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Adrienne Marshall's study found climate change made the drought in the Western U.S. 14 times more likely in the Upper Colorado River Basin. Marshall is a computational hydrologist and an assistant professor of geology/geological engineering.

A study by Adrienne Marshall found climate change made the drought in the Western U.S. 14 times more likely in the Upper Colorado River Basin. Marshall is an assistant professor of geology and geological engineering.

Adrienne Marshall, a computational hydrologist and assistant professor of geology and geological engineering, says based on her study she expects droughts to become more common due to human-caused climate change.

NPR's Mountain West News Bureau interviewed Adrienne Marshall, a computational hydrologist, about her PNAS study looking at the recent drought across the west.

A new Mines study found that climate change makes snow drought about 14 times more likely in the Upper Colorado River Basin.

Adrienne Marshall, a computational hydrologist and assistant professor of geology and geological engineering, said it was a ”gut punch” when she discovered how much more frequent extreme global warming-caused snow droughts will likely be.

Adrienne Marshall, a computational hydrologist, said she hopes her study helps motivate people to think about how they can adapt to and avoid very low snow years.

Adrienne Marshall, a computational hydrologist and assistant professor of geology and geological engineering, published a study in PNAS connecting the West's severe drought this year to climate change.

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According to the Payne Institute for Public Policy, tribal lands are becoming homes to new data centers in part because there are less regulatory hurdles to be scaled on reservations.

Brennan Sprinkle, assistant professor of applied mathematics and statistics, said his work with a colleague from NYU provides a firmer understanding of how components respond to fluid flows.

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