The 1930s Dust Bowl may not have been an entirely manmade natural disaster, according to new research presented recently in ...

A major storm system kicked off the first of several major dust storms during the 1930s Dust Bowl and pushed it eastward on ...

This paper investigates how innovation responded to and shaped the economic impact of the American Dust Bowl, an environmental catastrophe that led to widespread soil erosion on the US Plains during ...

Apr. 13—CLAYTON — 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 ...

With the 52nd annual Dust Bowl basketball tournament set to tip off July 18, organizers have been working to build for the event’s present and future — while still paying tribute to its storied past.

Shades of 1935. What happened in Texas and Oklahoma may repeat itself in California. The worst dust bowl in U.S. history was caused by drought and high winds. Those conditions exist again. Several ...

Ninety years ago this month, in the depths of the Great Depression, Congress created a new agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture to safeguard rural prosperity for future generations: The ...

Dust storms in the Borderland are nothing new, but the severity of the weather events and their frequency have worsened, statistics note. Thomas Gill, professor of Environmental Science and ...

Karen Russell, bestselling author of “Swamplandia!” and other novels, will discuss her latest work, “The Antidote” in Houston with Inprint on April 14. On April 14, 1935 a massive dust storm swept ...