A buoy once used to warn of a submerged rock rests on the ground along the waterline near a closed boat ramp at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area on Aug. 13, 2021, near Boulder City. (Photo: John Locher/AP)

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UNR to get grant to develop drought solutions

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., has announced a grant to the University of Nevada, Reno to create a Nevada Water Partnership.

• By Nevada Appeal Capitol Bureau
• April 2, 2022

West megadrought worsens to driest in at least 1,200 years

The study calculated that 42% of this megadrought can be attributed to human-caused climate change.

• By By Seth Borenstein AP Science Writer
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