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Kelly Helm Smith | National Drought Mitigation Center

Research points to humans’ role in drought

February 22, 2016

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Assembled for hands-on training on producing the Wind River Climate and Drought Summary were, from left, Rollin Ware, Natalie Umphlett, Al C’Bearing, Crystal Stiles, Kenneth Ferris, Martha Shulski, Mark Svoboda, Nicole Wall and Brian Fuchs.

Researchers help tribes enhance drought and climate resilience

July 28, 2015

The Morocco Composite Drought Index for January 2015 shows drought in the country’s northern edge, along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.

Researchers collaborate with Morocco on drought index

March 25, 2015

NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission features an orbiting observatory that will measure water content of the top two inches of soil that is not frozen. UNL researchers are among the first to access data from the project.

NASA project includes UNL drought researchers

January 26, 2015

Presenters sought for community capitals framework event

August 7, 2014

The new Drought Risk Atlas lets users access drought-related data and visualizations for more than 3,000 climate stations across the country.

Online atlas analyzes local drought history

March 31, 2014

Tsegaye Tadesse, center, with a farmer and son at an irrigation demonstration site near Harbu, Ethiopia.

Tadesse leads $1.6M NASA project to predict drought, flood in Africa

March 19, 2014

Climate, social scientists help refine ag climate tools

March 6, 2014

Drought Mitigation Center joins international research project

February 3, 2014

The QuickDRI prototype detected a fast-emerging area of drought in northwest Arkansas that didn't show up on VegDRI.

NASA funds project to help spot flash drought

October 31, 2013