[julienchastang]

> But this article makes the same mistake so many make: blaming this on climate change. It's not. It's simply usage.

See "Characterizing Drought Behavior in the Colorado River Basin Using Unsupervised Machine Learning"[0]. The journal article states: "The range of possible climate change considered here, regardless of ESM model, does point to a hotter CRB [Colorado River Basin] with large changes in the timing and magnitude of runoff, evapotranspiration, and soil moisture that will present challenges in managing water resources in the future."

[0] https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021EA00...