Tag: Mountains
How to poop outdoors in a way that won’t harm the...
Shari Edelson, Penn State and B. Derrick Taff, Penn State
If you’re one of the 63 million Americans who...
Colorado’s subalpine wetlands may be producing a toxic form of mercury...
Eve-Lyn Hinckley, University of Colorado Boulder
The wetlands found across the Rocky Mountains of Colorado just below tree line...
Fleeting fireflies illuminate Colorado summer nights − and researchers are watching
Orit Peleg, University of Colorado Boulder and Owen Martin, University of Colorado Boulder
The Colorado June air was thick...
As mountain glaciers melt, risk of catastrophic flash floods rises for...
Suzanne OConnell, Wesleyan University and Alton C. Byers, University of Colorado Boulder
In mountain ranges around the world, glaciers...
Altitude sickness is typically mild but can sometimes turn very serious...
Brian Strickland, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Equipped with the latest gear and a thirst for adventure, mountaineers...
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
What the extreme fire seasons of 1910 and 2020 – and...
Kyra Clark-Wolf, University of Colorado Boulder and Philip Higuera, University of Montana
Strong winds blew across mountain slopes after...
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...
EXPLORING NATURE
Pregnant women face tough choices about medication use due to lack...
Almut Winterstein, University of Florida and Sonja Rasmussen, Johns Hopkins University
A panel convened in July 2025 by the...
