This article discusses and analyzes the current drought in Australia, focusing primarily on problems associated with the Murray-Darling River.

The World Food Programme continues to fight hunger around the globe. This page provides information on the 2011 food crisis in the Horn of Africa that was due to drought conditions and the conflict in Somalia. Millions of people were...

Students will learn about the ongoing issues associated with drought in California and how water conservation can be part of a solution. Students will design a rooftop water catchment system for drought-conscious Ms. Drizzle to install...

[Free Registration/Login Required] A collection of twenty-four data sets from SEDAC (Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center) that examine water resources and issues around the world. They look at dams and reservoirs, floods, drought,...

This article discusses and analyzes the current drought in Australia, focusing primarily on problems associated with the Murray-Darling River.

Want to learn more about the climate and weather? This webpage contains links to websites around the world concerned with providing information about climate and weather. Topics include ozone, greenhouse gases, global warming, tornadoes,...

A fifteen-part learning module with links to websites, texts, images, and videos to use while reading Karen Hesse's Out of the Dust.

The Climate Prediction Center provides forecasts and outlooks on short term climatic events including drought, hurricane outlook, la Nina, ozone layer conditions, and heat advisories. Many downloadable videos found under...

Museum provides an article on how plants can cope with desert climate due to their three adaptive strategies: succulence, drought tolerance and drought avoidance.

This lesson plan examines the current state of drought in the United States and the economic impact of drought on local communities.

Choose from many different features like quizzes, diaries, maps, and pictures to see how drought has affected Africa.

Read about the shade balls being used to preserve water in drought-stricken Los Angeles. Includes video.

A look at the economy of Eritrea which is affected by border wars and drought. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.

From superstitions to satellites, find out how weather instruments have helped people predict drought conditions through time.

Website for kids with animated features and graphs teaches about climate and severity of drought in the U.S., particulary California.

From ABC News in Science, this article deals primarily with the affect on severe weather brought about by climate change. The article also deals with the risk brought about by this severe weather.

Article reports on the ways in which shade balls are being used for water conservation in LA.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This study guide summarizes the key points of thunderstorms, tornadoes, mid-latitude cyclones, hurricanes, blizzards, and heatwaves and droughts. Includes a few...

[Free Registration/Login Required] A 2nd grade unit on how people and weather can change habitats. Topics include too much and too litter rain (flooding and drought), lightning and fire, and land, water, and air pollution. This flipchart...

Photo of Somali refugees affected by the 2011 drought and famine in the Horn of Africa.

Assign reasons from Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs to explain pioneers' migration to and return from the American plains in the 1800s. Research, write and produce a newspaper dedicated to a natural disaster such as the 19th-century drought.

In this activity, students examine research on finches on the island of Daphne Major in the Galapagos Islands. The depth of the finches' beaks was measured before and after a drought. This data is displayed in graphs and students are...

This graphic from Ecology and Evolution of Darwin's Finches by Peter Grant presents data from the Galapagos Islands, showing that a severe drought put selective pressure on the population of Darwin's finches and resulted in a change in...

Global warming is "the most dangerous threat to the future of wildlife," according to the National Wildlife Federation website. This visual matching activity was designed to engage students in learning about how a variety of NC species...