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June 24, 2024

Collaborative internship provides wealth of natural resource management experience

A spring internship spanning numerous organizations provided Joneena John, recent Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute graduate, a wealth of experiences in working with the land and landowners. John graduated from SIPI this spring with a double major in liberal arts and in natural resource management. Her 10-week spring semester internship with the NDMC, assisting with the Drought-Smart Indigenous Agriculture project, reinforced the lessons she learned in the classroom.

June 12, 2024

Zhang uses AI models to boost drought impact analysis

By leveraging the power of AI models, including natural language models similar to ChatGPT, Beichen Zhang has worked to merge drought data with impacts to boost drought impact analysis.?

June 3, 2024

Schwartz brings together physical and social sciences in dissertation

Caily Schwartz is interested in how the physical sciences and social sciences can work together, especially when it comes to drought and climate science. Her dissertation, “Further developing Drought Early Warning Information Systems using mixed-methods and multiple streams of data” seeks to bring together traditional sources of data with qualitative information to help people be more prepared for drought.

May 22, 2024

ACF basin workshop convenes regional stakeholders

Over 100 stakeholders from across Alabama, Georgia and Florida gathered in Albany, Ga., on April 25 for a workshop on drought challenges within the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) River Basin. The event was facilitated by the National Drought Mitigation Center and sponsored by the ACF Stakeholders (ACFS).

May 22, 2024

Southwest workshop helps participants dig into soil health

NDMC facilitated the Drought-Smart Indigenous Ag Workshop at the Santa Ana Pueblo in New Mexico on May 9. NDMC planning coordinator Cody Knutson and social scientist Kelsey Varisco led the workshop. The event involved 45 participants made up of farmers, ranchers and staff from Santa Ana Pueblo and the surrounding areas.

May 16, 2024

Collaborative project builds on the GCDI to integrate and map social risk with drought vulnerability

To increase resilience to drought and related issues, the second phase of a collaborative project between the National Drought Mitigation Center and the Numerical Weather Modeling Program within the Air Force Weather (AFW) is honing in on the relationship between drought and social risk. “Building a Global Composite Drought Indicator (GCDI) Hot Spot Early Warning and Information System” is led by NDMC director Mark Svoboda and started in March 2022. For Phase II of this project, the Air Force is providing funding over a 2-year period, ending May 2025.

April 24, 2024

Brief mentions April 2024

NDMC teammates participate in local climate resilience symposium. National Climate Assessment authors from UNL share takeaways in the Daugherty Water for Food podcast. A new paper investigates land use and land cover changes in Bangladesh. A webinar on precipitation changes in the Northeastern U.S. is now available.

April 24, 2024

State Impacts tool now offers enhanced user experience

Recent updates to the State Impacts tool aim to enhance both its user experience and functionality.

March 7, 2024

Varisco joins NDMC as social scientist

Kelsey Varisco is the newest member of the National Drought Mitigation Center team. As a social scientist, she will be engaging with local communities and collaborating with climate experts on drought resilience projects.

January 26, 2024

Brief mentions January 2024

A new paper seeks to provide more detailed descriptions and analysis of flash drought definitions and impacts. A new article provides insight into how climate change can impact the performance of cereal rye cover crop. A new study summarizes the results of user engagement and published literature to help users understand which drought-monitoring tools to use for local conditions. A newly published paper seeks to identify areas of the Great Plains where drought has the strongest relationship to oceanic teleconnections.

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