Climate variability

Southern Plains Climate Hub helps land managers build resilience to climate variability

[ad_1] Posted by Jean Steiner, Head of Climate Centers at USDA Southern Plains in Feb 21 2017 Windswept farmland in Kansas during the Dust Bowl. The southern plains states of the United States have always been known for their rugged climate. Stories of this region’s unstable climate abound. Whether you’re talking about Pecos Bill making […]

Climate variability

Deep underground aquifers respond rapidly to climate variability

According to hydrologists from Penn State and Columbia University, climate change can quickly impact even the deepest freshwater aquifers. Researchers have found that responses to climatic variations can be detected in deep groundwater aquifers faster than expected – in many cases in less than a year. Since rainwater can take years to reach deep aquifers […]