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Extreme drought in Colorado could come every 6 years — instead of every 1,000 — due to climate change, study finds

New study published this month finds rising temperatures in West will increase drought severity and likelihood

A dead fish is seen atop cracked dry earth at the Queens Reservoir in Kiowa County as Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials ordered an emergency public fish salvage due to declining water levels related to drought conditions on July 21, 2022, in Eads, Colorado. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
A dead fish is seen atop cracked dry earth at the Queens Reservoir in Kiowa County as Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials ordered an emergency public fish salvage due to declining water levels related to drought conditions on July 21, 2022, in Eads, Colorado. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - NOVEMBER 8: Elise Schmelzer - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
By | eschmelzer@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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“The droughts of today and the droughts of the future are not going to look like the droughts of the past,” said Joel Lisonbee, a scientist with the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder.
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