Drought-stricken Colorado River Basin could see additional 20% drop in water flow by 2050

Outlet: Yale Climate Connections

Yale Climate Connections: “Aridification” is what Bradley Udall formally calls the situation in the western U.S. But perhaps more accurately, he calls it hot drought – heat-induced lack of water due to climate change. That was the core of research released in 2017 by Udall, a senior climate and water scientist at Colorado State University’s Colorado Water Center, and Jonathan Overpeck at the University of Michigan.

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