River water quality shaped by land–river connectivity in a …
Mar 7, 2024 · Here we review how climate change influences river water quality via persistent, gradual shifts and episodic, intense extreme events.
Water Scarcity on the Rise: Rivers Drying at Record Rates
Oct 8, 2024 · Rivers worldwide are drying up at the fastest rate in 30 years, posing a critical threat to ecosystems, agriculture, and human populations. In 2023, unprecedented heatwaves, prolonged droughts, and erratic rainfall patterns resulted in the most severe year of water depletion in three decades, according to World Meteorological Organization (WMO ...
As Western states pledge to take less water from Colorado River, …
Dec 26, 2021 · There are 29 federally recognized tribes in the Colorado River Basin. Some have unsettled water rights claims and serious water infrastructure deficiencies.
Historically excluded from Colorado River policy, tribes want a say …
Dec 7, 2021 · The agreement left unsettled how much water tribes could take from the Colorado River, and many tribes throughout the river’s basin are still fighting to resolve this issue today.
“Overallocated and Unsettled” Discussion Explores the Impact of …
Through their discussion on the 1922 Colorado River Compact, the speakers explored contemporary water access policy, what they termed “settler” and Indigenous resource ideology, and the use of framing to shape and control narratives of crisis.
What to watch on the Colorado River in 2024 - The Water Desk
Jan 4, 2024 · One snowy year does not make for a lasting fix for the Colorado River’s fundamental gap between water supply and demand. A new year means new uncertainties over the river’s future. And as it looks now, 2024 promises to be more consequential than the last.
Global river water quality under climate change and hydroclimatic ...
Sep 12, 2023 · Maintaining good water quality is vital for healthy ecosystems and human water use, yet water quality responses to hydroclimatic extremes and changing climate are poorly understood.
The water fight over the shrinking Colorado River - BBC
Apr 7, 2021 · Scientists have been predicting for years that the Colorado River would continue to deplete due to global warming and increased water demands, but according to new studies it's looking worse...
Researchers focus on tipping points in river deltas to better …
2 days ago · Tipping points and climate and land-use changes in river deltas. Credit: Nature Reviews Earth & Environment (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s43017-024-00610-5
Tipping points in river deltas | Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
2 days ago · Following several state-of-knowledge reviews 29, 30, 31, this Review will focus on three main groups of tipping points in river deltas: regime shifts in channel morphodynamics, estuarine turbidity ...