Latest estimates place the Upper Colorado River Basin snowpack at just 83 percent of the historic median for this time of ...

The DEFCON system was created by the US Armed Forces in the 1950s, during the Cold War. The system was designed to provide a clear and concise way of communicating the current level of military ...

If water levels seemed lower to visitors last month on Lake Havasu, they weren’t wrong. But federal officials say more water will be released into the lake as the season gets warmer. Water ...

Last weekend's rainstorm pushed Lake Shasta levels up almost four feet between last Friday and Sunday, according to California Department of Water Resources data. Here’s how full Lake Shasta and ...

Figure 2. Data availability for buoys S45002 and S45007. Both the daily ice cover data described above and the monthly lake-wide average water levels were analyzed to understand their impacts on the ...

DEFCON, short for Defense Readiness Condition or simply Defense Condition, is the U.S. military’s ranking system for defense readiness for a potential nuclear attack. The system of ranking the ...

Biological nitrogen fixation, a microbial process that converts the reduction of dinitrogen gas (N 2) to biologically available ammonium, plays a fundamental role in the primary production of aquatic ...

The storms that hit California in 2023, early parts of 2024 and 2025 have continued to provide glimpses of hope after the severe drought up and down the state dropped water levels to shocking all-time ...

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AUSTIN, Texas — Levels at Lady Bird Lake dropped 2 feet after a gate at Longhorn Dam failed while in the open position on Tuesday afternoon. According to Austin Water, crews were performing ...

A gate at Longhorn Dam malfunctioned and remained open, causing Lady Bird Lake water levels to drop, Austin Water reported Tuesday afternoon. Austin Water said one of the nine gates at Longhorn ...

Federal forecasts reveal that water flows ... December 2024. Lake Powell currently sits at 3,567.30 feet above sea level—the highest for this time of year since 2022. Lake Mead, however, is ...