Not even Las Vegas’ hottest month on record could knock Lake Mead’s timely rise off course.
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The Joshua trees and other plant species burned by the York Fire are likely to never regrow, experts say.
Rising temperatures have sapped more than 10 trillion gallons of water from the Colorado River over the last two decades, a recent study shows.
Research suggests that cloud seeding can increase snowfall by as much as 10 percent, so it’s no wonder that Nevada — the nation’s driest state — is investing in the practice.
The water authority wants to pay Southern Nevadans to plant shade trees to maintain and grow the region’s tree canopy.
The Bureau of Land Management has formally paused a plan to drill for lithium near Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, which is inhabited by federally protected species.
Environmental groups say they have received mixed messages from the BLM and the agency’s attorneys over the project’s status.
After pushback, the BLM said it will require a full environmental review for Rover Metals’ lithium drilling project outside Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge.
Of 38 lakes and reservoirs tested, Lake Tahoe came in with the third-highest concentration of microplastics, according to the study published in Nature.
Las Vegas kicked off this year using far less water than previous years. But a dry outlook for the rest of summer could put a dent in those water use reductions.
Conservationists argue that the proposed exploratory drilling could devastate the springs in Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge and threaten endangered species.
The company’s search for lithium could lead to drilling near Ash Meadows, and conservationists worry that it could upend the fragile oasis ecosystem in the Nevada desert.
Biologists released 18 Moapa dace into the Muddy River watershed — the first ever of the species to be bred in captivity and released into the wild.
A projected overdemand for groundwater will limit growth along the edges of the metro Phoenix area, but the situation in Las Vegas is different.
Average summertime temperatures in Las Vegas have increased by 5.8 degrees since 1970, ranking as the second fastest-warming city in the U.S.
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