This week Dani covers water shortages. You may not have heard that Lake Mead and Lake Powell are running low. They are at risk of hitting dead pool and that would be traumatic for this region as well as food the food supply.
https://theconversation.com/as-climate-change-parches-the-southwest-heres-a-better-way-to-share-water-from-the-shrinking-colorado-river-168723
https://www.usbr.gov/watersmart/bsp/docs/finalreport/ColoradoRiver/CRBS_Executive_Summary_FINAL.pdf
https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/climate-dries-american-west-faces-power-and-water-shortages-experts-warn
https://mead.uslakes.info/level.asp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjr8CSC8gt8
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/drought-reveals-long-lost-remains-at-lake-mead/#x
https://powell.uslakes.info/Level/
https://www.circleofblue.org/2010/world/low-water-may-still-hoover-dam’s-power/
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/lake-powell-in-us-at-the-epicentre-of-biggest-drought-close-to-deadpool-3249659
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