http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/267/14539 In his new book, The Sunflower Forest: Ecological Restoration and the New Communion with Nature, William R. Jordan III lays out a powerful vision for a new environmental ethic No publisher Ali Macalady Biodiversity ecological restoration biodiversity environmental ethics The Sunflower Forest William R. Jordan III ecosystems Science 2012-08-14T22:36:01Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/306/15788 When drought shrank Lake Powell this summer, paleontologist Martin Lockley went to work scouring the shoreline for newly revealed rare dinosaur tracks in the sandstone No publisher Michelle Nijhuis Paleontology Martin Lockley paleontologists dinosaur tracks drought Lake Powell sandstone fossils Jurassic Anomoepus scientists Science 2012-03-05T22:40:28Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/329/16509 With global warming an increasing threat, some are urging a return to nuclear energy, but the industry’s own checkered past reminds us that a nuclear renaissance will be neither easy nor cheap No publisher Jonathan Thompson coal power radioactive waste Greenpeace Uranium Uravan Three Mile Island fossil fuels Clean and Mining Safe Energy Coalition uranium Nuclear energy Science Chernobyl Ukraine mining Climate Change Patrick Moore greenhouse gases global warming Energy Policy Department of Energy Energy Nuclear Energy George W. Bush 2011-12-09T18:04:52Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/321/16273 Astronomer Perry Walker uses his stargazing tools and skills to work with the oil and gas industry to prevent air pollution in Wyoming No publisher Ray Ring Science Oil and Gas Perry Walker amateur astronomers stargazing astronomy telescopes oil and gas industry Sublette County Wyoming energy boom air pollution dark skies Wind River Range Sombrero Galaxy Wyoming Outdoor Council Dan Heilig Randy Teeuwen EnCana Da 2011-12-08T23:07:28Z 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/327/16453 Climate scientist Anthony Westerling is working to illuminate the connection between rising global temperatures and the increasing ferocity of the West’s forest fires No publisher Matt Jenkins Forests Fire Climate Change Anthony Westerling climate scientists global warming climate change forest fires wildfires Scripps Institution of Oceanography Science Express snowpack Northern Rocky Mountains Northern California Cascade Mountains Sierra Nevada ecological re Science 2011-11-21T23:29:21Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/325/16391 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 No publisher John Krist Climate Change Mark Bowen Thin Ice climate change global warming science glaciers ice cores Kilimanjaro Himalayas Andes melt rate snowpack weather Goddard Institute for Space Studies climatologists scientific research mountain climbers equator Arctic s Science 2011-11-12T23:40:27Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/325/16388 Whatever the cause, the weather in the West this last year has been wild and wacky No publisher Stephanie Paige Ogburn Weather Climate Change Western states climate change floods drought global warming NOAA precipitation dust storms haboob Phoenix Arizona Washington mudslides Oregon windstorms California moisture Nevada dryness Colorado snowpack ski resorts Montan Science 2011-11-12T23:32:19Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/325/16379 In a special summer reading issue, HCN dishes up a science fiction story that imagines life in the Southwest in 2030 or so, when "Big Daddy Drought" is in full stride, and California claims all water No publisher Greg Hanscom Science Climate Change Dams and Water Supply Projects Paolo Bacigalupi The Tamarisk Hunter science fiction sci-fi short stories summer reading drought climate change global warming future scenarios water rights 1922 Colorado River Compact Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change dystopias utop 2011-11-12T22:40:54Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/325/16378 In the desert Southwest of 2030 Big Daddy Drought runs the show, California claims all the water, and a water tick named Lolo ekes out a rugged living removing tamarisk. No publisher Paolo Bacigalupi The 1922 Colorado River Compact irrigation sci-fi rights imagined futures Science Tamarisk Hunter tamarisk California water law water Science fiction Paolo Bacigalupi Weather future scenarios Climate Change Dams and Water Supply Projects drought fiction short stories SF 2011-11-12T21:30:05Z 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/321/16285 In Chasing Spring: An American Journey Through a Changing Season, nature writer Bruce Stutz follows spring from New York to Alaska, examining the surprising changes that global warming is bringing No publisher Ewen Callaway Climate Change Bruce Stutz Chasing Spring seasons nature writing heart surgery travel road trips science global warming springtime hummingbirds climate change temperature The Weather Makers Tim Flannery memoirs autobiography scientists cacti Science 2011-11-12T01:00:18Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/322/16312 In Grand Canyon: Solving Earth’s Grandest Puzzle, geologist James Lawrence Powell takes a look at the science behind the Grand Canyon, and the scientists who figured it out No publisher Ewen Callaway Science Grand Canyon geology plate tectonics rocks John Wesley Powell James Laurence Powell Solving Earth’s Grandest Puzzle Grove Gilbert Clarence Dutton science scientific ideas Colorado River canyon formation 2011-11-11T23:42:00Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/323/16339 Douglas Preston’s fast-moving thriller Tyrannosaur Canyon is perfect summer escape reading for anyone who loves adventure, intrigue and romance – especially served up with dinosaur fossils No publisher Steve Rumsey Paleontology Douglas Preston Tyrannosaur Canyon novels thrillers fiction beach reading escapist fiction paleontology fossil hunters scientists Tom Broadbent extinction The Codex plots supercomputers crime stories mysteries adventure stories veterinar Science 2011-11-11T23:20:36Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/321/16271 Executives from six of the nation’s largest energy companies have asked federal lawmakers to set mandatory caps on greenhouse gas emissions No publisher Brett Wilkison Science Climate Change Energy Policy Energy companies global warming greenhouse gas emissions climate change energy policy Congress Pete Domenici Jeff Bingaman Shell General Electric David Doniger Natural Resources Defense Council Marnie Funk Republicans Democrats Senate Energ 2011-11-11T18:57:01Z News Article