http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/308/15837 Modern-day scientists, retracing the path of Joseph Grinnell in Yosemite National Park, document conspicuous changes in the natural world and find a culprit unimagined by biologists 100 years ago: global warming No publisher Michelle Nijhuis Climate Change Carol Patton hiking climate change Hot Times Parks Biology Charles Camp Yosemite National Park biologists Wildlife Lyell Lyell Glacier Science global warming Museum of Vertebrate Survey Joseph Grinnell Ward Russell fi wildlife U.S. Geological Jim Patton Canyon naturalists 2010-09-30T22:57:42Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/308/15849 Wildlife biologist Erik Beever says that as the climate warms in the Great Basin, pikas are rapidly disappearing from mountains where they formerly thrived No publisher Michelle Nijhuis animal high-altitude ecology populations Science biologists global warming Eugene Raymond Hall U.S. Geological Survey Joseph Grinnell Rodents Climate Changes climate change Erik Beever Great Basin wildlife pikas 2010-04-21T21:13:27Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/309/15874 Nutria, destructive beaver-like mammals from South America, are moving into the Skagit River Valley of northwestern Washington, and some believe a warming climate is to blame No publisher Emma Brown Science Climate Change Weather Rodents Nutria exotic wildlife rodents introduced wildlife Skagit River fur industry nuisance wildlife Pamela Meacham global warming climate change warming temperatures Pacific Northwest Philip Mote climatologists The Nature Conservancy trapping h 2010-02-05T08:31:28Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/309/15890 Bill McKibben’s new book, Wandering Home, is a hopeful account of a leisurely hike across northeastern America, as relevant to the West as it is to the East No publisher George Sibley Recreation Camping And Hiking Human Beings And Nature Bill McKibben The End of Nature global warming hiking camping backcountry travel personal history memoirs nature Wendell Berry Ed Abbey wilderness wild landscapes natural history environmental movement conservation 2010-02-05T08:31:32Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.18/utahs-ancient-lake-bonneville-holds-clues-to-the-wests-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. No publisher Douglas Fox Great Salt Lake climate science Hot Times geologists Donner Party weather Jack Oviatt Heinrich Events tufa ice age Western weather Lake Bonneville climate predictions greenhouse gases Great Basin mineral bathtub rings Cathedral Cave Hadley cell global warming David McGee Jay Quade Guleed Ali Silver Island Range paleogeology climate historians 2011-11-07T15:28:17Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/a-future-of-big-fires-and-tiny-bugs A second-generation forest ranger considers how fire prevention and climate change are affecting the forests he once roamed with his father. No publisher Frank Carroll grazing reform bark beetles climate change forest rangers overgrown forests global warming fire prevention New Mexico Blue River country forest management Frank Carroll Forest Service childhoods National Forest Service forest fires Western landscape drought rural Western life 2012-04-17T18:47:52Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.2/religious-leaders-shouldnt-duck-their-responsibility Western religious leaders need to speak out more strongly on the dangers of climate change. No publisher Tim Lydon Climate change Hot Times global warming religion American religious leaders Yup'ik Indians blessing of the waves 2011-10-10T18:39:35Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/greens-need-to-occupy-the-occupy-movement Today's activists need to get more involved in protesting the environmental profiteering that is destroying our planet. No publisher Tim Lydon Powder River Basin environmental activists protest movements corporate power air pollution climate change Bristol Bay salmon Exxon Valdez clear-cuts global warming timber companies Arch Coal Pebble Mine Alaska fisheries water pollution Peabody Coal Company Occupy Wall Street coal power plants oil spills 2011-12-20T18:26:22Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.5/innovate Westerners have a knack for new and innovative thinking, as this special issue of HCN shows. No publisher Ray Ring, Tom Beal, Emily Underwood, Terray Sylvester, Sarah Gilman think tanks Utah artists Peter Samuelson innovative thinking DAISY Consortium DAISY readers Grant Stumbaugh audio books George Goertz astronomers sunlight-concentrating solar generators Windustry Eric Lindeman Adam Price physicists scientists Wyoming wind farms inventors Intellectual Ventures 337 Project Roger Angel George Kerscher global warming the Art Truck blindness Jason Zasa housing problem art galleries solar energy Records for the Blind & Dyslexic brainstorming sessions cooperatives Nathan Myhrvold Slater Wind Energy Association portable shelters public art wind power EDAR homelessness e-books 2010-02-05T08:38:00Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/360/17395 Two weeks in the very arid West means dry ski slopes, destructive wildfires, unending drought and unhappy bears; timber mills are victims of housing collapse; costs of carbon dioxide and its removal. No publisher Jonathan Thompson bears carbon dioxide global warming timber mills Forest fires drought ski industry 2010-07-21T22:35:06Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/362/17454 EPA stymies California’s attempt to cut tailpipe emissions; the West is growing but not sure where its next meal or drink of water will come from; increasing amounts of ammonium – and guns – in the parks; avalanche fatalities are up. No publisher Sarah Gilman and Jodi Peterson national parks global warming Western population growth avalanche fatalities carbon emissions EPA 2011-02-14T23:09:29Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/364/17516 HCN looks at the various problems of Western wildlife, including Northern Rockies wolves, porcupines, fishers, pikas, and more; and Rocky Mountain National Park tests elk for chronic wasting disease and also gives out birth control. No publisher Ray Ring porcupines fishers Rocky Mountain National Park M-44 Yellowstone wolves pikas endangered species global warming elk herd 2010-12-17T20:18:26Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/365/17557 These days, Ana Maria Spagna travels only in her imagination, as she and her partner, Laurie, stay home and care for their elderly, dying and much-loved cat, Daisy. No publisher Ana Maria Spagna Ana Maria Spagna travel global warming dying pets cats domestic life Al Gore 2010-12-17T00:33:55Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/370/17692 Law professor Mary C. Wood wants to use “atmospheric trust litigation” to tackle global warming in the courts. No publisher Carla A. Wise Mary C. Wood atmospheric trust climate change global warming environmental lawsuits environmental law environmental movement 2010-07-26T22:11:29Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/370/17694 The West’s weather is full of surprises this spring, with snowstorms, windstorms, rain and wildfires all happening at the same time. No publisher Jonathan Thompson wildfires avalanches Climate change snowpack Weather forecasts global warming drought Western climate 2010-07-26T22:08:52Z News Article