2012)
• West benefits from rain as drought lingers across the country (Dec. 6, 2012)
• Webinar series will help ranch advisors focus on drought planning (Dec. 5, 2012)
• Climate Masters program begins Jan. 16 (Dec. 3, 2012)
• Drought expands in the Southeast and across the country (Nov. 29, 2012)
• Drought of 2012 shows net expansion after receding for two months (Nov. 21, 2012)
• U.S. Drought Monitor shows improvement in Plains, more drought in Southeast (Nov. 15, 2012)
• Drought shrinks slightly but expands in patches across the southern U.S. and keeps grip on Plains (Nov. 8, 2012)
• Sandy erases drought from Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states (Nov. 1, 2012)
• Drought still dominates Plains, according to Oct. 23 U.S. Drought Monitor (Oct. 25, 2012)
• Drought of 2012 receding, but slowing growth of winter wheat (Oct. 18, 2012)
• Drought shrinks but intensifies on U.S. Drought Monitor (Oct. 11, 2012)
• Drought of 2012 recedes overall; better to the south and worse to the north (Oct. 4, 2012)
• Artist sculpts U.S. Drought Monitor (Oct. 3, 2012)
• Sept. 25 USDM shows drought worsening over upper Midwest and Plains (Sep. 28, 2012)
• American Planning Association starts drought mitigation project (Sep. 25, 2012)
• U.S. Drought Monitor website wins climate literacy seal of approval (Sep. 24, 2012)
• U.S. Drought Monitor shows slight expansion of drought over Upper Midwest (Sep. 20, 2012)
• USDA analysis of crops in drought, based on the Sept. 18 U.S. Drought Monitor (Sep. 20, 2012)
• September 11 U.S. Drought Monitor shows no relief for Plains (Sep. 13, 2012)
• Visiting scholar Meixiu Yu analyzes Chinese drought of 2009-10 (Sep. 11, 2012)
• Sept. 4 U.S. Drought Monitor shows Isaac brought needed rains to Midwest but Plains drying out (Sep. 6, 2012)
• Aug. 28 U.S. Drought Monitor shows minor changes in Drought of 2012 (Aug. 30, 2012)
• Tadesse Advances Projects on Food and Water Security in Ethiopia (Aug. 29, 2012)
• Aug. 21 U.S. Drought Monitor shows small intensification in mid-section and improvement to the east (Aug. 23, 2012)
• CDC webinar on drought and public health Aug. 24 (Aug. 20, 2012)
• Ranch planning workshop online (Aug. 20, 2012)
• Drought Intensifies Over Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma (Aug. 16, 2012)
• USDA finds slight reductions in area of crops in drought (Aug. 16, 2012)
• Drought continues to intensify over central U.S. (Aug. 9, 2012)
• Drought intensifies over the middle of the country (Aug. 2, 2012)
• Drought’s footprint is smaller but heavier on corn, soybeans, hay and cattle (Aug. 2, 2012)
• Drought map shows widespread intensification over central United States (Jul. 26, 2012)
• Drought Briefings, July 19, 2012 (Jul. 20, 2012)
• July 17 U.S. Drought Monitor map shows drought spreading and intensifying (Jul. 19, 2012)
• U.S. Drought Monitor shows record-breaking expanse of drought (Jul. 5, 2012)
• Book Details the State of the Art of Detecting Drought from Space (Jun. 8, 2012)
• Visiting Scholar Zhao Analyzes Meteorological and Hydrologic Drought in the Jinghe River Basin (Feb. 27, 2012)
• Drought Update: Improvements Welcome, Outlook Dry (Feb. 27, 2012)
• Visiting Scholar Focuses on Drought Prediction (Jan. 26, 2012)

2011

• Workshop to Help Kansas Ranchers Weather Drought (Dec. 23, 2011)
• Radio Interview with NDMC Climatologist Focuses on Current Drought (Dec. 9, 2011)
• Texas Drought Visible in New National Groundwater Maps (Nov. 30, 2011)
• Experts Recommend Components of National Drought Plans (Oct. 25, 2011)
• Enhanced Drought Impact Reporter Is Online (Oct. 6, 2011)
• Researchers Use Satellite Data to Analyze Drought’s Effect on Temperatures and Vegetation Health (Sep. 9, 2011)
• Exceptional drought hits record levels in three U.S. states (Sep. 8, 2011)
• 'Exceptional drought' record for United States set in July (Aug. 2, 2011)

2010

• Knutson Co-Hosts Drought Workshop in Turkey (Aug. 4, 2010)
• New Web Portal Focuses on Republican River Basin (Aug. 4, 2010)
• VegDRI and VegOut Workshop, Boise, Idaho, July 27 (Jul. 2, 2010)
• UNL Faculty Mentor Iraqis in Syria (Jun. 23, 2010)
• Australian Political Scientist Studies Role of Physical Scientists in Policymaking (Jun. 23, 2010)
• Water for Food Presentations (Jun. 17, 2010)
• Congratulations to NDMC Graduate Student Crystal Bergman (May. 10, 2010)
• NC Drought Tools Presentations Up (Apr. 20, 2010)
• NDMC Connects with K-12 Crowd (Apr. 9, 2010)
• NDMC Grad Student Eric Hunt Receives Award (Apr. 8, 2010)