Climate change could dramatically reduce water flowing from the West's headwaters

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Aug 2, 2026, 2:40 pm276 ptsTop
The small mountain streams that feed many of the West's rivers may face a much drier future. A new study led by NAU researchers found that groundwater-fed streamflow, known as base flow, has been steadily declining across headwater watersheds in the western United States since 1950 and could decrease by 45% to…

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