U.S. News | Posted Nov. 20, 2025 by SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — One of North America’s longest rivers, the Rio Grande — or Rio […]
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FEWSION™ and the Transformation Network
2023–present A team of researchers, staff, and students and NAU have collaborated as part of a project called the Transformation Network (TN), funded by the […]
Read more...Who Killed the Colorado River?
Posted on YouTube on October 17, 2024
This PBS video draws on information from FEWSION’s Colorado River Water Budget paper.
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Host/Story Editor: Joe Hanson, Ph.D.
Creative Director: David Schulte
Story Producer/Writer/Cinematographer: Michael Werner
Editor/Animator: Steven Simone
Producer: Thomas Fernandes
Executive Producer: Amanda Fox
On-page description:
This episode explores the mystery of the vanishing Colorado River Delta. Once a lifeline for the American Southwest, it’s now a shadow of its former self. What happened? Outdated water laws? Excessive urban development and agriculture? Is there a possibility for restoration? Let’s investigate.
Hosted by Joe Hanson from Be Smart, Overview uses stunning 4k drone footage to reveal the natural and human-made marvels shaping our planet–from a 10,000-foot view–literally.
Recruiting Ecological and Environmental Informatics PhD students
Recruitment is open for graduate students interested in Ecological and Environmental Informatics (EEI) research at NAU, one of the world’s top PhD programs in this […]
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NAU is hiring multiple faculty positions in applied AI
Northern Arizona University in beautiful Flagstaff, Arizona is hiring multiple faculty positions in applied AI. By infusing AI expertise across a broad range of disciplines […]
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New water accounting reveals why the Colorado River no longer reaches the sea
Richter, B.D., Lamsal, G., Marston, L. et al. New water accounting reveals why the Colorado River no longer reaches the sea. Commun Earth Environ 5, 134 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01291-0 Communications […]
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Baltimore Bridge Collapse Disrupts Global Coal Trade
The disaster is a reminder of the commodity’s persistent importance to the global economy. Image credit: Getty Images. The Port of Baltimore accounted for 28% […]
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Where is the Colorado River going?
The NAU Review | Heidi Toth, NAU Communications …The Colorado River loses 19.3 million acre feet of water per year to cities, farms and evaporation—roughly […]
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Supply Chain Disruptions: Impacts on Vulnerable Communities
Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Download the full proceedings here. Contributor(s): National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and […]
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Arizona cities struggle to maintain recycling programs because of high costs
Posted April 21, 2023 | UPDATED on November 22, 2023 AZ Central, Environment | Clara Migoya …Many communities in Arizona lack recycling services. A big […]
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