In the early 20th century, farmers across the Great Plains harnessed new technology to cash in on a huge demand for wheat. But over-farming led to the removal of prairie grasses which had kept the ...

A strengthening El Niño developing in the Pacific could reshape U.S. drought patterns over the next year.

The 1930s Dust Bowl affected heat extremes across much of North America and as far away as Europe and East Asia, according to new research. The study found that the extreme heating of the Great Plains ...

Hugh Tranum was the guest speaker at the Valley Historical Society on the history of Sinclairville native Rexford Tugwell and the dust bowl of the 1930’s. SINCLAIRVILLE – Historian Hugh Tranum was the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WESTFIELD — Sophomores in Mark Dargie’s history class at Westfield High School made the 1930s come to life in the classroom with ...

You may have heard of the Dust Bowl from various sources: people you know, examples in media like “The Grapes of Wrath,” or maybe in school. Regardless of where you heard the term, let's dive into why ...

The Dust Bowl of the 1930s was a devastating but temporary confluence of human cluelessness and natural accident. It was also a demonstration of humanity’s ability to wreck an environment when we ...

MOLINE, Ill. — The recent wave of heat across the United States has made plenty of headlines. Temperature records falling throughout the southwest, including the longevity of 100+ degree days! Many of ...

The 1930s Dust Bowl, fueled by overplowing across the Great Plains and associated with record heat and drought, appears to have affected heat extremes far beyond the United States. New research finds ...

WESTFIELD — Sophomores in Mark Dargie’s history class at Westfield High School made the 1930s come to life in the classroom with cardboard houses and a dust storm simulation. “My sophomore U.S.

The 1930s Dust Bowl, fueled by overplowing across the Great Plains and associated with record heat and drought, appears to have affected heat extremes far beyond the United States. New research finds ...