The Rio Grande is having its driest year on record

NPR | By Bryce Dix

Published September 14, 2026 at 4:34 PM EDT

Colorado River drought gets a lot of headlines, but the Rio Grande is having one of its driest years ever. What a recent surge of water for nature says about its future.

Bryce Dix

Bryce is in his junior year as an undergraduate at the University of New Mexico. He has a passion for making anything media related, from fine art...

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