Climate & Pollution
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Feature
Back to the future
A long time ago, the earth warmed considerably; now, scientists study fossils to find out what happened – and what it might mean for us today.
by J. MADELEINE NASH, Oct 13, 2008 -
Letters
"1,000 messy facts"
by Rich Prodgers, Oct 07, 2008 -
News
All along the watchtower
Andrew McNair, who works weekends at a computer in Olympia, Wash., is not your typical Western fire watcher.
by Eric Wagner , Sep 02, 2008 -
News
We thought we were safe
California fire victim barely escapes
by Gordon Gregory, Jul 10, 2008 -
News
Shifting sands in Navajoland
On the drought-stricken Navajo Nation, scientist Margaret Hiza Redsteer studies the movement of sand dunes.
by Michelle Nijhuis, Jun 23, 2008 -
News
Climate cash-in
Western farmers and ranchers using progressive land-management techniques can make a few bucks from the new carbon market – but some critics say it won’t lead to any real reduction in carbon emissions.
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, May 26, 2008 -
News
The West’s wacky weather
The West’s weather is full of surprises this spring, with snowstorms, windstorms, rain and wildfires all happening at the same time.
by Jonathan Thompson, May 12, 2008 -
Essays
The mysticism of mud
Ernest Atencio ponders an exceptionally muddy Mud Season in New Mexico, and notes how readily most Westerners forget that we live in an arid landscape.
by Ernest Atencio, May 12, 2008 -
News
Climate Revolutionary
Law professor Mary C. Wood wants to use “atmospheric trust litigation” to tackle global warming in the courts.
by Carla A. Wise, May 12, 2008 -
News
Up in FLAME
Proposed bill calls for separate "catastrophic wildfire" fund
by Evelyn Schlatter, Apr 16, 2008 -
Essays
A hard winter makes you think
Rhonda Claridge describes a hard winter in the high mountains and points out that one seldom-acknowledged effect of climate change could be harder winters in some parts of the world.
by Rhonda Claridge, Apr 14, 2008 -
Writers on the Range
A hard winter makes you think
Rhonda Claridge describes a hard winter in the high mountains, and points out that one seldom-acknowledged effect of climate change could be harder winters in some parts of the world.
by Rhonda Claridge, Mar 31, 2008 -
Two Weeks in the West
Two weeks in the West
Nasty chemicals in the Western air; drilling dust; EPA gets tougher on mercury; wildlife agency reconsiders habitat for Canada lynx and protection for sage grouse and white-tailed prairie dogs; and Grand Canyon gets a man-made flood.
by Sarah Gilman, Mar 17, 2008 -
Feature
Unnatural Preservation
Public-land managers in the era of global warming face uncomfortable choices: Do they intervene to protect dying plants and animals, or stand back and let this new version of “nature” take its course?
by M. Martin Smith and Fiona Gow, Feb 04, 2008 -
Editor's Note
Planning for uncertainty
A Phoenix symposium on dealing with drought and global warming echoes the larger uncertainties facing public-land and national park managers throughout the West.
by Paul Larmer, Feb 04, 2008






