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Past and Projected Future Droughts in the Upper Colorado River Basin
Geophysical Research LettersDrought has affected much of the western United States since about the year 2000, including the Upper Colorado River Basin (UCRB). Using a time series of UCRB streamflow derived from a tree‐ring based reconstruction of UCRB streamflow for the years 1 CE ...
Gregory J. McCabe +2 more
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The Future of Snowpack Drought in the Upper Colorado River Basin (USA)
HydrologyThe Upper Colorado River Basin (UCRB), through the process of snow accumulation, to snowmelt, to streamflow runoff, provides a critical water source to approximately 40 million residents in the Southwestern United States.
Abel Andrés Ramírez Molina +3 more
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Geophysical Monograph Series, Page 263-304., 2021 Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Jessica H. Whiteside +3 more
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Lessons learnt from basin management in Iran and the world (case study Helmand, Danube and Colorado basins) [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2022 In recent years, river flow into Sistan dam changed because of construction of dams and expansion of irrigation areas in the upper Helmand basin. Planning for construction of more dams and heightening of Kajaki dam in Helmand basin shall intensify the ...
Mohaddess Ali Faghihi, Reza Kianifar
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Frontiers in Water, 2021 This study characterizes the resilience of organizations undertaking river basin governance and recovery. The Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program (UCREFRP) and the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program (LCR-MSCP) are ...
Jaishri Srinivasan +3 more
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Agricultural Water Footprints and Productivity in the Colorado River Basin
Hydrology, 2023 The Colorado River provides water to 40 million people in the U.S. Southwest, with river basin spanning 250,000 square miles (647,497 km2). Quantitative water rights assigned to U.S.
George B. Frisvold, Dari Duval
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Geosciences, 2023 The Colorado River has flowed across the dextral strike-slip plate boundary between the North American and Pacific plates since the latest Miocene or earliest Pliocene.
Paula McGill +3 more
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Ecology and Society, 2023 With a particular emphasis on the Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program (UCR-EFRP) and Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program (LCR-MSCP), we analyze, for each program, four system properties that contribute to resilience:
Jaishri Srinivasan, Michael Schoon
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Hydrology, 2023 The Colorado River is a principal source of water for 40 million people and farmlands in seven states in the western US and the Republic of Mexico. The river has been under intense pressure from the effects of climate change and anthropogenic activities ...
Godson Ebenezer Adjovu +2 more
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Climate Services, 2021 This study builds on a collaboration with a water resource management community of practice in the Upper Colorado River Basin to develop scenarios of future drought and assess impacts on water supply reliability.
Connie A. Woodhouse +6 more
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