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A Colorado professor is studying how plants grow under solar panels on rooftops. The research highlights the growing green roof movement — and the challenges cities face in mandating rooftop green space.
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Many birds are in trouble nationwide. A 2019 study published by Cornell found that bird populations have declined 30% since 1970. That's nearly three billion birds.
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The National Centers for Environmental Information released its national climate report for September, indicating that the month's national average temperature was 68.1 degrees Fahrenheit — the fifth warmest September in the 128-year record.
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Last week, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack was in Denver to discuss significant federal funds coming to Colorado to support Climate-Smart Agriculture – an initial investment of $2.8 billion.With all that funding coming in, KUNC’s Rae Solomon wanted to get the low down on what Climate-Smart Agriculture means. She did some digging, and recently sat down with All Things Considered host Beau Baker to share what she found.
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“We're trying to make it easy for non-experts to find and use decision-relevant federal data to map and understand their exposure to climate-related hazards,” says Tom DiLiberto, a climate scientist at the NOAA Climate Program Office.
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The Southwest Monsoon Fantasy Forecasts game has players predicting precipitation levels in five Southwest cities – and there's cash on the line.
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Kari Williams owns Snow-Capped Cider outside of Cedaredge, Colorado, where she crafts hard ciders exclusively from Colorado grown apples. She has a unique advantage as a local producer of hard cider: her family grows all of the apples that go into her brew. But as the climate changes, more extreme temperature swings are impacting fruit growers on the Western Slope.
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Larimer County commissioners voted to approve a controversial water supply project Wednesday night. In a 2-1 vote, commissioners paved the way for the Northern Integrated Supply Project (NISP) to be fully permitted.
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There's an effort afoot to better identify heat waves – like the one gripping much of the American West right now.
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Along a windy stretch of the Rocky Mountain foothills in southern Wyoming, a small army of new turbines has started spinning.Its main customers: Residents…