This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Southern California farmers spend their winters watching the snowpack in the Colorado Rockies, and what they see is the climate crisis hitting hard. When it melts, the snow that falls on these peaks will, eventually, make its way into the Colorado River, which connects the Southwest like a great tendon, tying the Continental Divide in Colorado to Southern California’s hayfields, where the Imperial Irrigation District is one of the country’s largest, and pouring from the faucets of urban users in Los Angeles and San Diego. From California’s perspective, the view upriver is not encouraging.
Climate Crisis May Threaten All That Depends On The Colorado River
Andrea Guzman, Mother Jones
Thu, 02/25/2021 - 4:00am
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