Dry: A Weekly Western Drought Digest — July 19, 2022
45 percent of the U.S. and Puerto Rico is in drought, a 14 percent increase since mid-June.
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45 percent of the U.S. and Puerto Rico is in drought, a 14 percent increase since mid-June.
A new climate is re-writing the story of America’s drylands.
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN California’s Department of Water Resources says that while a barrier in the Sacramento San Joaquin Delta is protecting drinking water supplies, it may be harming wildlife. A new report out of Australia reveals that a massive horticulture project overstated its economic benefits and could threaten water supplies and Indigenous communities. Monsoon rains […]
The Supreme Court’s empowerment of the “major questions” doctrine could limit the federal government’s agility at a time when it is urgently needed.
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Colorado’s top water official weighs in the responsibility lower Colorado River Basin states have in cutting water use. A new study links childhood diarrheal disease with drought exposure in low-and-middle-income countries. India’s major reservoirs sit at critically low levels even as monsoon rains pummel parts of the country. Officials ask residents in […]
In a region latticed with pipelines and canals, the consequences of dry conditions in one basin are exported to neighboring watersheds.
Lake Powell is drying behind one of the Southwest’s largest hydropower plants.