Western states buy time with a 7-year Colorado River drought plan, but face a hotter, drier future
As Midwest states struggled with record spring flooding this year, the Southwest was wrestling with the opposite problem: not enough water.
As Midwest states struggled with record spring flooding this year, the Southwest was wrestling with the opposite problem: not enough water.
One third of the flow decline over the past two decades was likely due to higher temperatures in the Colorado River’s Upper Basin.