As Lake Powell drops toward critical thresholds, engineers are making long-term infrastructure decisions even as Colorado ...

PAGE, ARIZONA — Lake Powell has dropped 36 feet in just the past year, leaving the massive reservoir at only 27% of its capacity and raising concerns about the ability of the Glen Canyon Dam to ...

A draft environmental impact statement by the Bureau of Reclamation outlines post-2026 Colorado River dam operations, ...

Glen Canyon is revealing itself. David Brower, the first executive director of the Sierra Club and a three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee, once said flooding Glen Canyon would be “America’s most ...

Lake Powell has been called “Jewel of the Colorado” by the federal agency that built it, the Bureau of Reclamation. It’s been a vital force for the intermountain West because of its ability to store ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Researchers in Germany recently accomplished a truly audacious feat ...

Water was released from Silverwood Lake, causing the Mojave River to rise across the High Desert. The Mojave River, which typically flows underground, was seen flowing in Hesperia, Apple Valley, and ...

3D printers are built for additive manufacturing. However, at heart, they are really just simple CNC motion platforms, and can be readily repurposed to other tasks. As [Arseniy] demonstrates, it’s not ...

An illustration of multicolored tangle of threads within a small black sphere. A 3D illustration shows DNA packaged into the nucleus, scientists with the 4D Nucleome project are now building accurate ...

Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States, could drop to its lowest level ever by 2027. This would threaten water supplies for 25 million people in the Southwest. The U.S. Bureau of ...

Boats sit in Lake Powell, the nation's second-largest reservoir, on April 10, 2023. The lake is filled with melted snow from the Rocky Mountains. Arizona’s chief water executive reports movement in ...

Scientists have created an incredible new interactive tool that maps every building in the world in 3D. Called the GlobalBuildingAtlas, the free web viewer charts the location and size of 2.75 billion ...