Increasing stream temperatures in the Pacific Northwest threaten salmon habitat and riparian ecosystems. Photo credit: Ron Nichols, via USDA NRCS Photo Gallery. Page/s that contain this image : ...

When you hear or see news that a region had its hottest or wettest month since records began, you can check the climatological record books yourself.

A volunteer testing water pH and temperature in Virginia. Photo credit: Jeff Vanguard, USDA, via USDA NRCS Photo Gallery. Page/s that contain this image : Water Last modified : ...

Homes on a floodplain in Libertyville, Illinois, suffered heavy damage in September, 2014. Photo Credit: Elmer E. Offmann, USDA Soil Conservation Service, via USDA NRCS Photo Gallery. Page/s th ...

Flooding on the Red River in Moorhead, Minnesota, resulted in roadway damage. Photo Credit: Julie A. MacSwain, via USDA NRCS Photo Gallery. Page/s that contain this image : Flooding ...

A corn crop in Arkansas is stunted and sparse due to drought conditions. Photo credit: Tim McCabe, via USDA NRCS Photo Gallery. Page/s that contain this image : Drought Last modif ...

Guest blogger Dennis Hartmann makes the case that warm waters in the western tropical Pacific—part of the North Pacific Mode climate pattern—are behind the weird U.S. winter weather of the past two seasons.

An Oklahoma rancher feeds supplemental pellets to cattle during drought. Photo credit: Jeff Vanuga, USDA, via USDA NRCS Photo Gallery. Page/s that contain this image : Drought Las ...

Wetlands along the Patuxent River, Maryland. Source : . NOAA Photo Library. Photo credit: Mary Hollinger, NOAA NODC. ...

Government officials have already announced a potential water rationing program as well as expected blackouts to conserve electricity in case rains do not pick up. If they don’t, Brazil is almost certainly facing its driest back-to-back rainy seasons in at least 35 years.