Southwest states have bought time with an agreement between California, Arizona and Nevada to cut Colorado River water use by about 14%. Now comes the hard part.
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Reservoirs and streams are in good shape in California and the Great Basin, but groundwater and ecosystems are another story. And then there’s the Colorado River Basin.
A climate scientist explains the forces behind the summer’s extreme downpours and dangerous heat waves, and why new locations will be at risk in the coming year.
Cities and farmers in the Southwest are resorting to unsustainable strategies to pull in more water. Iran has tried many of these strategies and shows how they can go wrong.
Record heat and low rainfall are drying up water sources shared by the American Southwest and northern Mexico.
Groundwater supplies around the world are under threat as drilling companies bore deeper and deeper wells.
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Distinguished Scholar, NCAR; Affiliate Faculty, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine
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Professor, Department of Civil, Geological and Environmental Engineering and School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan
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University of Arizona
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Professor, Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona
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Regents Professor Emeritus and Morris K. Udall Professor of Law & Public Policy Emeritus, University of Arizona
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Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Boise State University
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Research Professor of Environmental Policy, University of Arizona
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Professor, School of Geography, Development and Environment, University of Arizona
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Professor of Political Science, Colorado State University
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Assistant Professor of Water Resources Engineering, Oklahoma State University
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Head of Research Programme, Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES), United Nations University
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Associate Research Professor in Climatology, Desert Research Institute
