As Lake Powell Hits Landmark Low, Arizona Looks to a $1 Billion Investment and Mexican Seawater to Slake its Thirst Gov. Doug Ducey hopes to solve the state’s water woes during his last year in office as decades of drought strain water supplies from the Colorado River. By Aydali Campa
California Has Begun Managing Groundwater Under a New Law. Experts Aren’t Sure It’s Working By Elena Shao
Increased Flooding and Droughts Linked to Climate Change Have Sent Crop Insurance Payouts Skyrocketing By Georgina Gustin
Inside Clean Energy: Drought is Causing U.S. Hydropower to Have a Rough Year. Is This a Sign of a Long-Term Shift? By Dan Gearino
World Meteorological Organization Sharpens Warnings About Both Too Much and Too Little Water By Bob Berwyn
‘There Are No Winners Here’: Drought in the Klamath Basin Inflames a Decades-Old War Over Water and Fish By Anne Marshall-Chalmers
Global Warming Cauldron Boils Over in the Northwest in One of the Most Intense Heat Waves on Record Worldwide By Judy Fahys, Bob Berwyn
Without ‘Transformative Adaptation’ Climate Change May Threaten the Survival of Millions of Small Scale Farmers By Georgina Gustin
As California’s Drought Worsens, the Biden Administration Cuts Water Supplies and Farmers Struggle to Compensate By Liza Gross
In the West, Signs in the Snow Warn That a 20-Year Drought Will Persist and Intensify By Bob Berwyn, Judy Fahys
Climate Change Ravaged the West With Heat and Drought Last Year; Many Fear 2021 Will Be Worse By Judy Fahys
Clues From Wines Grown in Hot, Dry Regions May Help Growers Adapt to a Changing Climate By Liza Gross