Life in the southwestern U.S. as we know it exists thanks to the water of the Colorado River, which flows for approximately 1,450 miles from the Rockies to the Gulf of California. The river gets its ...

During a recent hearing of the U.S. House Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee, lawmakers considered the merits of ...

Billions of years ago, it rained on Mars. The water collected in valleys and rivers, filled and spilled over the rims of ...

Threats due to drought and overuse continue to threaten water availability in the Rio Grande River Basin in Southern Colorado ...

Atmospheric rivers are rivers of water vapors low in the Earth's atmosphere. They can bring heavy rains or snow to parts of the US, which can lead to flooding. Milder versions can alleviate droughts, ...

Wetlands across the Mississippi River basin may lose federal protection under a rule proposed by the U.S. Environmental ...

Lakes Mead and Powell, icons of 20th-century water engineering in the American West, are in bad shape. Both reservoirs are about one-third full and sit today at record lows. The federal government, ...

Flooding in the Columbia River Basin is expected to increase dramatically in scale over the next half century as the climate warms, according to new research from Oregon State University. The severity ...

THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – New research is showing that groundwater from the Colorado River Basin, or CRB, is depleting more quickly than most first thought. Researchers from Arizona State ...

Deep uncertainty looms over the Colorado River and the 40 million people who depend on it for their water supply as the basin enters a critical year that could determine its future stability. Plagued ...