Tag: droughts
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Drought Mitigation: Should We Be Farming in the Desert?
Irrigated farmland in the desert of the Imperial Valley. (Photo credit: Steve Proehl, Getty Images) Throughout the Colorado River Basin, ongoing drought is pushing agricultural technology to its limits. Just north of the U.S.-Mexico border, California’s Imperial Valley is both a desert and an agricultural wonder. Bordered by sand dunes and barren mountains, the region…
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UA hydrologist launches website to track U.S. groundwater, forecasts
Photo: new AI-based groundwater forecasts for the U.S. A University of Arizona researcher has led a national science foundation project that integrated AI to simulate the nation’s groundwater supply to forecast droughts and floods. This website has been in development for three years and has now been launched. It is important to our climate here in…
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Upper Colorado River States Add Muscle as Decisions Loom on the Shrinking River’s Future
Flows in the White River (pictured above) and other tributaries of the upper Colorado River have declined dramatically and contributed to the precipitous declines of Lake Powell and Lake Mead. (Source: The Water Desk) The states of the Lower Colorado River Basin have traditionally played an oversized role in tapping the lifeline that supplies 40…
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Biden admin outlines plan to cut vital water supplies in western states
Photo: Deputy Secretary of the Interior Tommy Beaudreau speaks alongside Colorado Gov. Jared Polis in Commerce City, Colorado, on Dec. 14, 2022. (Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post via Getty Images) Actions could lead to a reduction of 652 billion gallons of water supplies to multiple western states The Biden administration proposed actions Tuesday that would significantly…
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How beavers could help the Colorado River survive future droughts
Photo: In this undated file photo, a beaver appears near the shoreline of the Bear Creek which feeds into the South Platte River just outside Denver, Colorado. STOCK IMAGE/Getty Images Humans can take a lesson from beavers’ engineering on how to conserve water. The humble beaver could become one of America’s hardest working allies in…
