Saturday, July 26, 2014

Drought-Stricken Southwest Has Lost a 'Shocking' Amount of Its Precious Groundwater

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THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE, Colorado — Even in mid-summer, the air is cold and restless atop the dividing line that separates the Colorado River watershed to the west from the drainage basins that eventually feed into the Mississippi River to the east


Above the tree line in Rocky Mountain National Park, flowers have bloomed but are stunted, clinging to the surface to anchor themselves against the constant, battering windsPikas, which look like a cross between a chipmunk and a marmot, thrive at these cold, high altitudes, darting in and out of rock formations to the delight of summer tourists


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Drought-Stricken Southwest Has Lost a 'Shocking' Amount of Its Precious Groundwater

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