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  • Here’s how much Lake Mead could rise after an epic winter and new water cuts

    Here’s how much Lake Mead could rise after an epic winter and new water cuts

    Photo: Intake towers for the Hoover Dam rise above the surface of Lake Mead in April 2023. Will Lanzoni/CNN Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir, spent much of last spring and summer in free fall. Over the course of four months, Mead’s elevation plummeted an astonishing 20 feet, first exposing one of the lake’s huge intake valves in April…

  • Catholics are sounding the alarm on dwindling Colorado River

    Catholics are sounding the alarm on dwindling Colorado River

    Photo: An elevated view shows the dramatic decline of water levels at Lake Mead near Boulder City, Nev., The nation’s largest reservoir has reached its lowest water levels on record since it was created by damming the Colorado River in the 1930s, as growing demand for water and climate change shrink the Colorado River and…

  • The Colorado River is evaporating, and climate change is largely to blame

    The Colorado River is evaporating, and climate change is largely to blame

    Photo: Colorado River water held back by the Hoover Dam. IMAGE: SHUTTERSTOCK / ROCKET PHOTOS – HQ STOCK Reprinted from 2018 for its still-current relevance. —ed. An hour’s drive from Las Vegas stands America’s Hoover Dam, a commanding barrier of concrete holding back the trillions of gallons of Colorado River water held inside Lake Mead.…

  • Climate change endangers half the world’s groundwater supply

    Climate change endangers half the world’s groundwater supply

    Climate change today will effect the water supply for hundreds—possibly thousands—of years. Humans exist on a short leash. A person can only last around three days without drinking water. Put that way, human life is absurdly fragile; plenty of other organisms can go far longer. Just think of your houseplant. To make matters more precarious,…

  • New Estimate Finds Less Fresh Groundwater in U.S. Than Previously Assumed

    New Estimate Finds Less Fresh Groundwater in U.S. Than Previously Assumed

    Photo: Well drillers for Hydro Resources drill a well near Sublette, Kansas. Photo © Brian Lehmann / Circle of Blue By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Drilling deeper not a long-term strategy, authors say. When a severe drought enveloped California a few years ago and rivers shriveled, farmers in the Central Valley punched wells deeper…