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Article about the growing vulnerability of agriculture, water, and power, due to climate change.
7+ hour, 7+ min ago (743+ words) coyotegulch. blog In a letter published by Environmental Research Letters, Andrew Berardy and Mikhail V. Chester of Arizona State University examined the agricultural and beef industry's dependency upon water and power. Athough their research was focused the effects of climate change…...
#Colorado's race to cut water use off to a slow start " Jerd Smith (Fresh Water News) #conservation
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (621+ words) Click the link to read the article on the Water Education Colorado website (Jerd Smith): Denver Water customers have yet to embrace a strict water diet this year, cutting water use just 5% this month as the outdoor watering season begins....
Climate change comes for a #Lake Powell marina: Will Bullfrog survive the shrinking #Colorado River? " Jonathan P. Thompson (Land Desk. org) #COriver #aridification
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (234+ words) Click the link to read the article on The Land Desk website (Jonathan P. Thompson): It was not, however, a film. The dystopian scene was real as was the aridification, though it did not include any prehistoric creatures " only a handful…...
The #Colorado River and reckoning time for the Front Range " Allen Best (Big Pivots. com) #COriver #aridification
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (1737+ words) Click the link to read the article on the Big Pivots website (Allen Best): Casually surveying the urban landscapes in much of Colorado's Front Range, you'd never know that the Colorado River " the source for roughly half the water of…...
Article: Restoring dryland water cycles for precipitation feedback and climate stability; a review " Laura M. Norman, Michael M. Pollock, Francina Dominguez, Michael A. Crimmins, David Lawrence5 and Michael Dettinger (Frontiers in Environmental Science)
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (342+ words) coyotegulch. blog Click the link to access the report on the Frontiers in Environmental Science website (Laura M. Norman, Michael M. Pollock, Francina Dominguez, Michael A. Crimmins, David Lawrence5 and Michael Dettinger). Here's the abstract: Drylands across the globe are experiencing intensifying water scarcity,…...
I Am Not Optimistic: Western Slope Leaders Gather as #Colorado River Crisis Deepens " KVNF #COriver #aridification
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (312+ words) Click the link to read the article on the KVNF website (Brody Wilson). Here's an excerpt: A special mid-year West Slope Water Summit brought together water managers and community leaders to address a dire water year. Projected inflows into Lake…...
May 26, 2026 " Coyote Gulch
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (945+ words) Click the link to read the article on the KVNF website (Brody Wilson). Here's an excerpt: A special mid-year West Slope Water Summit brought together water managers and community leaders to address a dire water year. Projected inflows into Lake…...
Four cities that would vanish without Colorado River water
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (573+ words) We've heard thousands of times (without sources being provided) that 40 million people are dependent upon Colorado River water. But which cities in the American Southwest are 100% dependent and would vanish without it? With agriculture accounting for the vast majority of…...
#El Ni'o is likely to emerge soon (82% chance in May-July 2026) " NOAA
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The latest El Mi'o/Southern Oscillation (#ENSO) diagnostic discussion (May 14, 2026) is hot off the presses from the Climate Prediction Center
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (352+ words) coyotegulch. blog ENSO Alert System Status: El Ni'o Watch Synopsis: El Ni'o is likely to emerge soon (82% chance in May-July 2026) and continue through Northern Hemisphere winter 2026-27 (96% chance in December 2026 " February 2027). In the past month, ENSO-neutral conditions continued, as indicated by…...