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Grim 2022 drought outlook for Western US offers warnings for the future as climate change brings a hotter, thirstier atmosphere

  • Written by Imtiaz Rangwala, Research Scientist in Climate, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
Grim 2022 drought outlook for Western US offers warnings for the future as climate change brings a hotter, thirstier atmosphereFarmers in some regions are being encouraged to preserve and establish grasslands that can survive drought and protect the soil.AP Photo/Mark Rogers

Much of the western U.S. has been in the grip of an unrelenting drought since early 2020. The dryness has coincided with record-breaking wildfires, intense and long-lasting heat waves, low stream flows...

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