Even though annual precipitation is rising nationally, the landscape is drying out more rapidly. That’s changing the water cycle.
Years of industrial expansion have boosted water demand, with no new sources coming online since 2016. Desalination and reclaiming sewage wastewater are among the current options.
The amount of rain falling on New Hampshire every year is going up, and projections say it will continue rising. But in what might seem like cruel irony, the storm patterns contributing to that trend are also a reason we’re seeing our landscape get drier, according to a study published last week by researchers from […]
Climate disasters are no longer just destroying crops—they’re disrupting the entire U.S. food supply chain. From record drought across more than half the country to worsening wheat losses in Kansas and active wildfires threatening key agricultural regions, climate shocks are increasingly affecting how food is grown, transported, and priced in the United States. What once looked like isolated weather events are now creating interconnected supply-chain risks with direct consequences for consumers, retailers, and food manufacturers alike. This report breaks down the regions where natural disasters are having the greatest impact on America’s food system.
This spring has been a busy one for New Hampshire’s wildland firefighters. The drought that made last summer the driest in 130 years has kept soils and forests parched into this spring, the conditions contributing to wildfires that have burned dozens of acres in central New Hampshire to the North Country in recent weeks. The […]
Streamflows the West relies on for drinking water and farms used to follow a fairly predictable arc as winter snow melted. Rising temperatures are changing that.
The 2026 water year has been anything but ordinary. In fact, its snow drought has few parallels in recent history.
BRIDGEWATER ― Join the Newfound Lake Region Association at the Newfound Lake Inn on Wednesday, March 18 at 5 p.m. for Newfound Science Pub, an…
As New Hampshire’s drought continues, state officials have re-started a program to help homeowners with water supply issues.
CONCORD — The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services announces it will reopen a program to help low-income homeowners experiencing…