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Colorado River disappeared record for 5M years: now we know where it was

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by Jtsummers

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The original title (which makes a lot more sense than the abbreviated one used for the submission):
> The Colorado River disappeared from the geological record for 5 million years: Scientists now know where it went

by wglb

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Paper in Science: https://phys.org/news/2026-04-colorado-river-geological-mill...

by davidw

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by kulahan

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An upstream river, followed by flowing into the Grand Canyon, thus becoming a continental river. Saved you a click. It’s still a cool read though.

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by righthand

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