Millions of years ago, the Green River carved a path through the Uinta Mountains instead of flowing around the formation. Now, researchers have discovered how this could have happened.

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The Colorado River is about to get a new set of rules for its two largest reservoirs — Lake Powell and Lake Mead.

The Green River, the largest tributary of the Colorado River, appears to defy gravity for more than 100 miles as it cuts straight across the Uinta Mountains instead of taking an easier downhill path ...

Warming temperatures in the Colorado River Basin could significantly reduce stream flows — already shrunk by decades of persistent drought — as fluctuating groundwater supplies soak up melting ...

Authors Martin P. Hoerling, Jon K. Eischeid, Henry F. Diaz, Balaji Rajagopalan, and Eric Kuhn (2024) “Critical Effects of Precipitation on Future Colorado River ...

Future warming could lead to significant reductions in Colorado’s river flows by mid-century — impacting not only the Centennial State but also its neighbors downstream, a sweeping climate report ...

The Colorado River District’s acquisition of the Shoshone water rights cleared a critical hurdle on Wednesday night as it entered into an instream flow agreement with the Colorado Water Conservation ...