Climate change will hurt NM water supply
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Researchers at New Mexico's two largest universities are painting a grim picture of New Mexico's economic and agricultural future with predictions that climate change will mean less water in the Rio Grande watershed.
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By Joyce Lobeck, The Sun, Yuma, Ariz.  Jun. 20--The Imperial Irrigation and Drainage District board declared there won't be enough water by 2008 to maintain the current level of use.
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Human-induced climate change and an unslakable thirst for water may drain Lake Mead, the West's largest reservoir, by 2021, say researchers from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
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By Ian Hoffman, STAFF WRITER  SACRAMENTO -- Scientists say bits of air pollution as small as a thousandth of a hair's width appear to be reducing rain and snowfall in the Sierra, Cascades and Rockies, potentially adding to threats of water shortages tied to global warming.
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By Andy Reid, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Jun. 21--Year-round water restrictions could provide a lesson in conservation, but not the answer to solving South Florida's water woes, utility operators and environmentalists warned Wednesday.
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Northern Arizona&#39;s downgrade on a federal drought map from an &quot;extreme&quot; designation to &quot;severe&quot; could mean healthier winter vegetation, better stream flow and more moisture - at least in the short term, experts say.
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By PATRICIA FARRELL AIDEM  SANTA CLARITA -- Local water suppliers are urging conservation as summer approaches in this driest year on record -- and as the region's main water supply is reduced to a trickle because of a threatened fish 300 miles away.
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Drowned by lazy daisies New data published by the Met Office's Hadley research centre suggests that flooding will be an even bigger problem than anticipated for our warming planet. And it is plants that are to blame.â¦
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By Roy Appleton, The Dallas Morning News  Sep. 23--The shrinking of its main reservoir, the swelling demand for its water and the need for drastic conservation measures have put some heat on the North Texas Municipal Water District.
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TUCSON - A new study shows a possible connection between a past climate warming and drought in what is now the US West. The width of tree rings over the past 1,200 years show that western &quot;megadroughts&quot; between
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By Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Sep. 23--ALEDO -- Wells that supply water to Aledo are struggling to meet demand, so city leaders have decided to look elsewhere for the precious commodity.
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Changes in climate and strong demand for Colorado River water could drain Lake Mead by 2021, triggering severe shortages across the region, scientists warn.
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By David Fleshler, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 6--With the Everglades restoration running behind schedule, the region's water management agency has proposed water-supply restrictions that would raise bills and make future development more expensive.
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Nuclear reactors across the Southeast could be forced to throttle back or temporarily shut down later this year because drought is drying up the rivers and lakes that supply power plants with the awesome amounts of cooling water they need to operate.
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By Copyright  2007 Albuquerque Journal BY JOHN FLECK Journal Staff Writer  GALLUP -- Gallup is running out of water.   Nearby parts of the eastern Navajo Nation never had much water to begin with.
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Experts in Chile say the disappearance of a lake in the south of the country was caused by climate change.
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By SETH BORENSTEIN WASHINGTON - The harmful effects of global warming on daily life are already showing up, and within a couple of decades hundreds of millions of people won't have enough water, top scientists will say next month at a meeting in Belgium.