Science news articles about 'extreme drought conditions'

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A Texas A&M researcher said central Texas is suffering from extreme drought conditions that are expected to get worse during the next few months.

... to the lions. But the fatal virus outbreaks of 1994 and 2001 were both preceded by extreme drought conditions that led to debilitated populations of Cape buffalo, a major prey species of lions. The ...

... the University of Minnesota, showed that both of the deadly CDV outbreaks were preceded by extreme drought conditions, which led to debilitated populations of Cape buffalo, the lion's prey. After the ...

... unique because it developed during extreme drought conditions. In a NASA-funded study, researchers ... thunderstorm, energized by moist pockets within a drought region, grew into a tornado-causing severe ...