http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 11. http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.9/book-review-ground-water-the-art-design-and-science-of-a-dry-river A review of Ground/Water: The Art, Design and Science of a Dry River, edited by Ellen McMahon, Ander Monson and Beth Weinstein No publisher Staff water policy drought Arizona Rillito River climate 2013-05-24T23:14:55Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/16936 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. No publisher Dan Whipple Hunting Threatened and endangered Wolves predators hunters northern Yellowstone elk herd animal populations wildlife climate weather Montana hunting policy Ed Bangs biologists drought Northern Yellowstone Cooperative Wildlife Working Group Oikos Michigan Tech University Joh 2010-02-05T09:43:00Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/324/16356 The Nez Perce Tribe is trying to combat global warming – and make a few bucks – by planting trees for carbon dioxide sequestration No publisher Joshua Zaffos Development reservation economics climate forestry Energy Kyoto Protocol Science Climate Change tree planting Reservations and Economic Forests global warming Native Americans Nez Perce Indians carbon sequestration National Carbon Offset Coalition Ted Dodge carbon banking California cap and trade systems change 2011-11-12T02:56:09Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/324/16351 In his book Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, Jared Diamond warns about societies that overreach themselves – a warning that southern Arizona, in the midst of its tremendous real estate boom, ought to heed No publisher Paul Larmer Water Dams and Water Supply Projects Land Use and Planning Jared Diamond Collapse Easter Island Mayan Anasazi civilizations catastrophe Phoenix Arizona Central Arizona Project drought climate cities natural resources overpopulation demographics megalopolis desert cities Sunbelt growth boom dev 2011-11-12T02:19:28Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/323/16326 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 No publisher Michelle Nijhuis Climate Change Tom Painter scientists climate geographers National Snow and Ice Data Center Boulder Colorado Rocky Mountains Maroon Bells Red Mountain Pass hydrologists snow scientists chemistry skiers University of Colorado Maureen Cassidy Senator Beck Science 2011-12-06T00:00:13Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/344/16940 Despite a relatively snowy winter here in western Colorado, the season itself seems to have shrunk, with spring arriving weeks earlier than it once did in a trend with ominous consequences for the desert Southwest, particularly Phoenix. No publisher Paul Larmer seasonal Charlie Ester spring water supply Resources Con Arizona Craig Childs Phoenix Water moisture Colorado snowpack Natural Science global warming change winter climate hydrology Colorado Climate change Mike Gillespie Paonia Weather changes archaeology Salt River Project 2010-08-06T22:24:09Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/371/17713 Western farmers and ranchers using progressive land-management techniques can make a few bucks from the new carbon market – but some critics say it won’t lead to any real reduction in carbon emissions. No publisher Stephanie Paige Ogburn Chicago Climate Exchange climate Carbon offsets market Coalition progressive land management National Carbon Offset no-till farming greenhouse gas emissions Agriculture change 2010-07-23T23:18:35Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/368/17648 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. No publisher Rhonda Claridge Rhonda Claridge climate winter spring snowfall blizzards mountain life change 2010-08-02T19:57:43Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/357/17306 Environmental contrarians Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger jump back into the fray with a new book, Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility. No publisher Brian Kevin climate Break Through Death of Environmentalism The Michael Shellenberger environmental movement change Ted Nordhaus 2010-08-11T22:57:12Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/345/16971 Global warming spurs calls for new dams in the West – but where will the water come from to fill them? No publisher Matt Jenkins Sierra Nevada rapid melting Hot Times water supply weather reservoirs Schwarzenegger dams shorter Colorado River rainfall San Joaquin Valley Arnold Western drought global warming winters change climate Dave Cogdill aridity Dams And Water Supply Projects Temperan snowmelt runoff 2010-09-30T16:00:00Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/290/15219 The study of tree rings opens a window into the West’s distant past, and warns us that the region’s future may be dangerously hot and dry No publisher Michelle Nijhuis Lowell climate dendrochronology Science radiocarbon dating Climate Change paleoclimates Ma Rex Adams Forests bristlecone pine Hot Times global warming Andrew Ellicott Douglass Chaco Canyon Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research Percival crossdating tree rings drought change Hal Fritts 2010-09-30T15:48:58Z News Article