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Results for keyword: Climate change

  • Great hope, great fear

    Great hope, great fear

    The threat of climate change is terrifying, especially for people who fear for their children's future, but there is still hope, if we start working together.

  • Ice matters

    Ice matters

    We're not just losing our glaciers; we're unraveling the systems that sustain all life on earth.

  • Don't blame it all on global climate change

    Don't blame it all on global climate change

    Climate change is a problem, but that doesn’t mean it’s responsible for every bad thing that happens in the West.

  • Finding place

    Finding place

    A wilderness ranger has spent the last 14 years coming to intimately know -- and love -- a remarkable corner of Alaska.

  • Religious leaders shouldn't duck their responsibility

    Religious leaders shouldn't duck their responsibility

    Western religious leaders need to speak out more strongly on the dangers of climate change.

  • Ranchers can fight global climate change, one acre at a time

    Ranchers can fight global climate change, one acre at a time

    The great grasslands and rangelands of the West are a perfect place for carbon sequestration.

  • Microclimates, macro problem

    Microclimates, macro problem

    As humans rely on our ingenuity to cope with climate change, wild plants and animals take refuge in the mountains’ microclimates.

  • Climate of denial

    Climate of denial

    An Alaskan wilderness ranger wonders how tourists can look at melting glaciers and not believe in climate change.

  • Dancing with Climate Change

    Dancing with Climate Change

    In California's White Mountains, scientists ponder the fate of beardtongues, bristlecone pines and butterflies in a rapidly warming world.

  • Bear witness to climate change

    Bear witness to climate change

    To imagine what your corner of the West will be like in a warmer climate, consider how different plants and animals are at a lower elevation.

 

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  1. Fearful of Agenda 21, an alleged U.N. plot, activists derail land-use planning | A two-year planning process in La Plata County, Co...
  2. Billboard corporations use money and influence to override your vote | In Salt Lake City and other Western communities, b...
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