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• News: Weather: Agricultural  (10)
• Science: Environment: Climate Change: Desertification  (17)
• Science: Environment: Water Resources  (1,433)

• Drought - Background information for journalists.
• Drought Comparisons - A comparison of a drought in a more economically developed area - Texas, and a drought in a less economically developed area - Sahel.
• Monitoring and Early Warning - Maps providing monthly updated, distributed information on rainfall, actual evapotranspiration, radiation, drought and desertification indices, and crop yield forecasts for Africa and Europe, with methodology discussions.
• National Drought Mitigation Center - The National Drought Mitigation Center provides information to help people and institutions reduce vulnerability to drought, stressing prevention and risk management.
• NOAA's Drought Information Center - A collection of sites related to drought and climate conditions in the United States (and some individual states). It includes current reports, outlooks, and indices used for drought and moisture monitoring .
• North American Drought, a Paleo Perspective - Highlights the importance of paleoclimate research in providing information about past droughts and natural variability. Includes maps that display droughts of the various centuries.
• Prairie drought of 2001 - CBC News reports on the drought of 2001 in Saskatchewan, Alberta, and other parts of Canada.
• U.S. Drought Monitor - Map of U.S. drought conditions, including long-range temperature and preciptation outlooks.
• USGS--Pacific Northwest Drought - Status and information on daily streamflow in the Pacific Northwest States of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Links to other resources.