Tag: US West
As climate change parches the Southwest, here’s a better way to...
Daniel Craig McCool, University of Utah
The Colorado River is a vital lifeline for...
As Colorado River Basin states confront water shortages, it’s time to...
Robert Glennon, University of Arizona
The U.S. government announced its first-ever water shortage declaration for the Colorado River on...
Over 100 fire scientists urge the US West: Skip the fireworks...
Philip Higuera, The University of Montana; Alexander L. Metcalf, The University of Montana; Dave McWethy, Montana State University, and Jennifer Balch, University...
Yellowstone is losing its snow as the climate warms, and that...
Bryan Shuman, University of Wyoming
When you picture Yellowstone National Park and its neighbor, Grand Teton, the snowcapped peaks...
Western fires are burning higher in the mountains at unprecedented rates...
Mojtaba Sadegh, Boise State University; John Abatzoglou, University of California, Merced, and Mohammad Reza Alizadeh, McGill University
Pikas are adapting to climate change remarkably well, contrary to many...
Andrew Smith, Arizona State University
Climate change is harming many special places and iconic species around our planet, from Glacier National Park’s disappearing glaciers to...
Fences have big effects on land and wildlife around the world...
Alex McInturff, University of California Santa Barbara; Christine Wilkinson, University of California, Berkeley, and Wenjing Xu, University of California, Berkeley
What is the most common...
We’ll see more fire seasons like 2020 – here’s a strategy...
Jennifer Balch, University of Colorado Boulder
As of late fall, wildfires are still smoldering under snowfall in Colorado. I am hoping that the cold and...
EXPLORING NATURE
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...
