Western US

The Western world, also known as the West, primarily refers to various nations and states in the regions of Australasia, Europe, and the Americas.

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Anthropogenic climate change has reduced drought recovery probabilities across the western US

Pando, located in the Wasatch Mountains of the western US, is a 106-acre stand of quaking aspen clones, making it the largest single organism on Earth by mass.

2020 extreme weather event that brought fires and snow to western US

Hydropower generation in western US set to fall as climate gets drier

Socially vulnerable populations are disproportionately exposed to wildfires in the Western US

Earlier snowpack melt in Western US could bring summer water scarcity

SpaceX Dragon debris lights up sky in bright fireball over western US during reentry (video)

Wildfire Destruction in The Western US Has Doubled in Just 10 Years

Spring sunny heat waves caused record snow melt in 2021, adding to severe water supply impacts across the Western US

Forest resilience linked with higher mortality risk in western US

Megadrought could become the new normal in the south-western US

Western US wildfire smoke plumes are getting taller

Insight into past--and future--of Western US wildfires

Climate change may mean more extreme rain after wildfire in western US

'Snow Drought' Is Threatening The Western US, And That Could Become a Massive Problem

Managing Western US Water Resources in a Low-to-No-Snow Future

When the western US burns, the east also gets sick

Valley Fever Is Spreading Through a Hotter, Drier Western US

Past fires may hold key to reducing severity of future wildfires in western US

Wildfire smoke may lead to less rain in the western US