Extreme, severe drought impacting the upper Colorado River basin in the second century, new study finds

ScienceDaily
Jun 9, 2022, 2:01 pm170 pts
The Colorado River is in an extremely severe drought and has been for the last 22 years. To better understand this drought, researchers looked at the drought history within the Colorado River Basin. Previous studies have gone back 1,200 years, but this paper goes back 2,000 years. The findings, using paleo…

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