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Tag: aridification

Posted inEditor's Picks, Sustainability

Colorado River states offer competing proposals for managing water

by Steve Crane Mar 7, 2024Mar 7, 2024

The seven states that use water from the Colorado River proposed competing plans to the federal government this week on the river’s future management, with upper and lower basin states offering their own visions. Arizona joined California and Nevada with a plan that calls for a new framework for measuring the amount of water in […]

Posted inEditor's Picks, Sustainability

If trees could talk: Tree rings show recent decades warmest in 500 years

by Steve Crane Mar 4, 2024Mar 4, 2024
Posted inEditor's Picks, Sustainability

New climate report shows impact of drying on human health in Southwest

by Steve Crane Nov 23, 2023Nov 23, 2023
Posted inEditor's Picks, Sustainability, Weather

Climate data reveals a hotter, drier Arizona, with more extremes possible

by Adnan Alam Feb 17, 2022Nov 9, 2022
Posted inEditor's Picks, Sustainability

These four metrics are used to track drought, and they paint a bleak picture for the Southwest

by Adnan Alam Jan 6, 2022Jan 7, 2022
Posted inSustainability

With the Colorado River in crisis, those who decide its future gather with a sense of urgency

by Adnan Alam Dec 10, 2021Jan 26, 2022
Posted inSustainability, Weather

Drier springs produce hotter summers in the withering Southwest, study says

by Adnan Alam Jul 12, 2021Nov 9, 2022
Posted inSustainability

Dry soils plague Colorado River Basin, absorbing runoff needed downstream

by Adnan Alam Apr 1, 2021Apr 1, 2021
Posted inSustainability

When wildfire burns a high mountain forest, what happens to the snow and runoff?

by Adnan Alam Jan 6, 2021Feb 10, 2021
Posted inSustainability

Utah presses forward on pipeline despite strains on Colorado River

by Adnan Alam Jun 14, 2019Jun 17, 2019

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