A new study links major industrial emitters to declining Western snowpack, streamflow, rising irrigation demand and groundwater loss.
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Monsoon brings patchy relief to Colorado River Basin drought
Monsoon storms brought scattered relief to southern Arizona and Utah, but extreme drought still grips much of Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah.
The U.S. Drought Monitor's report shows exceptional drought expanding in central Colorado while severe and extreme drought persists across most of Utah. Heat records fell across the West as limited...
Heat and drought persist across the Colorado River Basin as low snowpack drives low-flow conditions and a dry forecast offers little near-term relief.
A late-season storm brought little relief to the West as low streamflows and worsening drought signal a difficult summer ahead for the Colorado River Basin.
Hot weather and almost no rainfall worsened drought conditions across much of the Colorado River Basin this week.