Results for keyword: Climate change
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Notes from the (water) underground
Research hydrologist Gordon Grant is fascinated by the groundwater in the Pacific Northwest.
by Jane Braxton Little , Jan 16, 2009 -
Drilling the Democrats
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 -
Forget Wall Street, focus on the real issues
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 -
Acidifying oceans
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 -
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 -
Fire, fire everywhere
Despite the growing threat of Western wildfire, most of us are still pretending it will go away if we just ignore it.
by Jonathan Thompson , Sep 02, 2008 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
A message to our grandchildren
Environmental pioneer Stewart Udall and his wife, Lee, ask their grandchildren to be “steadfast enemies of waste.”
by Stewart and Lee Udall, Mar 31, 2008
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