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Colorado River Delta

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With help from a flood, scientists and activists nurse a bit of the Colorado River Delta back to life

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Water from the Colorado River reached the sea for the first time in decades this spring, the result of an experimental release of water into the river’s long dried-up delta. Now scientists are evaluating the effect of that flood, and trying to nurse parts of the delta back to life.Water from the Colorado River reached the sea for the first time in decades this spring, the result of an experimental release of water into the river’s long dried-up delta. Now scientists are evaluating the effect of that flood, and trying to nurse parts of the delta back to life.

Colorado River Delta taken by the Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER), flying aboard the Terra spacecraft, irrigation and urban sprawl now prevent the river from reaching its final destination.

Restoring a once mighty river that has slowed to a trickle

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New U.S.-Mexico agreement promises to restore water to Colorado River delta

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Colorado River Agreement to Help Restore Vanished Wetlands in Mexico

Global Politics
The Cienega de Santa Clara wetland, in Sonora province in northwestern Mexico, is fed by runoff from U.S. farms irrigated with water from the Colorado River.

At the end of the Colorado, a new rift opens over the river’s last drops

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