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

wwglb 1 day ago 4 commentsRead Article on phys.org

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Jtsummers•about 4 hours ago

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

bdcravens•about 3 hours ago

Removing the word "record" actually make the HN-submitted title make more sense. Wrapping "disappeared" in quotes actually conveys more or less the same intent.

wglb•1 day ago

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

davidw•about 3 hours ago

Was it buried under popup advertisements?