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As a drought persists, the conditions surrounding it gradually worsen and its impact on the local population gradually increases. Hydrological drought happens when water reserves available in sources such as aquifers, lakes and reservoirs fall below average or a locally significant threshold. Hydrological drought tends to present more slowly ...
The U.S. Drought Monitor provides a national database to track the duration and severity of droughts in the United States. It is hosted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with assistance from the United States Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Along the drought-stricken Colorado River, the federal government has recently been funding programs that pay farmers to temporarily reduce water use in exchange for payments.
Water scarcity poses a threat to ecosystems and biodiversity, primarily through its impact on aquatic habitats, rivers, wetlands, and lakes. [3] Decreased water flows and the drying of water bodies disrupt the delicate balance of ecosystems, affecting a range of species including fish, amphibians, and water-dependent plants, experience habitat loss and fragmentation, affecting their ...
A record number of states are experiencing drought conditions this month, ... 48 states were drought-stricken, the most in the Drought Monitor’s nearly 25-year-long history. The National Drought ...
Every week, California moves further away from its drought-stricken conditions. But there is still work to do. Roughly 3.2 million people remain in drought areas, according to a March 30 update ...
Without climate change, the drought was probably finished already in 2005. [28] 42% of its severity is due to temperature rise as a result of climate change. 88% of the area was drought-stricken. The flow of the Colorado river supplying water to seven states had "[shrunk] to the lowest two-year average in more than a century of record keeping".
Another EIG study found that an additional 20 million residents could move to drought-stricken counties by 2040. Water managers are already balancing razor-thin water budgets at current population ...