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How improper farming methodology and drought caused the catastrophic Dust Bowl
The Weather Network via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis Day In Weather History is a daily podcast by Chris Mei from The Weather Network, featuring...
Here's why the 1930s Great Plains Dust Bowl drought-disaster hit so hard and lasted so long, and why...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA farm about to be engulfed by a dust storm in the 1930s.Corbis/Getty In the early 20th century,...
6 dead, dozens injured after dust storm causes 'horrific' pile-up on Illinois' I-55
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAt least six people are dead and dozens injured after a blinding dust storm caused a multi-vehicle...
Life briefs: Richland SWCD, Galion schools, Richland Academy, Samaritan Foundation
Mansfield News Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRichland Soil and Water Conservation District kicks off 75th year The Richland County Soil and Water...
I-55 dust storm crash puts focus on Illinois farmers: ‘We haven’t advanced … but we can’
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 12 months agoTo the untrained eye, Richard Lyons’ farm looks messy. There are no uniform rows of green against a...
Amid usual theatrics, Bill Nye the Science Guy tries to get serious about climate change
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIn his latest television series, "The End is Nye," Bill Nye the Science Guy sets out to offer a...
Extreme heat waves may be our new normal, thanks to climate change. Is the globe prepared?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThink the intense heat baking the nation and much of the world this summer seems like an apocalyptic...
7 died in an Illinois dust storm pileup — will climate change bring more such tragedies?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe National Weather Service office in Springfield, Illinois, issued a blowing-dust warning Monday for the first time ever after a blinding dust storm sprang up south of Springfield, Illinois ...
UI team to study May dust storm that caused fatal pileup south of Springfield
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo News· 7 months agoNov. 21—CHAMPAIGN — Weeks after the May dust storm that caused a fatal traffic pileup on Interstate 55 south of Springfield, University of Illinois researchers applied for funding to work toward ...
The heat and the chill: the hottest and coldest days in Springfield's history
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 9 months agoOn any given day in Springfield, it's common to hear a comment about the ever-changing weather...