Posts Tagged ‘river’
Our Land: It’s not just one dry year: What the Rio Grande’s low flows tell us about the future
April 13, 2018 – You might be surprised to see how low the Rio Grande is through Albuquerque right now. The river has already dried for more than ten miles south of Socorro, and it’s running low in northern New Mexico as it runs through the Taos Gorge and alongside towns like Pilar. But scientists…
Read MoreRio Grande Already Drying Out Near Socorro
by Laura Paskus In springtime, rivers are supposed to swell with snowmelt, filling their channels and triggering fish to spawn. This year, however, the Middle Rio Grande has already dried south of Socorro. Record-low snowpack in the mountains upstream means that the state’s largest river is in trouble this year. And so are the species…
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