Results for keyword: weather
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Fighting the wind on a Montana camping trip
If you want to be driven crazy by the wind, try canoeing and camping on Montana's Marias River.
by Jeremy N. Smith, Nov 27, 2011 -
Utah's ancient Lake Bonneville holds clues to the West's changing climate
In Utah, scientists are exploring the site of a long-vanished inland sea called Lake Bonneville to understand the West's past - and future - climate.
by Douglas Fox, Nov 07, 2011 -
Western scientists study the past to predict the future
Scientists are digging into the past of the West to try to understand what the future may bring.
by Michelle Nijhuis, Oct 30, 2011 -
It's a bird, it's a plane, its a contrail
A Westerner becomes a reluctant connoisseur of the contrails that streak across the region’s bright blue skies.
by Charles Kulander, May 26, 2011 -
The year in water
A La Niña year brings a good snowpack to some Western states and little or nothing to others.
by Cally Carswell, May 15, 2011 -
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.
by Pepper Trail, Feb 03, 2010 -
Hot time in the city
In the dog days of a hot summer, Allen Best wonders if air conditioning is altogether a good thing.
by Allen Best, Aug 13, 2007 -
Into thin air?
Global warming spurs calls for new dams in the West – but where will the water come from to fill them?
by Matt Jenkins, Apr 30, 2007 -
Wolves have a reputation that’s larger than life
Some hunters are blaming the Big Bad Wolf for a decline in the northern Yellowstone elk herd, but Dan Whipple points out that recent weather – and Montana hunting policy – are more likely to be responsible.
by Dan Whipple, Mar 26, 2007 -
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
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