Deep below the surface of the ground in one of the driest parts of the country, there is a looming problem: The water is ...

As the Colorado River shrinks due to drought and climate change, the negotiators must decide who will take less water — and ...

The researchers found that groundwater was being depleted faster than it could be restored, and that total water loss was ...

New research based on satellite data shows the depletion of groundwater in the Colorado River Basin far exceeds losses from the river’s reservoirs. Scientists say overpumping is leading to ...

— Most of the total water losses occurred in the drier Lower Colorado River basin. It lost 20.7 million acre-feet of ...

New research based on satellite data shows the depletion of groundwater in the Colorado River Basin far exceeds losses from the river’s reservoirs. Scientists say overpumping is leading to alarmingly ...

A controversial proposal to haul up to 350,000 barrels of waxy crude oil daily along a stretch of the Colorado River can move forward following a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Thursday. The ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously ruled that federal agencies aren't required to consider broader environmental ...

NASA has also conducted other types of research, like showing images of parts of the US sinking at alarming rates. We now have new data available, this time related to the Colorad ...

Arizona has taken the largest hit from Colorado River water shortages, and will take more, but Gov. Katie Hobbs said other states are lagging.

Colorado’s snowpack is melting faster than normal everywhere in the state except for Summit and Clear Creek counties. The ...