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Study finds dust speeds up spring snowmelt in Colorado River basin
The Colorado River system is the lifeblood of the southwest, delivering water to 40 million people across the United States ...
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Southern Nevada set for ‘lean water year,’ while northern Nevada snowpack in ‘good shape’
Water officials have raised concerns about anticipated water levels in Southern Nevada this summer, following a disappointing ...
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Charting mountain snowpack
The pressure on the pillow pushes an equal amount of the antifreeze liquid into a measurement tube, which converts the weight ...
Lake Mead will only receive a fraction of this year’s snowpack. Here’s why
Every year, when snow from the Rocky Mountains melts into water, it finds its way into Lake Powell, the country’s ...
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Southern Nevada set for ‘lean water year’
Water officials have raised concerns about anticipated water levels in Southern Nevada this summer, following a disappointing ...
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Snowpack reaches 97% of normal, but drought hanging on in desert Southwest
The Colorado River basin has about 20% less water now than ... A more detailed look at the Reclamation map shows the most important areas that feed the Colorado River have SWE levels near 100% ...
The Top 9 Small Adventure Towns in the U.S.
The obvious draw to McCall is the skiing. The small town sits in the Cuddy and Salmon River Mountains of Idaho, collecting ...
Inside Climate News4d
South Texas Developers Make a Sales Pitch to Sell Groundwater. Will Laredo Buy It?
Laredo has long sought a secondary water supply to supplement the Rio Grande. A development in Webb County could provide a ...
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UW-Led Study: Fences, Roads Foiled Pronghorn in Mass Winter Die-Off
When a severe winter struck Wyoming’s Red Desert in December 2022, one pronghorn doe made a desperate escape attempt, trudging 240 miles through a snowbound wasteland.
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Forrest Fenn’s Great 21st-Century Treasure Hunt
Was there a better way to spend the past decade than on a maddening, deadly, brain-scrambling search for gold hidden ...
The Panama Canal's Other Conflict: Water Security For The Population And The Global Economy
Source: Maps using World Economic Forum data. The canal project was designed to take advantage of the region's tropical climate and abundant average rainfall. It harnessed the water of the Chagres ...