Critical Snow Drought and Record Heat Push Lake Powell and Lake Mead to New Historic Lows
A severe winter snow drought paired with unusually persistent warm conditions across the Colorado Basin in 2026 has sharply reduced the volume of water flowing into the major reservoirs sustaining…
A Record-Breaking, Blistering Summer Exposes the Expanding Threat of Global Heat Waves
Let’s put this summer’s extraordinary heat in perspective. Last week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration confirmed what so many Americans had already suspected and felt daily on their skin:…