Drylands in the western United States are currently in the grips of a 23-year “megadrought,” and one West Virginia University researcher is working to gain a better understanding of this extreme climate event.

The western half of the United States has been up in smoke from 110 large fires that have erupted across the region during this fire season. And now NASA estimates over 1.9 million acres are or have been ablaze. The weather concerns in the area include warmer than average temperatures that will continue in the […]