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Rounds of heavy rain in the U.S. Southwest flooded rivers and rapidly raised New Mexico’s second-largest reservoir.
The San Juan River has carved deep, improbably curvy meanders into the desert landscape.
Human activities have become intertwined with how water is distributed across the continents. A new study brings their effects into…
In July 2025, NASA’s Earth Venture Suborbital Mission FORTE went into action on the North Slope of Alaska.
Drought and an ailing aquifer were major topics of conversation when NASA scientists visited with farmers in the Texas High…
Snow drought and unusually warm temperatures in the Colorado Basin in 2026 helped drive down reservoir water storage in the…
The meandering Congaree River sustains towering forest ecosystems and fashions oxbow lakes as it shifts across its floodplain.
Drought in the Rio Grande basin contributed to New Mexico’s largest reservoir dwindling to its lowest level in decades.
