US EditionHuman Emissions Driving Colorado River ‘Megadrought,’ CU Boulder Research Finds
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Human emissions driving Colorado River ‘megadrought,’ CU Boulder research finds
Colorado's drought-stricken Blue Mesa Reservoir near Gunnison is pictured on May 30, 2021. (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline)As historic drought conditions on the Western Slope fuel another dangerous wildfire season, a new paper from researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder warns that human-caused climate change is playing a major role in making those conditions worse. Previously published climatological research has found that the Colo…
Arizona faces another year of Colorado River cuts amid lingering drought - AZ Luminaria
DENVER (AP) — Arizona, Nevada and Mexico will again live with less water from the Colorado River as drought lingers in the West, federal officials announced Friday. The Colorado River is a critical lifeline to seven U.S. states, 30 Native American tribes, and two Mexican states. The cuts are based on projections for levels at federal reservoirs — chief among them Lake Powell and Lake Mead — released every August by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation…
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VanguardiaCILA announced that in 2026 a reduction in the share of water received by Mexico from R or Colorado, which is destined for BC, will be applied again.
The study of the US Claim Bureau projects a smaller reduction than in 2025, thanks to binational cooperation and state conservation actions.
The Secretary of Water in Baja California, Víctor Daniel Amador Barragán, reported that the United States Claim Bureau today published the 24 month Study of August 2025, which determines the distribution of the Colorado River water volumes under low storage conditions by 2026. In that ... The BC entry assures water supply in the face of drought from the Colorado River basin was first published on TJNews.
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