A new study finds eastern Colorado is drying faster than the Western Slope due to climate change

A new paper analyzing climate models finds that eastern Colorado is likely drying out faster than western parts of the state due to climate change, potentially exacerbating a critical mismatch in water resources across the state.

Earlier research has established that both regions will likely grow

due to human-caused global warming. By running a series of global climate models, researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder found that the trend is more pronounced and occurs sooner east of Colorado’s Continental Divide…

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