Brad Udall is senior research scientist at the Colorado Water Institute at Colorado State University. https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/contributor/brad-udall/rss en American West Climate & Weather Thu, 22 Jun 2017 05:00:28 +0000 Jonathan Overpeck, Brad Udall https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/articles/2017/06/22/climate-change-is-shrinking-the-colorado-river https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/articles/2017/06/22/climate-change-is-shrinking-the-colorado-river Declines in Colorado River reservoirs can only partly be blamed by a lack of precipitation. Research shows that higher temperatures also played a role, write scientists Brad Udall and Jonathan Overpeck.