Dust-on-snow is a major threat to water in the Colorado River, yet no snowmelt forecasts integrate dust-accelerated melt. Using pioneering remote sensing techniques, new research is the first to ...

A late-season rollercoaster ride this year turned into a steep decline for snowpack levels that feed the Colorado River.

The seven states that use water from the Colorado River – Arizona, California and Nevada comprise the Lower Basin – have just ...

“Climate change is reducing the flows of the Colorado significantly,” says climate scientist Brad Udall. 40 million people in the booming Southwest rely on the river. But the demands and ...

The seven states on the Colorado River are spending millions of dollars to accurately measure how much water flows downstream and how much is taken out along the way. Quantifying the river's flow ...

On the domestic level, the seven U.S. basin states are currently negotiating an update to the Colorado River’s operational guidelines, which are set to expire at the end of 2026.

Laguna Grande (AFP) – In a drought-hit Mexican border region at the center of growing competition with the United States for water, conservationists are working to bring a once-dying river delta ...

The theme of the week may have centered on piecing together ways to manage the Colorado River after 2026, but Nevada and its six neighboring states in the basin walked away with a fractured puzzle ...