Opinion

The Colorado River is sending us a message

RBC I It feels like an apocalypse in the Southwest — wildfires, floods, drought, heat, smoke. This was not the norm when I moved to Colorado 35 years ago. Climate scientists may have predicted the arrival of these extreme events, but many admit their predictions have come true faster than they expected. 

One outcome they pinpointed was the impact of heat and drought on water flows in the Colorado River. For the last…