- U.S. Drought Monitor
Maps current drought situations in the United States.
www.drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html
- NOAA's Drought Information Center
Collection of NOAA Web sites and information on drought and climate conditions.
www.drought.noaa.gov
- Wikipedia: Drought
Hyperlinked page that gives definitions, consequences, and lists of famous droughts throughout history.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drought
- U.S. Seasonal Drought Outlook
Map and expert drought assessments from NOAA's Climate Prediction Center.
www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/expert_assessment/seasonal_drought.html
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln - National Drought Mitigation Center
Helps people and institutions develop and implement measures to reduce societal vulnerability to drought, stressing preparation and risk management rather than crisis management.
www.drought.unl.edu/index.htm
- Dust Bowl@
dir.yahoo.com/.../1930s/Dust_Bowl
- North American Drought: A Paleo Perspective
Explains how paleoclimatic data can provide information about past droughts and about the natural variability of drought over timescales of decades to millennia.
www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/drought/drght_home.html
- American Red Cross: Fact Sheet on Water Conservation
Provides tips on conserving water for environmental reasons, as well as when drought conditions threaten. Also available in a PDF format.
www.redcross.org/services/disaster/0,1082,0_582_,00.html
- UN Drylands Development Centre
Responsible for promoting sound dryland management and development as well as drought preparedness and mitigation.
www.undp.org/drylands
- Stormfax: Drought Guide
Provides information on the cause and effects of droughts. Website also offers water conservation tips and drought links.
www.stormfax.com/drought.htm
- Drought Information
Provides drought defintions, types, and the most likely places in the U.S. where droughts occur.
library.thinkquest.org/16132/html/drought.html
- Western Drought Coordination Council
Advocating a balanced, open process to reduce the effects of drought and to promote economic and environmental sustainability.
enso.unl.edu/wdcc
- 1998 Texas Drought@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Science/Earth_Sciences
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