THE DRY FACTS

Abstract

DEFINING DROUGHT Characterized by unusual and persistent dry weather, drought is caused by shifts in global weather patterns such as El Niño, but also increasingly by human-induced climate change. Led to a massive failure of the wheat crop and caused the Darling River in New South Wales to dry up. 1930s THE US DUST BOWL Where: Centred on the Great Plains but covered 60% of the United States.