it was the combination of drought and misuse of the land that led to the incredible devastation of the Dust Bowl years. Originally covered with grasses that held the fine soil in place ...

Alyssa Colman reflects on her research behind her forthcoming middle grade novel, 'Where Only Storms Grow'—which takes place ...

The original Dust Bowl, for those who aren’t familiar ... the worsening impacts of climate change—including stronger heat waves and intensification of drought—an increase in the risk of dust storms ...

The Dust Bowl, from prolonged drought, heavy winds, and over-farming, led to fruitless farmland and skies blotted out by red ...

On April 14, 1935, a wall of dust, hundreds of feet high, descended on farms and homes in the Great Plains. People drove as fast as they could to get away from the black clouds or covered their faces, ...

Ninety years this week, Oklahomans were met with a large wall of rolling black dust and sand, a day now known as "Black ...

The 1935 tragedy during a years-long drought compounded by a lack of soil conservation efforts "should be remembered as the ...

Ninety years ago, the worst dust storm in American history blasted the Great Plains. The Dust Bowl had arrived.

During the Great Depression, the United States experienced years of massive dust storms that would become known as the Dust Bowl era.

Russell, whose novel "Swamplandia!" was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, talks about her latest novel ahead of an event in ...

D _ _ _ _ _ _ is a seven-letter bad word. It seems like I have spent more years of my career dealing with drought or dry ...