Climate Change
As climate change deepens, Lake Mead and Lake Powell continue drying up
![Portrait of Trevor Hughes](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/ffd17780bfe814894f643440451b415d8fa90d64/c=83-72-502-491/local/-/media/2019/01/17/USATODAY/USATODAY/636833230001199990-TrevorHughes.png?width=48&height=48&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
USA TODAY
PAGE, Ariz. – The 150-foot-tall white "bathtub ring" along the red rocks of Lake Powell is the first sign that something isn't right.
Other signs are everywhere: Boat ramps left high and dry. Rock arches emerging from their decadeslong submersion. Boat wrecks uncovered by the receding water. Vast mudflats sprawling where water once pooled.