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As University of New Mexico President Garnett Stokes retired in July, after eight years of service, her signature Grand Challenges program has successfully advanced several key research initiatives that have enhanced the lives of New Mexicans across the...

As climate change intensifies drought conditions across the Southwest, researchers at The University of New Mexico are examining how agricultural water is used in one of New Mexico’s most critical river systems.

An upcoming conference at UNM is focusing on the future of water and all that depends on it across the Americas. The Transect of the Americas Symposium: Water & Climate Change Across the Americas: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Headwater Dependent...

What do doughnut economics, a middle school lesson plan and tiny cow graphics all have in common? All of these things were represented in various projects as part of the 2024 UNM Undergraduate Water Science Communication Fellowship presentations held...

The word ‘crisis’ is hardly an exaggeration when you look at the state of climate and drought in the Southwest. It’s even less of one, when you’re evaluating water supply in New Mexico. Crisis is, unfortunately, the most accurate possible descriptor when...

Trickle-down economics may have more than one meaning in New Mexico. The traditional definition explains that benefits and relief for the wealthy will eventually benefit everyone else. In new UNM Water Resources research, however, the trickle-down...

It may be legal, but it’s not fair. That’s the state of a current wave of water problems in the west.  UNM Utton Center Writer-In-Residence and Water Policy and Law Expert John Fleck says it’s as simple as that when it comes to California and the...

 The highly anticipated State Water Task Force Report is flowing towards the public. After months in the making, dozens of sets of eyes, and waves of approvals, the report is on display.  Its goal is to highlight the biggest issues plaguing the...

Students in The University of New Mexico's Water Resources program are literally going through the weeds to protect the state’s most precious resource. In WR 573 Field Problems, just a select number of students get to take part in a hands-on intensive...

The U.S. Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation declared a water shortage in the Colorado River Basin, announcing historic water cuts for portions of the western United States. The damning headlines are startling, but water researchers...