In the early 20th century, farmers across the Great Plains harnessed new technology to cash in on a huge demand for wheat. But over-farming led to the removal of prairie grasses which had kept the ...

The Dust Bowl was the result of four droughts occurring in quick succession, with the worst conditions occurring in 1930, 1934 and 1936. That’s the conclusion of a study by the National Drought ...

Sophomores in Mark Dargie’s history class at Westfield High School made the 1930s come to life in the classroom with cardboard houses and a dust storm simulation.

In the 1930s, the Great Plains in the American South faced a financial and environmental catastrophe spurred by years of drought and reckless farming practices. Already reeling from the Great ...

The 1930s Dust Bowl, fueled by overplowing across the Great Plains and associated with record heat and drought, appears to have affected heat extremes far beyond the United States. New research finds ...

TAYLOR COUNTY, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – In 1929, Amelia Perry was born in Haskell County; just one year later, the nation would be hit with an agricultural and financial blowback that hadn’t been seen in ...

Days of future past: increased heatwaves caused by higher levels of CO2 could bring the 1930s "Dust Bowl" back to the U.S. North America could see a return of the deadly 1936 “Dust Bowl” phenomenon, ...

MOLINE, Ill. — The recent wave of heat across the United States has made plenty of headlines. Temperature records falling throughout the southwest, including the longevity of 100+ degree days! Many of ...