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Littleton man missing since 2024 located in Colorado River nearly full year later
A man who went missing on the Colorado River during a rafting trip on June 1, 2024, has been found and identified through ...
Missing rafter from 2024 found in Colorado River a year later
The Grand County Sheriff's Office found the missing rafter, Thomas Russell, nearly a year after the rafting accident.
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 ...
The Colorado River Basin has lost as much groundwater as the entire volume of Lake Mead
Deep below the surface of the ground in one of the driest parts of the country, there is a looming problem: The water is ...
Flood watch affecting Eastern Mojave Desert and San Bernardino County-Upper Colorado River Valley
On Wednesday at 1:46 a.m. the NWS Las Vegas NV released a flood watch in effect until 11 p.m. for Eastern Mojave Desert, ...
Colorado River states still have no unified long-term management plan and 'are just about out of time,' experts warn
Concerningly low amounts of water are flowing from the Rocky Mountain snowpack this spring, a summer of drought looms across ...
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Native trout species return to the new Colorado River Connectivity Channel near Granby
Native fish populations are returning more quickly than anticipated in the Colorado River Connectivity Channel near Granby.
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Groundwater in the Colorado River Basin is being depleted. What that means for the Coachella Valley
New research is showing that groundwater from the Colorado River Basin, or CRB, is depleting more quickly than most first ...
Groundwater is rapidly declining in the Colorado River Basin, satellite data show
As the Colorado River’s reservoirs have declined, even larger amounts of groundwater have been drained from aquifers. Using ...
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Colorado River study increases urgency for reduction of water consumption
Researchers found massive depletion of the region's groundwater, adding more stress to the drought-stricken Colorado River.
The Colorado River is running low. The picture looks even worse underground, study says.
The Colorado River Basin has lost twice as much groundwater since 2003 as water taken out of its reservoirs, according to a ...
Could floating solar panels on a reservoir help the Colorado River?
The study did not measure how much water evaporation floating solar would prevent, but previous NREL research has shown that photovoltaic panels—sometimes called “floatovoltaics” when they are ...