Good morning and welcome to the Sunday edition of Morning Wire, where we give you the weekend rundown to get ready for the week ahead. Today, a fatal van ramming and stabbing near Berlin’s Pride festival is believed to have been an Islamic extremist terror attack, officials said; Laura Loomer explains her shift on Russia’s war with Ukraine; and whale "supergroups" are rebounding. But first, we look at the impacts as the second largest reservoir in the United States is shrinking to near historic lows.
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A person stands at an overlook near the Wahweap Marina on Lake Powell at the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, July 14, near Page, Ariz. (AP Photo/John Locher) |
As Lake Powell shrinks, marinas are having to adapt to dwindling water levels |
Lake Powell, the second largest reservoir in the United States, is shrinking. Overuse, drought and climate change have pummeled the lake fed by the imperiled Colorado River to near historic lows, made worse by the driest winter on record and extreme heat. Marinas in this important tourist destination have had to adapt. Boat ramps have closed or moved, new ones have been added and marinas have been temporarily relocated to deeper waters. "The Colorado River is in full-blown crisis mode," said John Berggren, regional policy manager with Western Resource Advocates, an environmental nonprofit. Read more.
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