The Southern Plains states get a severe drought about once a decade, but long-lasting droughts lately have been leaving farms, rangeland and water sources with too little time to recover.
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Reducing rainfall and droughts are causing problems between the US and Mexico because of a historic agreement to deliver water between them.
Drowning, blunt force trauma and exposure to extreme weather are among the risks that migrants face making the dangerous journey across the US-Mexico border.
Immigration isn’t the only hot-button issue along the US-Mexico border. There’s also a growing water shortage that’s affecting farmers, businesses and cities on both sides.
When the Rio Grande figures in US news reports, it’s usually in relation to stories about immigration, drug trafficking or trade. But the river is also an important water source – and it’s shrinking.
For Zoe Leonard, photography is not just about using a camera. Photography is also about a way of thinking, seeing and interacting.
Record heat and low rainfall are drying up water sources shared by the American Southwest and northern Mexico.
A photo of a drowned father and his 23-month-old daughter at the US-Mexico border has prompted horror and outrage on social media. Can it spur aid for migrants?
A scholar who travels regularly to the US-Mexico border finds ecological links and a community on the other side that welcomes American visitors.
Trump administration rollbacks dominated news about the environment in 2017 – but beyond Washington D.C., many researchers are developing innovative visions for a greener future.
Instead of building a wall on the US-Mexico border, a landscape architect calls for restoring the Rio Grande and turning its course into an international park – an idea first proposed in the 1930s.
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Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Arkansas
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PhD Student in Resource Ecology Management, University of Michigan
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Elbert L. Fausett Distinguished Professor of Biology, Hendrix College
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Senior Lecturer in Media, Macquarie University
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Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon
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Professor, School of Geography, Development and Environment, University of Arizona
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Associate Professor of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
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Research Professor of Environmental Policy, University of Arizona
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Professor of Psychology, University of Oregon
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Professor of Political Science, Colorado State University
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Research Assistant Professor in Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University
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Senior Associate Scientist, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Law, Texas A&M University
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Senior Research Scientist, Texas Water Resources Institute, Texas A&M University
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Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of San Diego