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July 29, 2022
https://www.gocomics.com/stevebreen/2022/07/29
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Lake Mead, the
largest reservoir in the country,
is formed on the
Colorado River at the Hoover Dam.
The reservoir’s
water level has significantly dropped,
along with the
river.
Photograph:
Matthew Reamer
for The New York
Times
A Breakthrough
Deal to Keep the Colorado River From Going Dry, for Now
The agreement on
cuts,
aided by a wet
winter and $1.2 billion in federal payments,
expires at the end
of 2026.
NYT
May 22, 2023
Updated 11:10 a.m. ET
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/22/
climate/colorado-river-deal.html
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A formerly sunken boat
rests on a now-dry section of lakebed
at the drought-stricken Lake Mead, Nevada.
Photograph: Mario Tama
Getty Images
Megadrought in the American south-west:
a climate disaster unseen in 1,200 years
G
Mon 12 Sep 2022 11.00 BST
Last modified on Tue 13 Sep 2022 01.32 BST
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/12/
us-west-megadrought-climate-disaster
USA > the nation's largest reservoir,
Lake Mead, near Las Vegas
UK / USA
Lake Mead and Lake Powell upstream
are the largest human-made reservoirs
in the U.S.,
part of a system that provides water
to more than 40 million people,
tribes, agriculture and industry
in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada,
New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming
and across the southern border in Mexico.
https://www.npr.org/2022/05/02/
1096049180/a-barrel-containing-a-body-was-exposed-as-the-level-of-nevadas-lake-mead-drops
2023
https://projects.propublica.org/turf-wars/ - June 7, 2023
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/22/
climate/colorado-river-deal.html
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/22/
1150197343/why-heavy-winter-rain-and-snow-wont-be-enough-
to-pull-the-west-out-of-a-megadrou
2022
https://www.npr.org/2022/10/04/
1126240060/meet-the-california-farmers-awash-in-colorado-river-water-
even-in-a-drought
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2022/sep/26/
the-secrets-of-lake-mead-and-the-drought-exposing-them
- Guardian podcast
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/22/
1124150368/where-the-colorado-river-crisis-is-hitting-home
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/12/
us-west-megadrought-climate-disaster
https://www.gocomics.com/michaelramirez/2022/08/17
https://www.gocomics.com/stevebreen/2022/07/29
https://www.gocomics.com/mikeluckovich/2022/07/08
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/21/
nasa-images-lake-mead-drought
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/13/
lake-powell-drought-electricity
https://www.propublica.org/article/
the-southwests-drought-and-fires-
are-a-window-to-our-climate-change-future -
May 11, 2022
https://www.npr.org/2022/05/03/
1096241339/history-of-home-economics-lake-mead-levels-plummet
https://www.npr.org/2022/05/02/
1096049180/a-barrel-containing-a-body-was-exposed-
as-the-level-of-nevadas-lake-mead-drops
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/14/
climate/western-drought-megadrought.html
2021
https://www.npr.org/2021/12/22/
1066642328/3-states-and-washington-agree-to-help-low-reservoirs-
along-colorado-river
2015
http://www.npr.org/2015/04/17/
400377057/as-lake-mead-levels-drop-the-west-braces-for-bigger-drought-impact
Hoover Dam USA
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/22/
1124150368/where-the-colorado-river-crisis-is-hitting-home
USA >
shrivel
UK
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/13/
lake-powell-drought-electricity
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