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Drought

Confronting California’s Water Crisis

State officials should protect water as a public resource and rein in corporate water abusers to deal with its increasingly uncertain water future, a new report says.

By Liza Gross

Residents work to push back wet mud that trapped cars and invaded some houses on Jan. 11, 2023 in Piru, east of Fillmore, California. A series of powerful storms pounded California in striking contrast to the past three years of severe to extreme drought experienced by most of the state. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images
More than two thirds of the Colorado River begins as snow in Colorado. However, warm temperatures and dry soil are steadily reducing the amount of snowmelt that makes its way into the river, which supplies 40 million people across the Southwest. Credit: Alex Hager/KUNC

This Winter’s Rain and Snow Won’t be Enough to Pull the West Out of Drought

By Alex Hager, KUNC

Construction continues in October 2022 on a new section of homes at Festival Ranch in Buckeye, Arizona. Future development in the city, 35 miles west of Phoenix, could be imperiled by a lack of water. The flight for aerial photography was provided by LightHawk. Credit: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images.

Arizona’s New Governor Takes on Water Conservation and Promises to Revise the State’s Groundwater Management Act

By Wyatt Myskow

Families come to the Ammusait General Hospital malnutrition ward to tend to their sick children and family members. Staff is limited so family members become caretakers at the hospital. Credit: Larry C. Price

A Hospital Ward for Starving Children in Kenya Has Seen a Surge in Cases This Year

By Georgina Gustin

A boat dock sits on dry ground far from the water at Lake Mendocino on April 22, 2021 in Ukiah, California. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

When the State Cut Their Water, These California Users Created a Collaborative Solution

By Emma Foehringer Merchant

John Entsminger, who runs the Southern Nevada Water Authority, said states will probably come up with an "imperfect alternative" to last until 2026, when current rules for managing the Colorado River expire and states are expected to draw up a "longer-term, more durable solution." Credit: Alex Hager/KUNC

‘It Is Going to Take Real Cuts to Everyone’: Leaders Meet to Decide the Future of the Colorado River

By Alex Hager, KUNC

The body of a camel that died the day before of starvation lies near Marsabit, Kenya. Credit: Larry C. Price

In a Famed Game Park Near the Foot of Mount Kilimanjaro, the Animals Are Giving Up

By Georgina Gustin

Bob Martin, who manages hydropower at Glen Canyon Dam, is grappling with the reality that generators could soon be shut off because of low water levels in Lake Powell. The Colorado River faces a growing supply-demand imbalance, and normal operations at the dam may suffer. Credit: Alex Hager

The ‘Power of Aridity’ is Bringing a Colorado River Dam to its Knees

By Alex Hager, KUNC

Ali Liban Guracho walks past dozens of dead cattle outside Garissa, Kenya. Credit: Larry C. Price

Climate Change is Driving Millions to the Precipice of a ‘Raging Food Catastrophe’

By Georgina Gustin

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