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People walk on a section of the Great Salt Lake that used to be underwater on Aug. 2, 2021 near Magna, Utah. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

In Deep Red Utah, Climate Concerns Are Now Motivating Candidates

By Marcus Baram, Capital & Main
The Wamme river is seen at a low level during the European heatwave on Aug 10, 2022 in Rochefort, Belgium. Credit: Thierry Monasse/Getty Images

Study Pinpoints Links Between Melting Arctic Ice and Summertime Extreme Weather in Europe

By Bob Berwyn
Wind turbines are seen at sunset in Williamsburg, Iowa on Aug. 14, 2023. Slow wind speeds in the Midwest during warmer months contributed to the decrease in electricity generated from wind farms. Credit: Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Federal Data Reveals a Surprising Drop in Renewable Power in 2023, as Slow Winds and Drought Took a Toll

By Dan Gearino
State park visitors walk along a section of the Great Salt Lake that used to be underwater on Aug. 2, 2021 near Magna, Utah. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Utah Legislature Takes Aim at Rights of Nature Movement

By Katie Surma
A ferry boat is seen stranded at the Marina do Davi, a docking area of the Negro River in the city of Manaus, Amazonas State, northern Brazil, on October 16, 2023. The Negro River is facing the worst dry season of the last decades in the Amazon rainforest. Credit: Michael Dantas/AFP via Getty Images

A Historic and Devastating Drought in the Amazon Was Caused by Climate Change, Researchers Say

By Georgina Gustin
Stagnant water sits below the dry spillway of Falcon Dam in Starr County on Aug. 18, 2022. Credit: Michael Gonzalez/The Texas Tribune

Another Hot, Dry Summer May Push Parts of Texas to the Brink

By Dylan Baddour
The Central Arizona Project canal runs past homes and new home construction, center right, in the Phoenix suburbs on June 8, 2023 in Peoria, Arizona. The project carries diverted Colorado River water through a 336-mile long system to help serve 80 percent of the population of Arizona. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

As Drought Grips the Southwest, Water Utilities Find the Hunt For More Workers Challenging

By Wyatt Myskow
Farm workers weigh jalapeño peppers after a day of work in San Francisco de Conchos, Chihuahua in August 2023. Many farm workers in the Delicias region are Rarámuri from the Sierra Tarahumara.

Tensions Rise in the Rio Grande Basin as Mexico Lags in Water Deliveries to the U.S.

By Martha Pskowski, Inside Climate News, photos by Omar Ornelas, El Paso Times    
City of Odessa Water Distribution employees work through the night as they attempt to repair a broken water main Tuesday, June 14, 2022 in Odessa. According to Mayor of Odessa Javier Joven, repairs were completed around 3:45 a.m. Wednesday. Credit: Courtesy Odessa American/Eli Hartman.

Summer of Record Heat Deals Costly Damage to Texas Water Systems

By Dylan Baddour
An irrigation ditch, center, carries river water toward Quechan tribal land along the long-depleted Colorado River, left, as it flows between California, right, and Arizona, on May 26, 2023 near Winterhaven, California. The Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation and the neighboring Bard Water District currently have voluntary seasonal fallowing programs which compensate farmers to not grow crops on some of their fields to boost water levels at Lake Mead. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

The Federal Bureau of Reclamation Announces Reduced Water Cuts for Colorado River States

By Wyatt Myskow
The water in Jacob's Well is at its lowest level in memory, in August 2023. Usually, it gushes into the bed of Cypress Creek, which is currently dry. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News.

Dry Springs in Central Texas Warn of Water Shortage Ahead

By Dylan Baddour
Haze obscures the skyline in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on June 27, 2023. Smoke from wildfires in Canada caused low air quality and obscured visibility. Credit: Nick Rohlman / The Gazette

Midwest States, Often Billed as Climate Havens, Suffer Summer of Smoke, Drought, Heat

By Madeline Heim, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and Chloe Johnson, Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Construction continues on a new section for homes at Festival Ranch on Oct. 24, 2022 in Buckeye, Arizona. Credit: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Amid Continuing Drought, Arizona Is Coming up With New Sources of Water—if Cities Can Afford Them

By Wyatt Myskow
A carcass of a cow is pictured as women carrying firewood walk in the background, in the area of Loiyangalani, Marsabit, northern Kenya, on July 12, 2022. Credit: Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images

An Agricultural Drought In East Africa Was Caused by Climate Change, Scientists Find

By Georgina Gustin
A street sweeper man cools off with water at a fountain in Ronda, Spain on July 21, 2022. Credit: Jorge Guerrero/AFP via Getty Images

Intensifying Cycle of Extreme Heat And Drought Grips Europe

By Bob Berwyn
Two patches of land sit in a dried up lake bed in 2022. These were once islands in Laguna de Aculeoa, a popular freshwater lake for fishing, boating and swimming, just an hour from Santiago, Chile. The lake dried up completely in 2018 due to the ongoing megadrought.

More Than a Decade of Megadrought Brought a Summer of Megafires to Chile

Story and photos by James Whitlow Delano
In Mammoth Lakes, California, snow covers roofs next to snowbanks in March piled up from new and past storms in the Sierra Nevada mountains, in the wake of an atmospheric river event. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images.

California Snowpack May Hold Record Amount of Water, With Significant Flooding Possible

By Emma Foehringer Merchant
An aerial view of landslide damage in La Cañada Flintridge, California on Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. Credit: Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

California, Battered by Atmospheric Rivers, Faces a Big Melt This Spring

By Bob Berwyn

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