Colorado River crisis — How did the nation’s two largest reservoirs nearly go dry?
Experts cite complicated operating systems, competing government agencies, rigid guidelines and climate change
Colorado squeezing water from urban landscapes
Pace of transition has accelerated, deepened and broadened
Scientists use simple cameras to answer complex questions about forests and the snowpack
“Snowtography” captures how the snowpack can vary dramatically across short distances
The Rio Grande isn’t just a border – it’s a river in crisis
The river is in decline, suffering from overuse, drought and contentious water rights negotiations.
High and Dry
Utah’s immense Great Salt Lake has receded in recent years, revealing the microbial reefs crucial to its ecosystem.
What is a strong El Niño? Meteorologists anticipate a big impact in winter 2023,...
A strong El Niño is coming. It sounds ominous. But what does that actually mean?
Drops of Hope Along the Colorado River
Water inequality in the United States goes hand in hand with the dark legacy of colonization, systematic racism, and efforts to wipe out Indigenous cultures.
What Arizona and other drought-ridden states can learn from Israel’s pioneering water strategy
Around the world, water engineering projects have caused large-scale ecological damage that governments now are spending heavily to repair.
New California law bolsters groundwater recharge as strategic defense against climate change
State designates aquifers 'natural infrastructure' to boost funding for water supply, flood control, wildlife habitat
A Mexican water expert on what Arizona can learn from Hermosillo
As severe water scarcity becomes an increasingly real and dire prospect for Arizona, looking south to Sonora offers important insight.