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Drought

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

Glen Canyon Dam is seen, behind which are record low water levels at Lake Powell, as the drought continues to worsen on July 2, 2021 near Page, Arizona. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images
Ranchers stand by a water tank as they work on a water project to try and get more water to their ranch from a well on June 8, 2021 in Tomales, California. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

California Has Begun Managing Groundwater Under a New Law. Experts Aren’t Sure It’s Working

By Elena Shao

Floodwater recedes from a corn field on March 23, 2019 near Nemaha, Nebraska. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Increased Flooding and Droughts Linked to Climate Change Have Sent Crop Insurance Payouts Skyrocketing

By Georgina Gustin

Evacuated resident April Phillips wipes her face while watching a family dog at an evacuation center for the Dixie Fire at Lassen Community College in Susanville, California on Aug. 6, 2021. Phillips and her family were living in their cars and were told it would be at least 10 days before they could return home during the second-worst wildfire in California's history. Credit: Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images

The Year in Climate Photos

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Fracking fluid and other drilling wastes are dumped into an unlined pit located right up against the Petroleum Highway in Kern County, California. Credit: Sarah Craig/Faces of Fracking

Unchecked Oil and Gas Wastewater Threatens California Groundwater

By Liza Gross

Glen Canyon Dam is seen next to the white "bathtub ring" of previously submerged rock, indicating record low water levels at Lake Powell as the drought continues to worsen on July 2, 2021 near Page, Arizona. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

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

Members of the Mexican Army evacuate patients of the IMSS Hospital in Tula de Allende, Hidalgo state, Mexico, on Sept. 7, 2021. Credit: Francisco Villeda/AFP via Getty Images

World Meteorological Organization Sharpens Warnings About Both Too Much and Too Little Water

By Bob Berwyn

Ian McCammon, the writer's spouse, rows the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon National Park, here amidst ancient Vishnu schist in May. The trip offers a window into deep time and recent history. The needs of recreational boaters, wildlife, the canyon ecology and water users is part of an ongoing conversation that has been made more contentious because of drought, water shortages and global warming. Credit: Judy Fahys/Inside Climate News

From a Raft in the Grand Canyon, the West’s Shifting Water Woes Come Into View

By Judy Fahys

A Crisis Of Water And Power On The Colorado River

he Link River Dam helps hold water for irrigation in Upper Klamath Lake. Credit: Anne Marshall-Chalmers

‘There Are No Winners Here’: Drought in the Klamath Basin Inflames a Decades-Old War Over Water and Fish

By Anne Marshall-Chalmers

In an aerial view, polygonal blocks of giant desiccation cracks (GDCs), as geologists have dubbed them, are seen near Red Lake on June 28, 2021 north of Kingman, Arizona during an exceptional drought. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

Drier Springs Bring Hotter Summers in the Withering Southwest

By Judy Fahys

Austun Wilde rests with her two dogs at a cooling center in the Oregon Convention Center on June 27, 2021 in Portland, Oregon. Record breaking temperatures lingered over the Northwest during a historic heatwave this weekend. Credit: Nathan Howard/Getty Images

Global Warming Cauldron Boils Over in the Northwest in One of the Most Intense Heat Waves on Record Worldwide

By Judy Fahys, Bob Berwyn

Farmers in Kenya. Credit: Geoffrey Omondi/Climate Visuals Countdown

Without ‘Transformative Adaptation’ Climate Change May Threaten the Survival of Millions of Small Scale Farmers

By Georgina Gustin

Chardonnay grapevines in the Russian River Valley flood on March 12, 2018, near Sebastopol, California. Credit: George Rose/Getty Images

How Capturing Floodwaters Can Reduce Flooding and Combat Drought

By Liza Gross

In an aerial view, a tractor kicks up dust as it plows a dry field on May 25, 2021 in Madera, California. As California enters an extreme drought emergency, water is starting to become scarce in California's Central Valley. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

As California’s Drought Worsens, the Biden Administration Cuts Water Supplies and Farmers Struggle to Compensate

By Liza Gross

Sheep graze in a dry field near the town of McFarland in California's Central Valley, August 24, 2016. The Central Valley is the state's agriculture hub producing vast quantities of fruits, vegetables, nuts as well as dairy, beef and lamb but struggled through five years of the last drought. Credit: ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images

California’s Relentless Droughts Strain Farming Towns

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

Devastation is seen after the Pine Gulch Fire on Aug. 27, 2020 near De Beque, Colorado. Credit: Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Climate Change Ravaged the West With Heat and Drought Last Year; Many Fear 2021 Will Be Worse

By Judy Fahys

Grapevines at Castello di Amorosa, in the Napa Valley Wine Country, Calistoga, California, December 22, 2019.

Clues From Wines Grown in Hot, Dry Regions May Help Growers Adapt to a Changing Climate

By Liza Gross

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