An intense heat wave in the Western United States that has set high-temperature records from Washington to Arizona will continue this week. See the heat outlook.

Finally, in the United States, water rights are allocated and administered at the state level. In many western states (California being a prominent example), these hidebound and antiquated systems ...

In the western United States, this is no different, as irrigated farming is the leading driver of water depletion in the region. In addition, climate change has caused it to become increasingly ...