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US states agree to use less from Colorado river to avoid water crisis

After months of negotiations, California, Nevada and Arizona have agreed to reduce the water they take from the Colorado river, but these drastic cuts are only a temporary solution to the water crisis facing the western US

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Glass Mountains, situated in the north tip of the Chihuahuan Desert, as seen from Alpine, Texas. - Image ID: R97NY1 (RF)

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US desert grassland collapse is linked to changes in the Pacific Ocean

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US reservoirs are evaporating more quickly because of climate change

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An emaciated cow stands at the bottom of the water pan that has been dried up for 4 months in Iresteno, a bordering town with Ethiopia, on September 1, 2022. - The devastating Horn of Africa drought is set to get even worse with a fifth consecutive failed rainy season, the UN's weather agency forecasted, fearing an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe. Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are already going through their worst drought for 40 years and another poor rainy season is now highly likely, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP) (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Horn of Africa drought is set to become the region’s worst on record

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Residents work to extinguish a wildfire in Chile

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Wildfires burning in Chile are among the deadliest in country's record

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Three smokestacks from a coal-burning power plant send up plumes of white smoke into a blue sky

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US megadrought has led to more air pollution from power plants

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NICASIO, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 12: In an aerial view, the Nicasio Reservoir is seen at 100 percent capacity after a series of atmospheric river events drenched Northern California on January 12, 2023 in Nicasio, California. As several atmospheric river events bring record rainfall to California, reservoirs across state are seeing their levels rise following several years of extreme drought. Marin County's seven reservoirs are now at 100 percent capacity and other major reservoirs in the state are closing in on historic averages. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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California storms didn't solve the state's drought and water crisis

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A dried lake bed at the San Luis Reservoir

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Everything you need to know about the US megadrought

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This is Lake Powell from the air in 2015 http://michaelfriberg.com/killing-the-colorado/

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Why the Colorado river is drying up – and what we can do about it

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Aerial view of ancient Maya city Chichen Itza

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US megadrought could upend life as we know it – just look to history

We don't know exactly how the current megadrought in south-western North America will end, but there are examples to learn from throughout history

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When water runs short, how do you get people to use their fair share?

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8 things you can do right now to cut back your water use

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Drought, not lithium mining, is drying out Chile's largest salt flat

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The US megadrought won't just end – it will change the land forever

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