Dust-on-snow is a major threat to water in the Colorado River, yet no snowmelt forecasts integrate dust-accelerated melt. Using pioneering remote sensing techniques, new research is the first to ...

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department said on Monday it finalized the second phase of purchases that included 1,100 acres ...

The Colorado River system is the lifeblood of the Southwest, delivering water to 40 million people across the United States and Mexico. Drought and ...

and we view that as leading to crisis management,” Andy Mueller, general manager of the Glenwood Springs-based Colorado River Water Conservation District, said at the district’s regular board meeting ...

New research suggests ancient Mars may have been warm and wet, with rainfall or snowmelt carving its iconic valleys.

Satellite images capture massive dust plumes blowing toward the headwaters of the Colorado River in 2013. (Courtesy University of Utah) “That additional energy that’s being absorbed accelerates the ...

Stiles and other researchers analyzed 23 years of satellite images, from 2021 to 2023, to observe snow darkened by dust in the spring months. They found that dust accelerated snowmelt in the Colorado ...

As the world grapples with increasing water scarcity, one of Asia’s most significant waterways faces an existential crisis that surpasses even the well-documented decline of North America’s Colorado .

The Gulf disaster and then Michigan's 800,000-gallon pipeline oil spill in July has put the pipeline industry under a ...