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U.S. Drought Monitor

A grain truck crosses the dry Platte River near Chapman, Nebraska, on Oct. 13. At the time, the U.S. Drought Monitor reported that the area around Chapman was in severe/extreme drought.

NU researchers, alumni contribute to national climate assessment

November 20, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Color photo of Karen St. Germain, over campus and downtown background

Director of NASA Earth Science Division to give Aug. 22 Heuermann Lecture

August 16, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Riganti talks current drought conditions on RFD-TV

May 9, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

U.S. Drought Monitor

National Drought Mitigation Center enters into three-year USDA agreement

December 16, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Brian Fuchs, a climatologist with the National Drought Mitigation Center, said support from the USDA adds flexibility for researchers to explore and respond to more nuanced drought-mitigation challenges.

Drought Mitigation Center continues to develop, expand tools

January 22, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

The most recent edition of the U.S. Drought Monitor covers conditions in all of the U.S. states and territories. The coverage was recently expanded to include the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Drought monitor now includes U.S. Virgin Islands

August 20, 2019

Agriculture & Environment

Warning system gets the early drop on drought

July 12, 2017

Agriculture & Environment

A giant snowdrop blooms in the gardens on the south side of Love Library. The perennial is one earliest spring flowering bulbs. It is native to Turkey, Macedonia, Bulgaria, southern Ukraine and northeastern Greece.

Is spring springing early in Nebraska?

February 14, 2017

Agriculture & Environment

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