For Star subscribers: A new agreement signed by federal officials and leaders of water agencies in Arizona, California and Nevada could eventually lead to the transfer of potentially large amounts of Colorado River water between states.
- Tony Davis
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Judge Scott Blaney's ruling Tuesday marked the second time in t wo months he has overturned efforts by the Arizona Department of Water Resources to
- Doyle Rice and Dinah Voyles Pulver USA TODAY
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Federal forecasters have officially declared the arrival of El Niño, with NOAA warning the climate pattern could become one of the strongest on record. The development may influence weather worldwide, increasing the risk of extreme heat, drought, flooding and other climate impacts while also affecting hurricane activity and winter conditions across the United States.
- Doyle Rice USA TODAY
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Summer heat is on the way from coast to coast, forecasters say, with high temperatures well into the 80s and 90s and even 100s in some areas.
- Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO -- It is one of the great love stories in the rich literary history of Chicago. It concerns a writer named Judith Michael, who wrote nearly a dozen bestselling novels, beginning in 1982 with “Deceptions” and ending more than 20 years later with “The Real Mother.” Perhaps you read one. Millions of people did. Many others saw a film or television version of some of these books. What ...
- Donald Plummer, Northwest side
The Trump administration has targeted several major weather, climate, and atmospheric monitoring networks for downsizing or complete dismantling:
- Andreas Drouve, dpa
MUSCAT, Oman — I can barely see the hole in the rock at the end of the last natural pool. “Just swim in,” says guide Mohammed Khalfan Al Riyami. My body just about fits through the narrow opening. But the passageway opens up a few meters further into a grotto with a small waterfall streaming down into the pool. There’s nowhere to stand and I hold onto the rocks with my fingers. I look around, ...
- Loyal M Johnson Jr, Oro Valley
The international committee producing the official United Nations climate scenarios has just determined that RCP 8.5, the study claiming that …
- Sarah Henry Arizona Republic
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An elusive threatened owl species also lives in Copper Creek Canyon, trail camera footage captured by the Lower San Pedro Watershed Alliance shows.
- Doyle Rice USA Today
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New research shows that though the world sees more rain overall, it's getting drier at the same time. How can that be?
