A megadrought is an exceptionally severe drought, lasting for many years and covering a wide area. There is no exact definition of a megadrought. The term...

The southwestern North American megadrought is an ongoing megadrought in the southwestern region of North America that began in 2000. At least 24 years...

The historical and ongoing droughts in California result from various complex meteorological phenomena, some of which are not fully understood by scientists...

eleven-month period there was little rain in Europe, possibly qualifying as a megadrought. These conclusions however were questioned by Büntgen et al. (2015) on...

of severe drought, including the ongoing southwestern North American megadrought which emerged starting year 2000. The southwestern United States contains...

of 330 C.E. There were megadroughts in what is now the central and western United States, between 900 and 1300. A megadrought struck what is now the American...

Rodolfo; Stahle, D. W.; Cleaveland, M. K.; Therrell, M. D. (2002). "Megadrought and Megadeath in 16th Century Mexico". Emerging Infectious Diseases....

under Lake Powell in Glen Canyon. Due to the Southwestern North American megadrought, the cathedral has been visible in 2005 and 2019. Lake Powell must drop...

years, the Sahel region has experienced frequent droughts and megadroughts. One megadrought lasted from 1450 to 1700, 250 years. There was a major drought...

View upstream from Hoover Dam, October 2021, during the Southwestern North American megadrought...