Tag: US West
Before the US approves new uranium mining, consider its toxic legacy
Stephanie Malin, Colorado State University
Uranium – the raw material for nuclear power and nuclear weapons – is having a moment in the spotlight.
Companies such...
Chasing the flame: Does media coverage of wildfires probe deeply enough?
Adrianne Kroepsch, Colorado School of Mines
It is the dry season in western states, which means that large swaths of land are burning or smoldering...
Climate change is shrinking the Colorado River
Brad Udall, Colorado State University and Jonathan Overpeck, University of Arizona
The nation’s two largest reservoirs, Lake Mead on the Arizona/Nevada border and Lake Powell...
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...
