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New study shows huge groundwater losses along Colorado River
As the amount of water in the Colorado River shrinks, more farms and cities are turning to groundwater, which is less ...
Inside Climate News2d
Colorado River Basin Aquifers Are Declining Even More Steeply Than the River, New Research Shows
Overuse and climate change are rapidly depleting groundwater throughout the region, but aquifers are not part of the ...
Arizona Daily Star7d
Study: Groundwater loss across Colorado River Basin threatens economic security
— Most of the total water losses occurred in the drier Lower Colorado River basin. It lost 20.7 million acre-feet of ...
WWNO7d
Mississippi River loses most of its sediment—and land building ability—before reaching the Gulf
New research shows that typically, less than 10% of land-building alluvium reaches the Bird’s Foot Delta region, the ...
Los Angeles Times9d
Groundwater is rapidly declining in the Colorado River Basin, satellite data show
New research based on satellite data shows the depletion of groundwater in the Colorado River Basin far exceeds losses from the river’s reservoirs. Scientists say overpumping is leading to ...
The New York Times23d
A Crucial River Treaty Is Tangled in Trump’s Feud With Canada
Video by Michael Hanson For The New York Times Supported by ... flood control downstream in America. A map showing the extent of the Columbia River basin highlighting the dams in the treaty.