The word "megadrought" isn't new in the science community. It's been in use since the early 1990s. But new findings from research conducted at UCLA have the word making headlines in the Western U.S.

A megadrought has sapped water supplies, ravaged farms and ranches, and fueled wildfires across the American Southwest for going on 25 years. Not in 12 centuries has the region been so dry for so long ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dry farm land in the Gila River Valley near Kinter, AZ. The U.S. Southwest has been in a drought since 2000 — in fact, it's been ...

On a small Indonesian island, a tiny human species once thrived in caves above a lush river valley, only to vanish as the landscape around them withered. New research argues that a brutal, 6,000-year ...

LINCOLN, Neb. - The western U.S. continues to endure dry conditions, and now scientists are using the term "megadrought" to describe the problem — which has existed for decades — with no end in sight.

The current Western megadrought is unlike any other dry period the region has experienced over the past 500 years. That’s according to a new study in which scientists looked at tree rings to track ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new modeling study of the Southern Andes shows that if a megadrought like Chile’s current one strikes again near the end of this ...

A climate changed world is too hot, too wet, too on fire — and increasingly, too dry. Though rainfall events are getting stronger, that doesn’t mean the water always falls where it needs to, and a new ...

The chances of a megadrought lasting more than 35 years are 10 to 50 percent, says the study, in which University of Arizona researchers played key roles. The highest risks are in parts of ...

The current Western megadrought is unlike any other dry period the region has experienced over the past 500 years. That’s according to a new study in which scientists looked at tree rings to track ...