Megadrought along border strains US-Mexico water relations

Autores

Varady, Robert Gabriel, Gerlak, Andrea K. and Mumme, Stephen Paul

Publicado en

The Conversation, 1 July 2021

Año de publicación

2021

Afiliaciones

Robert Gabriel Varady has received funding from NOAA, the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research, Lloyd’s Register Foundation, and Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation.
Andrea K Gerlak has received funding from NOAA, the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research, Lloyd’s Register Foundation, and Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation.

Programa

CRN3

Proyecto

CRN3056

Keywords

Drought, United States, Mexico, border

DOI

https://theconversation.com/megadrought-along-border-strains-us-mexico-water-relations-160338
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Resumen

Sustained drought on the middle-lower Rio Grande since the mid-1990s means less Mexican water flows to the U.S. The Colorado River Basin, which supplies seven U.S. states and two Mexican states, is also at record low levels.