Tag: climate change
Why rain on snow in the California mountains worries scientists
Keith Musselman, University of Colorado Boulder
Another round of powerful atmospheric rivers is hitting California, following storms in January...
What’s the carbon footprint of March Madness?
Brian P. McCullough, Texas A&M University
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March Madness means 68 teams vying to...
Is the Western drought finally ending? That depends on where you look
Dan McEvoy, Desert Research Institute
After three years of extreme drought, the Western U.S. is finally getting a break....
Climate change threatens spring wildflowers by speeding up the time when...
Richard B. Primack, Boston University; Benjamin R. Lee, University of Pittsburgh, and Tara K. Miller, Boston University
For short-lived...
The West’s iconic forests are increasingly struggling to recover from wildfires...
Kimberley Davis, United States Forest Service; Jamie Peeler, University of Montana, and Philip Higuera, University of Montana
Wildfires and...
As climate change and overuse shrink Lake Powell, the emergent landscape...
Daniel Craig McCool, University of Utah
As Western states haggle over reducing water use because of declining flows in...
Russia’s aggression threatens efforts to protect nature beyond Ukraine
Eduardo Gallo-Cajiao, University of Washington; Duan Biggs, Northern Arizona University; Nives Dolsak, University of Washington, and Paul G. Harris, The Education University...
Was Earth already heating up, or did global warming reverse a...
Ellie Broadman, University of Arizona and Darrell Kaufman, Northern Arizona University
Over the past century, the Earth’s average temperature...