Photo: University of Washington researcher Danny Hogan studies snowflakes with a “crystal card” as part of the team researching the question of snow sublimation in the Rockies. (Photo by Alex Hager/KUNC) High in the mountains above Crested Butte, Colorado, a team of scientists trudges single file through the whiteout, following a chain of orange flags marking
Photo: A set of four tubes known as the “river outlet works” allow extra water to flow through the Glen Canyon Dam. The flows are designed to take advantage of wet years and help wildlife habitats downstream. (Photo by Alex Hager/KUNC) An extra pulse of water was sent through the Grand Canyon this week, part
This image shows an Almarai logo in Cairo, Egypt In rural Arizona’s La Paz County, on the state’s rugged border with California, the decision by a Saudi-owned dairy company to grow alfalfa in the American Southwest for livestock in the Gulf kingdom first raised eyebrows nearly a decade ago. Now, worsening drought has focused new
Photo: Officials listen during a news conference on Lake Mead at Hoover Dam, Tuesday, April 11, 2023 The Biden administration floated two ideas this week to reduce water usage from the dwindling Colorado River, which supplies 40 million people. The 1,450-mile (2,334-kilometer) river is a lifeline for seven U.S. states, dozens of Native American tribes,
Photo: The familiar white “bathtub rings” show dropping levels on Lake Mead. The reservoir’s stores have been falling for years, setting records for new all-time lows. (Photo by Alex Hager/KUNC) Cuts to water use along the Colorado River could be spread evenly across some Southwestern states, or follow the more than century-old priority system that
Photo: Despite having rights to Gila River water, the Gila River Indian Community also has to get water from the Central Arizona Project through canals. But the tribe recently announced that it will forgo 125,000 acre feet of Lake Mead water, earning it millions in federal funding aimed at encouraging water conservation. (Photo by Ted Wood/The