A Rare Dose of Hope for the Colorado River as New Study Says Future May Be Wetter

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The research’s high end precipitation predictions could ease drying, but the models also show a possible decline in the river and the researchers urge “conservation and thoughtful management.”

Good news on the Colorado River is rare. Its reservoirs, the two largest in the country, have shrunk to record lows. The policymakers who will decide its future are stuck at an impasse. Climate change has driven more than two decades of megadrought and strained the water supply for 40 million people across the Southwest.

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