Science News for Kids » drought http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:07:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Climate’s troublesome kids http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/01/climates-troublesome-kids/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/01/climates-troublesome-kids/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:12:56 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15484 During a climate event known as El Niño (shown on the left), the surface of the central and eastern Pacific Ocean warms along the equator (red). During a La Niña event (on the right), the same region cools (blue). Credit: NOAA

The recurring climate events El Niño and La Niña trigger long-lived changes to weather around the world]]> During a climate event known as El Niño (shown on the left), the surface of the central and eastern Pacific Ocean warms along the equator (red). During a La Niña event (on the right), the same region cools (blue). Credit: NOAA

The recurring climate events El Niño and La Niña trigger long-lived changes to weather around the world]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/01/climates-troublesome-kids/feed/ 0 Trees on the edge http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/12/serious-drought-is-a-threat-to-most-trees-worldwide-survey-finds/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/12/serious-drought-is-a-threat-to-most-trees-worldwide-survey-finds/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:02:00 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15155 A dead beech tree in Scotland. The majority of the world’s trees, including this type, would be pushed close to the point of death in a serious drought, a new study reports. Credit: Dr. Hervé Cochard (INRA, Clermont-Ferrand, France)

Serious drought is a threat to most trees, worldwide survey finds ]]> A dead beech tree in Scotland. The majority of the world’s trees, including this type, would be pushed close to the point of death in a serious drought, a new study reports. Credit: Dr. Hervé Cochard (INRA, Clermont-Ferrand, France)

Serious drought is a threat to most trees, worldwide survey finds ]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/12/serious-drought-is-a-threat-to-most-trees-worldwide-survey-finds/feed/ 0