Lake Powell is a huge human-made reservoir ... right off Highway 89. On Google Maps, the Wahweap Overlook should not be confused with the Wahweap Viewpoint, which is farther east toward the ...

The second-largest man-made reservoir in the country has dropped to unthinkable lows amid the West’s climate change-driven megadrought. A pair of before and after photos at Lake Powell ...

The massive lake acts like a savings bank for water users, but the account balance is low enough to make officials from across the West nervous Coloradans might know of Lake Powell from sun-filled ...

Spring represents a fresh start for plants, animals, alarm clocks — and Lake Powell. Lake Powell’s levels have fallen throughout the winter, but as the weather warms, the snowpack that has ...

This year’s predicted spring runoff into Lake Powell has decreased yet again as the impacts of a dry winter begin to show. Hydrologists at the Colorado Basin River Forecast Center said Wednesday ...

Languages: English. You can get in touch with Robyn by emailing [email protected] Lake Powell's water levels are not what they once were. The reservoir—which sits on the Colorado River in ...

As predicted, southern Utah’s Lake Powell has fallen below a critical level that soon could threaten its ability to produce hydropower. On Tuesday, the reservoir officially sank below a ...

Weeks after the surface of Lake Powell sunk to an all-time low, the key Colorado River reservoir is rising more than a foot a day — on track to deepen by some 70 feet in the coming months.

Lake Powell is in emergency mode. Record drought this year has accelerated the decline in water levels at the massive reservoir behind Glen Canyon Dam, and officials are taking unprecedented steps ...

Pandora Dewan is a Senior Science Reporter at Newsweek based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on science, health and technology. Pandora joined Newsweek in 2022 and previously worked as the ...

There's a lot of anxiety about climate change shrinking Lake Powell, but it also means whitewater rapids upstream have re-emerged. Thrillseekers can now run them for the first time since the 1960s.

Coloradans might know of Lake Powell from sun-filled days recreating in its waters, its expansive, rust-colored canyon walls … or the onslaught of news coverage focused on its water levels.