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 ...

Karen Russell’s 2011 novel “Swamplandia!” featured a section about how the United States Army Corps of Engineers tried to drain Florida’s swamps to create, the author says, “this American Eden of ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) — The Dust Bowl was an event that happened almost 100 years ago in the United States where severe dust storms moved across the country damaging agriculture. With the severe ...

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Promise: the great plowup, 1901-1930. The wanderer-- No man's land -- Creating Dalhart -- High plains Deutsch -- Last of the great plowup -- Betrayal, 1931-1933. First wave -- A darkening -- In a dry ...

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 ...

Alyssa Colman is the author of the middle grade fantasy The Tarnished Garden and the companion novel The Gilded Girl. Here she reflects on her research behind her forthcoming book, Where Only Storms ...