Results for keyword: Climate Change
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Climate-change clues — in tropical glaciers
In Thin Ice: Unlocking the Secrets of Climate in the World’s Highest Mountain Ranges, mountain climber and physicist Mark Bowen follows researchers who are finding clues to climate change in high-altitude tropical glaciers
by John Krist, Jun 26, 2006 -
The wild, wild weather
Whatever the cause, the weather in the West this last year has been wild and wacky
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Jun 26, 2006 -
HCN looks to the future
In a special summer reading issue, HCN dishes up a science fiction story that imagines life in the Southwest in 2030 or so, when "Big Daddy Drought" is in full stride, and California claims all water
by Greg Hanscom, Jun 26, 2006 -
The Tamarisk Hunter
In the desert Southwest of 2030 Big Daddy Drought runs the show, California claims all the water, and a water tick named Lolo ekes out a rugged living removing tamarisk.
by Paolo Bacigalupi, Jun 26, 2006 -
Tribes look to cash in with 'tree-market' environmentalism
The Nez Perce Tribe is trying to combat global warming – and make a few bucks – by planting trees for carbon dioxide sequestration
by Joshua Zaffos, Jun 12, 2006 -
Science vs. science fiction — get it straight
The decision of the Association of Petroleum Geologists to give novelist Michael Crichton its "Journalist of the Year" award for his anti-global warming thriller State of Fear can only increase public cynicism about science and scientists
by Ben Long, May 29, 2006 -
Dust and Snow
In Colorado’s San Juan Mountains, Tom Painter and other scientists study the dust in the snow and ponder its implications for future drought and weather conditions, especially in the era of global warming
by Michelle Nijhuis, May 29, 2006 -
A real rain is what happens in New Mexico
The writer grew up in New Mexico and misses the cataclysmic monsoons that characterize that dry land
by Margaret Foley, May 22, 2006 -
A season of change
In Chasing Spring: An American Journey Through a Changing Season, nature writer Bruce Stutz follows spring from New York to Alaska, examining the surprising changes that global warming is bringing
by Ewen Callaway, May 01, 2006 -
Corporations ask feds to set emissions limits
Executives from six of the nation’s largest energy companies have asked federal lawmakers to set mandatory caps on greenhouse gas emissions
by Brett Wilkison, May 01, 2006






