Millions of people in the Western U.S. are at risk of seeing reduced access to both water and power as two of the nation's biggest reservoirs continue to dry up inch by inch. The United Nations issued ...

"I don’t really know how long it would take them." Scientists make stunning discovery while studying iconic US lake: 'It ...

A Colorado man is attempting to become the first person to swim the length of Lake Powell. Shane Schieffer set out on the water at 8:38 a.m. Tuesday morning, according to his Instagram account.

In May, hydrologists forecasted that spring runoff into Lake Powell would be the lowest in years. A month later, the projections have only gotten worse. The Colorado Basin River Forecast Center ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The amount of snowmelt expected to reach the key reservoirs on the Colorado River this spring is far below the median of the last two decades, despite ...

This year’s predicted spring runoff into Lake Powell has decreased yet again as the impacts of a dry winter begin to show. Hydrologists at the Colorado Basin River Forecast Center said Wednesday that ...

Lake Powell is projected to fall below a critical threshold of 3,500 feet in 2026, triggering mandatory federal intervention. This intervention could involve reducing water releases to Lake Mead to ...

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