Environment and Ecology of the Colorado River Basin

Colorado River Basin Climate and Hydrology: State of the Science

Navigating a river of knowledge In recent decades, increasing water demand, dry conditions, and warming temperatures have impacted the Colorado River, ...

Climate Change Forces Difficult Decisions Along the Colorado River

... Colorado River Basin ... water levels drop, affecting river ecology downstream. These higher temperatures have allowed an aggressive ...

Colorado River - Mission 2012 : Clean Water

The Colorado River is severely threatened by human overuse, environmental issues, and poor river management technique.

Inside the water crisis: A journey across the Colorado River Basin

We spent months examining the river's crisis — its decline during the worst megadrought in centuries, the perspectives of those seeing the ...

The Search for Sustainability in the Colorado River Basin

The big environmental concerns in the basin are a result of reduced flows and some water quality issues, such as high salinity, loss of valuable ...

Multi-scale threat assessment of riverine ecosystems in the ...

We developed a multi-scale threat assessment throughout the Colorado River Basin. The assessment reveals complex spatial patterns and threat associations.

Ecology and Conservation of Native Fishes in the Upper Colorado ...

—The upper Colorado River basin supports a native ichthyofauna of 14 species or subspecies that have been impacted by poor land-use practices, altered flows, ...

The Colorado River Ecosystem | Outdoor Project

Twisting and winding through seven states and two countries, the Colorado River provides over 30 million people with clean municipal water, irrigation for ...

Upper Colorado River Basin - The Freshwater Trust

Drought and climate change are affecting almost every river system in the western United States, but the 1,450-mile Colorado River is one of the ...

Chapter: 3 Climate and Hydrology of the Colorado River Basin Region

The Colorado River basin contains climate zones ranging from alpine to desert and exhibits significant climate variability on a variety of time scales.

Colorado River Basin has lost water equal to Lake Mead due to ...

WASHINGTON — From 2000 to 2021, climate change caused the loss of more than 40 trillion liters (10 trillion gallons) of water in the Colorado ...

Research to uncover the impact of water use in the Colorado River ...

Persistent overuse of water and long-term drought has depleted the Colorado River and highlighted the need for a comprehensive understanding of how waters are ...

How to Negotiate for Peace, Resilience, and Environment on the ...

The riparian forest that lines the waterways of the Colorado River Basin provides critical habitat for birds, including 400 species along the ...

New Colorado River proposals put environment front and center

The once-vibrant ecosystem in the Colorado River Delta, where the river meets the Gulf of California, is now diminished. With these areas in ...

Three Parks, One Vital Ecosystem (U.S. National Park Service)

However, these park ecosystems within the Colorado River watershed are under threat. Invasive fish species are disrupting ecological balance and invasive ...

Springs and Springs-Dependent Taxa of the Colorado River Basin ...

The Colorado River basin (CRB), the primary water source for southwestern North America, is divided into the 283384 km2, water-exporting Upper CRB (UCRB) in ...

Incorporating social-ecological considerations into basin-wide ...

Incorporating social-ecological considerations into basin-wide responses to climate change in the Colorado River Basin. Author links open overlay panel. Lucas ...

Colorado River - Walton Family Foundation

The Colorado River provides water and power supplies to nearly 40 million people in seven states. A healthy Colorado River Basin is essential to ensuring the ...

Colorado River basins could face tipping point, drought study warns

The study, published in the journal Earth's Future, is the largest and most comprehensive exploratory modeling analysis of drought vulnerability ...

New research - coloradoriverscience.org

This section of the Wiki highlights new (2020- ) research publications relevant to the management of water and related resources in the Colorado River Basin.