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.
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.”
