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Professor Rajagopalan Balaji was interviewed by NPR's KGNU about the extreme difficulties facing western states as they renegotiate the Colorado River Compact that governs water use.

By combining hydrology and paleoclimate modeling, Professor Balaji Rajagopalan and colleagues uncovered the long-standing mystery behind the disappearance of the Harappan Civilization.

Professor Balaji Rajagopalan co-authored a study published in Nature Communications Earth & Environment with colleagues from the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar and the University of Arizona. The research examines how hydrology and climate during the Mid-Holocene may have contributed to the decline of the Harappan (Indus Valley) Civilization.

Professor Rajagopalan Balaji was named an honorary fellow of the Indian Meteorological Society for his pioneering research on Indian monsoon variability and its impacts on public health and flood preparedness.

Professor Balaji Rajagopalan research suggests that increased precipitation in the Colorado River basin over the next 25 years could boost river flows despite rising temperatures. However, he warns of more frequent extreme droughts, highlighting the need for improved reservoir management.

Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder received $750,000 from NOAA to improve Colorado River drought monitoring, led by CEAE and CIRES scientists and researchers.

CEAE's Rajagopalan Balaji was elected an ASCE fellow, a prestigious honor awarded to only three percent of the organization's members.

CEAE Professor Balaji Rajagopalan, raised without running water in India, now studies monsoon variability as a Fulbright-Kalam Climate Fellow.

More than 50 percent of the largest lakes in the world are losing water, according to a groundbreaking new assessment published today in Science.  The article was coauthored by Professor Balaji Rajagopalan and Associate Professor Ben Livneh, both from Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder's Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering. Fangfang Yao, a CIRES visiting scholar, was the lead author.

Rajagopalan Balaji is a Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ professor and chair of the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, and he is changing the way we see climate change. [video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGC3Awsy61k]