This week’s CMOR photo is from Golden Valley County, North Dakota.
“Fire on National Forest Service land just south of I-94 at exit 17. Fire was caused by something on the interstate, and luckily was caught early and was contained with only 59 acres burned. Very Dry county wide … burn bans are in place.”
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Farming In The Age of Global Warming
These 5 Top Corn-Growing States Report Extreme Drought, or Worse, as Planting Kicks Off
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor published April 10, these states reported the most intense drought conditions.
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Today was day 43 of the Dutch drought, and it was unusually warm for this time of the year too. A total of 1.5 mm in 43 days is extremely rare, if not a first.
Tomorrow, we'll get a few mm of rain, and @knmi.nl foresees over 30 mm for the rest of the month, so this extreme period will soon be over.
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Disastrous storms swept across the Midwest this past week, bringing heavy rainfall ranging from 2 to 18+ inches that reduced the extent and intensity of drought. The highest rainfall totals were recorded in western Kentucky. The storms caused power outages, damaging winds and tornadoes. At least 24 people have died since last week as a result of this severe weather outbreak.
From dried-up riverbeds to beavers and birds, Mexico's delta revival shows nature can bounce back — if given the chance. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/04/10/wildlife/mexico-river-delta/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #wildlife #environment #rivers #mexico #drought #water
Monitor de Sequía de los Estados Unidos
Mapa publicado: abril 10, 2025
ICYMI: The March drought summaries provide more information about last month’s severe weather events and their effects. https://drought.unl.edu/Publications/DroughtSummaries.aspx
How dry or wet are your local conditions? Share reports to CMOR: https://go.unl.edu/cmor_drought
Following recent severe weather events, lots of improvements can be seen on the map this week, including parts of the Northeast, Southeast, South, Midwest and High Plains. Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma and Alabama also had areas of two-category improvements.
Mixed conditions occurred in the West, with degradations in the Four Corners states and Montana. Degradations also occurred in North Dakota and Hawaii.
Change maps: https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Maps/ChangeMaps.aspx
US Drought Monitor 4-10-25
For the 50 states and Puerto Rico, the US Drought Monitor shows 32.29% in moderate drought or worse, compared to 36.32% last week.
In March, strong winds swept across the U.S., creating dust storms and lofting dust from the Southern Plains into the atmosphere. The dust came down over parts of the Midwest with rain and snow.
Read more in the March drought impacts summary: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/09fcd4dc324f44e8b612b5ca16434f36
Numerous storms moved across the country in March, bringing heavy rain, severe storms, tornadoes, floods, dust storms and blizzards.
Read more in the March drought climate summary: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9a76164be4ee4d6baac60e4efd52c61f
Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/09/big-tech-datacentres-water #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Trumpadministration #Desertification #Climatecrisis #Australianews #Environment #DonaldTrump #AsiaPacific #E-commerce #Technology #USpolitics #Microsoft #Computing #Worldnews #DeepSeek #Americas #Drought #ChatGPT #Arizona #Amazon #Google #OpenAI #Oracle #Africa #Europe #USnews #Water #Texas #Spain
There's a tech plan that's quite dire,
To build datacentres that require
Water from arid lands,
It's hard to understand,
Why they'd drain the world's driest mire.
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/09/big-tech-datacentres-water
This week’s CMOR photo is from Meade County, #SouthDakota.
“These are a few of our stock dams that are nearly dry and ponds that are completely dry that we rely on for our cattle to water from. Also, our pasture in Meade County has no forage left. Having to feed hay much earlier and later in the year and more often than we ever have. Cattle are struggling to stay in good condition.”
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Our drought is officially over. The recent rains filled up the reservoirs.
Let's see what the remainder of the year brings.
"Government announces end to water restrictions for six million in Catalonia"
Earth's Storage Of Water In Soil, Lakes And Rivers Is Dwindling - And It's Especially Bad For Farming
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https://phys.org/news/2025-03-earth-storage-soil-lakes-rivers.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adq6529 <-- shared paper
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Over the past week, southern Texas experienced devastating storms that caused life-endangering floods and at least six deaths. The area received record-breaking rainfall of 5 to 15 inches, according to radar estimates.
Significant drought improvements followed, with two-category improvements in the southernmost part of the state. However, an area of central Texas also saw degradation.
Greg Cocks