Por: Slate Tech February 14, 2023
The Colorado River, which allows the desert to sustain itself and powers millions of American homes, is currently engaged in the fight of its life. The rapidly sinking river—victim of a nearly 23-year-long megadrought—stretches 1,450 miles, snaking its way from Colorado through Arizona, Nevada, and California, and finally into Mexico, where it should theoretically dump out . But the water rarely gets that far, thanks to a series of dams and... + full article
Newsweek USA Tech February 14, 2023
The Hoover Dam is the most-famous such example in North America, and for good reason. Built between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression, the project was truly a feat of engineering for the time.Standing 726 feet high, and 1,244 feet long, the dam—in the Black Canyon of... + más
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Los Angeles Times USA Nation February 03, 2023
It's a crisis nearly 100 years in the making: Seven states — all reliant on a single mighty river as a vital source of water — failed to reach an agreement this week on how best to reduce their use of supplies from the rapidly shrinking Colorado River. At the heart of... + más
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Newsweek USA Tech February 01, 2023
The Colorado River is one of the most important waterways in the Southwestern United States. But its levels are rapidly declining and are at the lowest they have been in a century.The river starts in Colorado's Rocky Mountains and flows all the way down to the Gulf of... + más
What happens if Lake Powell becomes a dead pool? | Newsweek
Why is the Colorado River drying up? | Newsweek
Newsweek USA Tech January 18, 2023
As storms continue to batter the Southwest, water levels in the region's drought-stricken Colorado River are beginning to rise.These storms have delivered above average snowpack for this time of year, as well as above normal river flows, Haley Paul, Arizona policy director... + más
Supreme Court will reconsider Navajos' claim for more water from the Colorado River | Los Angeles Times
Newsweek USA Tech December 20, 2022
The Colorado River's water levels are the lowest they have been in a century.Scientists fear the reservoirs the river feeds into could reach deadpool level in the next few years. That would mean the water level would be too low to flow downstream from a dam or to drive... + más
California's depleted, drying Salton Sea to get $250 million in federal drought funding | Los Angeles Times
Drying California lake to get $250M in US drought funding | ABC News
Los Angeles Times USA Sports November 06, 2022
This baseball season started late and ended later. We did not expect the Lakers to be done before the World Series was done, but here we are. This fall marked the debut of baseball’s grand new postseason. A sport that for generations prided itself on a regular season long... + más
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Los Angeles Times USA Politics November 04, 2022
With California and the Southwest facing a historic drought, the Supreme Court agreed Friday to review a 9th Circuit Court decision that held the Navajo Nation has a right to take more water from the Colorado River. The appeals court had pointed to the 1868 treaty that gave the... + más
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Biden unveils plan to pay farmers and cities for Colorado River water cuts | CNBC
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