Climate Change
On Thin Ice In The Arctic: CU Scientist Says Melting May Threaten Parts Of Historic Mission
By Michelle P. Fulcher | Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020
A University of Colorado scientist who spent months drifting through the Arctic Ocean on a ship says thinning and melting ice is putting the Arctic's biggest scientific mission ever in jeopardy.
Four Corners Drought Intensified By Human-Induced Warming
By Nicholas Gerbis | Monday, Feb. 3, 2020
The Four Corners drought of 2017 and 2018 caused $3 billion in losses and led the Navajo Nation to issue an emergency drought declaration.
Snowbirds: Why are white pelicans wintering in Arizona?
By Melanie Porter and Kennedy Wilkerson | Friday, Jan. 31, 2020
Dropping water levels in their natural habitats make the pelicans easy prey for predators, so the birds have found refuge when they migrate south for the winter, settling in the Sonoran Desert’s man-made lakes for imported fish and balmy weather.
Desert Tortoises Affected by Slow Response to Climate Change
By Luke Runyon | Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020
Few species are equipped to handle a hot and dry climate better than the desert tortoise. But with climate change making their home hotter and drier, the tortoises are being hit with a one-two punch.
Climate Change Is Decimating Bird Populations in the Mojave Desert
By Jacob Margolis | Monday, Oct. 21, 2019
Over the past century, temperatures in the Mojave Desert have risen about 3.5 degrees Fahrenheit, coinciding with a roughly 40% decrease in the number of bird species documented there.
Climate Whiplash: Four Corners Residents and Ranchers Adapting to Weather Extremes
By Luke Ruynon | Monday, Oct. 21, 2019
“We’ve set records almost every year, good or bad,” Colorado rancher Dustin Stein says. “So hot, so dry. So much snow, the river's too high. It's just incredibly bipolar.”
Beachside Experiment: The Dunes are Alive Along the Santa Monica Coast
By Tamika Adams | Friday, Oct. 4, 2019
Part naturally occurring sandhills, part landscaping, the living dunes represent an attempt to help nature restore itself along the Santa Monica waterfront.
Bye-Bye Beaches: How Parts of SoCal’s Iconic Coast Could Disappear in Our Lifetime
By Jacob Margolis | Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019
A few feet of sea level rise might not sound very alarming, but every vertical foot could mean roughly 20 feet farther that the ocean encroaches inland.