The Colorado River in Lees Ferry, Arizona, in 2021.
Mandatory Credit: Ross D. Franklin/AP
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Colorado River Basin has lost 10 trillion gallons due to warming temps, enough water to fill Lake Mead, study shows
Rising temperatures have sucked more than 10 trillion gallons of water out of the Colorado River Basin between 2000 and 2021 – a volume about the size of Lake Mead – according to a recent study.
