Category: Earth

U.S. Drought Monitor

U.S. Drought Monitor

The U.S. Drought Monitor is unique, blending numeric measures of drought and experts’ best judgment into a single map every week. It started in 1999 as a federal, state, and academic partnership, growing out of a...

Big freeze set to hit Britain

Big freeze set to hit Britain

Freezing temperatures and wintry showers are set to hit Britain today as hundreds of people are forced to stay in temporary shelter after days of flooding. Northerly winds coupled with below-zero temperatures tonight will...