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Climate change leaves its mark on America's largest reservoir

Climate change leaves its mark on America's largest reservoir
Phys.org Thursday 27 August 2026, 09:20 UTC 1 min read
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From high in the hills around Las Vegas, tourist Choune Osterero gazes down at the line of chalky mineral deposits left on the rocks around Lake Mead as the level of America's largest reservoir has dropped over the last quarter-century of drought.

From high in the hills around Las Vegas, tourist Choune Osterero gazes down at the line of chalky mineral deposits left on the rocks around Lake Mead as the level of America's largest reservoir has dropped over the last quarter-century of drought.
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