Dust-on-snow is a major threat to water in the Colorado River, yet no snowmelt forecasts integrate dust-accelerated melt.

In the images, captured by NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System, before and after images can be seen of the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys. Dark floodwaters saturate the earth below as waterways in ...

An international research team has examined thousands of satellite images to quantify patterns and rates of river mobility, using big data to analyze how rivers change position over time. In the ...

Although the headwaters of the Colorado River begin high in the mountains of Colorado, the river itself journeys 1,450 miles through many arid states. That journey leaves it vulnerable because the ...

The Colorado River is a vital water source for a large chunk of the West, but dust continues to impact its reliability, a recent Utah-led study finds.

In the images, captured by NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System, before and after images can be seen of the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys. Dark floodwaters saturate the earth below as ...

The research is the first to capture how dust effects the broad expanse of headwaters feeding the Colorado River system. The authors analyzed 23 years of daily satellite images to observe patterns ...