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 ...

Nearly all water in the 1,450-mile-long river originates from snowmelt in the Upper Colorado River Basin, a region adjacent to arid landscapes that regularly blow dust onto mountain snowpacks.

During a tour of the Western Slope last week, U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., said he was frustrated with the pace of ...

The study largely focused on water levels originating from snowmelt in the Upper Colorado River Basin, a region with large amounts of dust that regularly blows onto mountain snowpacks. Researchers ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - The 2025 Grand Valley State of the River event was held on April 22. Its purpose was to highlight key issues facing Colorado waterways and to hear what experts ...

After being delayed a day, Colorado Parks and Wildlife published the April wolf activity map that shows extensive travel from ...

At 1:07 p.m. on Monday, the National Weather Service released a freeze warning valid for Tuesday between midnight and 9 a.m. for Upper Hood River Valley. "Sub-freezing temperatures between 28 and ...

The South Platte River Trail in Julesburg, Colorado, was voted the seventh-best recreational trail in the USA by USA TODAY 10Best readers. The 19-mile trail features historical sites like Fort ...

According to Skiles, the amount of dust found in Utah snow is largely due to human activity, adding that settlements and ...

The property purchased is across the river from Colorado Bend State Park including 1.5 miles of Yancey Creek, limestone bluffs and several natural springs. TPWD plans to combine this property with ...

Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet ...

In the year 2000, over 5,000 barrels of crude oil spilled from a barge into the Marañón River, which runs 900 miles (1,450 kilometers) across Peru, from the snow-capped mountains of the Andes ...