1. By: Maaz Syed

2. Causes
• Lack of rain
• High Temperature
Effects
• Migration
• Loss of homelands
• Economic and Agriculture Problems

3. Real Life Example
• Dust Bowl in Great Plains.
Preventions
• Store water.
• Water plants and trees regularly.
• Saving rain water.
• Protect underwater resources.

5. Source: "Groundwater and Soil Moisture Conditions from
GRACE Data Assimilation." Groundwater and Soil
Moisture Conditions from GRACE Data Assimilation.
N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Jan. 2013.
Description: The USA map above shows the amount of
wetness from 1948 to 2009, according to NASA i.e. National
Aeronautics and Space Administration. As shown in
map, the Northern areas are much wet then Southern areas.
The state of New York is much wet then Texas, because
Texas is colored dark brown, which shows that it is rather
dryer then the blue state (NY), which shows more wetness.

6. U.S. Drought Monitor January 4, 2000
Valid 7 a.m. EST
Intensity: Drought Impact Types:
D0 Abnormally Dry Delineates dominant impacts
D1 Drought - Moderate A = Agricultural (crops, pastures,
D2 Drought - Severe grasslands)
F = Fire danger
D3 Drought - Extreme
D4 Drought - Exceptional
The Drought Monitor focuses on broad-scale conditions.
Local conditions may vary. See accompanying text summary
for forecast statements.
Released Thursday, January 6, 2000
http://drought.unl.edu/dm Author: National Drought Mitigation Center

8. Source: "Drought Monitor Archives." U.S. N.p., n.d. Web.
08 Jan. 2013.
Description: The maps above show the drought intensity of
2 different years. The first map shows the intensity in the
year of 2000, where as the second map shows the intensity
in the year of 2013. Both maps have very different intensities
noted. As we can see, in 2000 there were no red or dark
brown spots, which show great droughts. Where as in
2013, the western areas as the Great Plains consist a great
amount of droughts, which shows how much temperature
and amount of droughts have rose in these years.

10. Source: "World Wide Daily Drought Risk Map." World
Wide Daily Drought Risk Map. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Jan.
2013
Description: The world map above shows the
current droughts happening around the world. The
areas with orange and red spots are the ones with
the serious and worst droughts. The Great Plains
and different areas in South America are greatly
affected by droughts. Asia is not much affected, but
some parts of Europe and Australia are affected
from droughts.

12. Source: "Dessler: †œPaying the Price for Climate
Change†• or a Case of Flawed Statistical Analysis? |
Watts Up With That?" Watts Up With That. N.p., n.d.
Web. 09 Jan. 2013
Description: The graph above shows the
amount of rainfall in the months of June-July in
Texas over the years of 1890 to 2011. There
was a major rise spotted from in between
years of 2005 and 2007, and a great decrease
from the year of 2010 to 2011. This shows the
rainfall is less, which means droughts are
increasing.

13. Conclusion
Based on the evidence shown above, we can determine
that lack of rainfall over long period of time causes
droughts. Droughts can be determined by the amount of
rainfall or the temperature in an area. In next 100 years if
the droughts percentage rises on this scale, it is possible
that oceans could get much smaller, and dry land will take
over.