The Colorado River is drying up. Climate change and drought have taken a major toll.
The Colorado River has been shrinking. Climate change and two decades of drought have sapped the river at its source in the Rocky Mountains.
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In the headwaters of the Colorado River, drought has taken a major toll over more than two decades. Rising temperatures have intensified drought conditions, affecting the flow of a river that supplies 40 million people. See all our coverage at “Colorado River in Crisis.”
