Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada, U.S. - Caution tape remains at the site where human remains were found in a barrel along her shoreline of Lake Mead after the waterline dropped at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, May 10, 2022, near Las Vegas, Nev. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation reported that Lake Mead, North America s largest artificial reservoir, has dropped to about 1,052 feet above sea level, the lowest it s been since being filled in 1937 after the construction of the Hoover Dam. Two sets of human remains have been discovered recently as the lake continues to recede. The declining water levels are a result of a climate change-fueled megadrought coupled with increased water demands in the Southwestern Un - ZUMAbk3_ 20220510_zaf_bk3_011

May 10, 2022 - Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada, U.S. - Caution tape remains at the site where human remains were found in a barrel along her shoreline of Lake Mead after the waterline dropped at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, May 10, 2022, near Las Vegas, Nev. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation reported that Lake Mead, North America s largest artificial reservoir, has dropped to about 1,052 feet above sea level, the lowest it s been since being filled in 1937 after the construction of the Hoover Dam. Two sets of human remains have been discovered recently as the lake continues to recede. The declining water levels are a result of a climate change-fueled megadrought coupled with increased water demands in the Southwestern Un - ZUMAbk3_ 20220510_zaf_bk3_011