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Arguing about water is a beloved Western pastime, but Coloradoans may soon find themselves seriously fighting over what’s left in the Colorado River.
by Paul Larmer,
Mar 06, 2009
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Arguing about water is a beloved Western pastime, but as the snowpack shrinks, Coloradoans are going to find themselves seriously fighting over what’s left in the Colorado River.
by Paul Larmer,
Mar 02, 2009
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Australia’s recent fires may have scorched “Stay and Defend,” a firefighting strategy American Westerners had thought of emulating. Also: Birds are shifting their winter range.
by Ray Ring ,
Feb 25, 2009
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A carbon tax is the fairest way to tackle climate change, despite its political challenges and risks.
by Auden Schendler,
Feb 24, 2009
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The long-delayed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nev., faces a new challenge: Barack Obama’s presidency.
by Judith Lewis ,
Jan 19, 2009
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Research hydrologist Gordon Grant is fascinated by the groundwater in the Pacific Northwest.
by Jane Braxton Little ,
Jan 16, 2009
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Jonathan Thompson says that Barack Obama -- caught between the threat of global warming and demands for energy independence -- is unlikely to end drilling in the West.
by Jonathan Thompson,
Jan 16, 2009
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The urgency of the politicians' response to our economic troubles contrasts with the way we’re ignoring the greater crisis of climate change.
by Jonathan Thompson ,
Oct 13, 2008
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Paleo-oceanographer James Zachos points to evidence of the last time climate change acidified the oceans, some 55 million years ago.
by J. Madeleine Nash,
Oct 13, 2008
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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
