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The Dual Threat of Wildfires and Coronavirus in California

"Northern California may still be grappling with the novel coronavirus outbreak when it begins to face the more familiar threat of dangerous wildfires, and emergency officials are already contemplating...

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Once-in-a-Millennium Megadrought—Happening Now in the Western United States

"A vast region of the western United States, extending from California, Arizona and New Mexico north to Oregon and Idaho, is in the grips of the first climate change-induced megadrought observed in the...

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The Southwest Contends With a Crisis on the Colorado River

The Colorado River, which supplies water to 40 million people in seven western states, faces a crisis as its resources are stretched thin and climate change threatens its future.Publication Date: Thu,...

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Drought Contingency Plan Triggered for the Colorado River

"Increasingly bleak forecasts for the Colorado River have for the first time put into action elements of the 2019 upper basin drought contingency plan," reports Luke Runyon.Publication Date: Wed,...

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2020 Was a Landmark Year for Climate Change

Many companies set goals to achieve by 2020 and came up short, while the effects of climate change were more obvious than ever in the year that was 2020.

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Las Vegas Water Authorities Want to Ban Ornamental Grass

The Southern Nevada Water Authority is pushing the Nevada State Legislature to pass a law banning all "nonfunctional turf" in the Las Vegas metropolitan area—all the grass that no one ever walks in...

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Drought Takes Hold of the American West

As recently as 2019, rain was falling in abundance and rivers were running high, but no one should be suPublication Date: Mon, 04/19/2021

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More Need Than Ever for Drought Resilience on the Colorado River

Ian James reports on the state of the Colorado River after more than two decades of scientists have decided is a "megadrought." The water level of Lake Mead has fallen 130 Publication Date: Fri,...

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How Arizona Is Preparing for the Coming Water Shortage

Ian James writes about how Arizona water officials are preparing to subsist on far less water than hoped in the coming years, as the megadrought along the Colorado River Publication Date: Fri, 04/30/2021

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Southern California's Water Conservation and Storage Efforts Paying Off

Despite Governor Newsom's recent warning that California is, once again, facing drought conditions, Publication Date: Wed, 04/28/2021

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Researchers Propose the Concept of 'Anthropogenic Drought'

Although droughts "are more complex than mere shortages of precipitation or surface water," scientists have had few terms for describing and defining different droughts and their causes, Publication...

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Arizona Legislators Want to Ship Mississippi River Stormwater to the Colorado...

"The Arizona Legislature on Tuesday made a formal request asking Congress to fund a study to determine the feasibility of pipelining Mississippi River floodwater to the Colorado River," reports the...

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New Drought Contingencies Triggered for Upper Colorado River States

Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming will launch a new drought response operations plan as water levels in Lake Powell continue to drop, according to a press release by the Upper Colorado River...

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Water Supply Concerns Prompt Development Moratorium in Utah Town

Alexander Cramer reports from Oakley, Utah, where city officials have temporarily banned new development, citing concerns over drought conditions and the city's water supply.Publication Date: Wed,...

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Nevada Bans the Use of Colorado River Water for Ornamental Grass

Daniel Rothberg reports: "Earlier this year, Las Vegas water planners asked the Legislature to pass a new law that prohibits water-intensive decorative turf within medians, along roaPublication Date:...

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