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Colorado River drought drives unprecedented pattern of groundwater loss


Virginia Tech-led study shows that groundwater in the Colorado River Basin is disappearing at accelerating rates, with a newly identified shift — the Upper Basin is now losing groundwater faster than the historically resilient Lower Basin.

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