A research effort tracking water scarcity around the world shows California, Arizona and other Western states are experiencing water stress at high levels similar to arid countries such as Saudi ...

Hint: It’s less about long showers and more about what’s for dinner. The water supply that 40 million Americans rely on has been pushed to its limit. Reservoirs and wells are running low. This week, ...

If you took a look at a map of Rocky Mountain snow right now you would see a lot of red. The mountains that feed the Colorado River with snowmelt are strikingly dry, with many ranges holding less than ...

The Colorado River can no longer withstand the thirst of the arid West. Water drawn from the river flows to nearly 40 million people in cities from Denver to Los Angeles and irrigates more than 5 ...

An atmospheric river has caused an onslaught of rain in California, drenching the south of the state and causing severe flooding. The historic storm ripped across the state at the weekend and through ...

The Colorado River — the “American Nile” — winds from its headwaters high in the Rocky Mountains and down through the canyons and mesas of southeastern Utah before it reaches the Glen Canyon Dam, ...

For the past four years, National Geographic Explorer Caitlin Ochs has trekked up and down the Colorado River by foot, raft, car and air to document the impacts of climate change. By her estimate, she ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Whether you want to polish up your surfing skills for an ocean trip, or you’re curious to try a new-to-you sport, there are plenty of places to river surf in ...

Lone Rock is reflected in muddy waters at Wahweap Bay in Lake Powell.Credit...Photographs by Cody Cobb for The New York Times Supported by By Dale Maharidge Mr. Maharidge is a professor at Columbia ...

The Trump Administration said it will take federal action to come to a solution if one is not found between the seven states ...