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We’re still learning how to live with the effects of a changing climate. In his new book, Colorado journalist Stephen Robert Miller investigates our need to adapt to climate change – and why some of those attempts can backfire.
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A coalition of environmental groups has proposed a set of new rules for managing the Colorado River amid heated negotiations about how to share the water supply, which is shrinking due to climate changed.
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A recent study found that ski resorts across the U.S. have lost billions of dollars and some ski days to climate change. The Rocky Mountain region saw the lowest losses, but resorts there are not out of the woods.
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New research shows cattle grazing can coexist with one of the most iconic and threatened birds in the West.
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The Environmental Voter Project is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that surveyed voters in 18 states to see which ones prioritize climate change or environmental issues. The report found that voters 65 and older are the second-most concerned group when it comes to the environment.
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Water and fire, and more specifically wildfire and snowpack, are crucial to the West. We look at their relationship and what it means for life in Northern Colorado today on In The NoCo.
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Dendrochronologists found that high temperatures in the 21st century make the current drought unprecedented compared to other dry periods around the Colorado River across the past 500 years.
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The results of the 14th annual Conservation in the West Poll were released last week, and they again showed deep, bipartisan support for a number of pro-conservation policies, as well as concern about a range of serious environmental issues. This year, there was a separate presentation on findings among Latino respondents, which showed they are often among the most concerned about those issues, and supportive of efforts to address them.
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The latest edition of the State of the Rockies poll again shows widespread support for public lands, conservation and concern about environmental issues like habitat loss and climate change.
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Recent reports from Climate Central show that winter’s coldest and warmest temperatures are on the rise, with some particularly dramatic results seen in cities in our region. But even within that broad trend, extreme cold is still very much a possibility.