Ninety years ago, the worst dust storm in American history blasted the Great Plains. The Dust Bowl had arrived.

Dust storms have been wreaking havoc across the country, and the mix of climate change and lax environmental regulations mean they’re likely to continue. A series of enormous dust storms swept the ...

So, as you savor chocolate, remember the fragile ecosystems behind it. The price of cocoa in early 2025 was near its all-time high, due in part to dry conditions in Africa. Without urgent action to ...

CHANGE TENDS TO come at a creeping pace, if at all, in the Sacramento River community of Hood. Families that settled in this ...

This is exactly what happened to the late author Sanora Babb. Her inspiration began as a child in Southeastern Colorado after ...

On March 14, Mesa County Sheriff's Deputy Phillip Peterson was caught in a historic dust storm in Canyon, Texas, along with his wife and four children, ages 10 to 16. The low visibility led to a ...

Reader question:My car is filthy from all the mud that rained this weekend [March 14-15]. Normally I'm not a stickler about dirt but it was so bad I took my car to the car wash. I have to ask why ...

Most people would not guess by looking at me with my perfectly manicured – usually red- nails that I am a farmer to the core ...

Peter Whitford, 91, has been a dairy farmer on the Fleurieu Peninsula for more than 70 years and says this is the worst drought he’s ever seen and Birdwood farm manager Peter Williams, 68, says the ...

Meteorologists and former National Weather Service leaders say reducing vital weather balloon launches will degrade the ...