While exploring the exposed shores of Lake Mead, we discovered something unbelievable—a huge, decaying wooden boat wreck filled with old equipment and forgotten artifacts. The boat looks like it's ...

Deep below the surface of the ground in one of the driest parts of the country, there is a looming problem: The water is ...

It's only accessible by kayak - but that doesn't stop hundreds of tourists from paddling they way to the Emerald Cave. It's only the Colorado River - just below the Hoover Dam. When the sun is ...

The government official and engineer for whom Lake Mead is named would be "devastated" by water levels at the nation's largest reservoir dropping to historic lows, his great-granddaughter told NBC ...

You can get in touch with Anna by emailing a.skinner@newsweek.com. Languages: English. Lake Mead's water levels are 16 feet higher than they were when the reservoir battled critically low levels ...

If there were a single chart that could sum up the problem at Lake Mead, this might be a contender: OK, maybe not. Because a single chart should be self-explanatory. This one requires some background.

The amount of groundwater that has been pumped out of the Colorado River Basin since 2003 is enough to fill Lake Mead, researchers ... Some land has also begun to cave in, with deep fissures ...