If climate changes as expected, and future water use goes unchecked, there’s a 50 percent chance that Lake Mead—one of the southwestern United States’ key reservoirs—will become functionally dry in the next couple of decades, a new study suggests.
BATHTUB RING. Water levels in Lake Mead have dropped significantly in recent years, as chronicled by the white mineral deposits on rocks that were formerly submerged.
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