The ongoing drought at Lake Mead has caused water levels to drop to historic lows. As the shoreline expanded, sunken boats ...

America's largest reservoir reckons with a hotter world.

Troubling forecasts, unusual heat, and a harmful algal bloom are among the concerns the reservoir has faced this month.

Nevada is the driest state in the nation, yet too many of our leaders and government officials still act as though time is on our side. Wrong!

A federal plan to divide increasingly scarce Colorado River water drew 18,000 comments from Arizona and six other states that rely on the river. Unhappiness with the plan is widespread.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2026, water flowing into Lake Mead is projected to be at least 10.8 degrees F warmer than usual by the end of fall, posing a ...

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The National Park Service has removed an iconic speedboat that had been sticking out of Lake Mead for years. On Friday, July 25, the boat’s brief moment in the sun ended when park ...

An abandoned old power boat juts upright from the cracked mud like a giant tombstone. Its epitaph might read: Here lay the waters of Lake Mead. A formerly sunken boat sits upright into the air with ...

In 2026, water flowing into Lake Mead is projected to be at least 10.8 degrees F warmer than usual by the end of fall, posing a series of problems, from hydropower turbine cooling to runaway algal ...