May 19SaveClimate change5/19/20Climate change5/19/20Carbon Emissions Have More Than Doubled the Chances of Another Dust BowlDharna Noor13SaveIt feels like the 1930s all over again. We’re facing an economic depression and there’s a push for New Deal-style…
Mar 20SaveExtreme Weather3/20/20Extreme Weather3/20/20A Second Dust Bowl Could Threaten Global Food SecurityYessenia Funes21SaveA new study paints a scary reality: one where climate change pushes another Dust Bowl-like event to take over the…
Jul 17 2017SaveClimate change7/17/17Climate change7/17/17Scientists Warn Climate Change Could Bring the Dust Bowl Back Out of the History BooksTom McKay80SaveIf there’s anything that just about sums up the desperation of the Great Depression in one filthy package, it’s…
Dec 20 2016SaveClimate change12/20/16Climate change12/20/16US Crops Are Disturbingly Vulnerable to Another Dust BowlGeorge Dvorsky37SaveNew research shows that a repeat of 1930s drought conditions would be comparably destructive to US crops, despite…
Sep 9 2015Save9/9/15The Worst Hard Time Is The Most Heart-Breaking Kind of Apocalyptic StoryEsther Inglis-Arkell28SaveA group of disparate explorers settle in a bountiful alien land. Through technology they transform the world, making…
Feb 9 2015Save2/9/15Terraforming Gone Wrong Resulted in a Plague of RabbitsEsther Inglis-Arkell54SaveWhen the "frontier" was first being settled, prairie rabbits were a boon. They were easy game for hungry families.…
Jan 20 2015Save1/20/15Here's What Happened When A Rainmaker Ended Up In CourtEsther Inglis-Arkell18SaveCharles Hatfield was a celebrated rainmaker, but when one of his rainmaking schemes worked too well, he became a…
Jan 12 2015SavePhysics1/12/15Physics1/12/15The Dangers Of The Dust Bowl Included Electrocution By HugEsther Inglis-Arkell46SaveDuring the Dust Bowl, people living in northern Texas and Oklahoma had to contend with storms of flour-fine dust…
Oct 15 2014SaveClimate change10/15/14Climate change10/15/14The worst drought of the last 1,000 years was in 1934Alissa Walker15SaveThe current drought in the U.S. certainly feels like it's one for the history books. But it's likely not the worst…
Oct 15 2014Save10/15/14Study Reveals The Dust Bowl Was The Worst Drought In 1,000 YearsMark Strauss10SaveIn the 1930s, the southwestern Great Plains suffered a series of severe droughts. Overfarming and overgrazing had…
Jul 27 2011Save7/27/11New Digital Maps Let Historians See Through the Eyes of General LeeAndrew Tarantola10SaveSome of America's biggest historical events, like Gettysburg or the Dust Bowl, are also some of the most complex—and…