Drought: A Paleo Perspective -- Site Map

Site Map

Drought: A Paleo Perspective Homepage

What is Drought?

SPI Index

Why are we Concerned about Drought?

ENSO

20th Century Drought

Paleoclimatology and Drought

The Data

The Instrumental Record (with links to other sites on drought, etc.)

Varying Patterns of 20th Century Drought

The Changing Relationships between El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Variability and Moisture Balance in the Continental United States(Animations)

The Last 500 Years

North American Drought Variability (Animations)

The Lost Colony and Jamestown Droughts

The Last 2,000 Years

Rainfall Reconstructions for New Mexico

A Multimillennial-length Record of Precipitation from Bristlecone Pine

Moon Lake Record of Great Plains Drought

Drought and Mayan Civilization Collapse

Even Longer Records....

Hydroclimatic Variability from Pollen, Charcoal and Lake Level Changes

Evidence of Changes in Aridity in the Upper Mississippi Basin

Changes in Great Plains Landcover

A Final Word

Acknowledgements

Image Gallery

Data Appendix