US Drought Monitor Forum October 10-11, 2007 The final agenda is now available and you can still sign up! read more |
Drought.gov is live. Look for Current Drought and other content soon. Meanwhile, read the NIDIS Implementation Plan. |
Drought Experts Take Roadmap to Congress The National Drought Mitigation Center, the Geological Society of America and the Hazards Caucus Alliance teamed up to brief Congress on findings from the GSA’s 2006 meeting, “Managing Drought and Water Scarcity in Vulnerable Environments.” read more |
DroughtScape is the quarterly newsletter of the National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC). The NDMC’s mission is to reduce vulnerability to drought, nationally and internationally. Please email the editor: droughtscape@unl.edu |
Fall 2007 Outlook & Summer Summary
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Diverse Impacts Reported in Summer of 2007 Drought in 2007 affected agriculture, energy, wildlife, water supplies, and communities, as illustrated by this collection of highlights from the Drought Impact Reporter. read more |
Decadal Climate Cycles Hold Predictive Potential Researchers at the Center for Research on the Changing Earth System are looking at seasonal to decadal climate variability. This article, the first in a series, examines possible causes of long-term variability. Solar or lunar cycles? Sea surface temperatures? read more |
NDMC Research Updates Republican River Basin decision-support web portal Vegetation Drought Response Index (VegDRI) Vegetation Outlook (VegOut) User Workshops on Tools Inform Development |
The desert Southwest is likely to see continued drought, due to the emerging La