Climate Change
Plants, Animals Share Similar Relationships To Climate Niches
By Nicholas Gerbis | Thursday, March 26, 2020
It seems plants and animals should react differently to changes in their climate niches, the temperature and precipitation conditions under which they live.
Activists cite rising heat deaths, pollution, fires in asking Phoenix to declare climate emergency
By Madison Staten | Monday, March 16, 2020
Arizona environmental groups gather in front of City Hall to ask Phoenix to declare a climate emergency.
Hot planet: January 2020 was warmest January in 141 years of records, NOAA says
By Isabella Hulsizer | Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Last month was Earth’s warmest January on record, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports, and that was true in Arizona, where January 2020’s average temperature was 3.2 degrees above the historic average.
How Desert Botanical Garden Keeps Arizona’s Most Endangered Cactus Growing
By Lauren Gilger, Kaely Monahan and Amanda Luberto | Monday, Feb. 17, 2020
When you think about endangered species, you might think about pandas in China or the Siberian tiger. Here in Arizona, we hear about efforts to keep the jaguar alive, as well as the Mexican wolf.
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.