High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 11. A new normal for snow http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.2/a-new-normal-for-snow The dry 2000s means snow trackers have to adjust "normal" downward. No publisher Sarah Jane Keller climate change snowpack SNOTEL Hot Times NRCS 2013-01-31T18:45:32Z News Article The West’s wacky weather 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 Low snowpack means a dry summer for the West http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.7/low-snowpack-means-a-dry-summer-for-the-west A map shows Western snowpacks as of April 1, 2012, and notes record-breaking heat and dry weather in the Southwest. No publisher Neil LaRubbio Western winter spring melt Hot Times reservoirs runoff drought snowpack 2012-07-16T17:54:48Z Infographic The gift of runoff in a wet season http://www.hcn.org/wotr/the-gift-of-runoff-in-a-wet-season After too many recent dry years, residents of the Rocky Mountains are relishing the music of running water. No publisher Allen Best Rocky Mountains climate change snowpack rain rivers Water drought 2011-07-20T14:59:51Z News Article Bear witness to climate change http://www.hcn.org/wotr/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. No publisher Pepper Trail Western water supply elevation Climate change Hot Times global warming weather local wildlife snowpack 2011-10-10T18:47:10Z News Article Who'll stop the rain? http://www.hcn.org/issues/290/15220 January may have brought rain and snow to parts of the West, but the study of past climates warns us that we still have to learn to live with drought No publisher Paul Larmer Science Climate Change Weather Tom Pagano drought precipitation snowpack John Wesley Powell The Arid Lands Wallace Stegner dendrochronology tree rings paleoclimate climate change global warming 2010-02-05T09:22:48Z News Article What happened to winter? http://www.hcn.org/issues/296/15431 An unusual winter sends ripples through the West's water and wildlife systems, and leaves scientists wondering whether global warming is the cause. No publisher Michelle Nijhuis Science Climate Change Winter global warming climate change rainfall snowpack wolves Yellowstone National Park water supply weather seasons climate variation ski industry Death Valley Kelly Redmond Western Regional Climate Center ski resorts Cascade Mountains R 2010-02-05T09:24:18Z News Article Another water-short year in the Southwest is taking its toll http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.8/another-water-short-year-in-the-southwest-is-taking-its-toll Generous spring snow storms were a momentary, if welcome, distraction from the region's real weather story: drought. No publisher Cally Carswell Elephant Butte Reservoir drought snowpack Colorado River Rio Grande 2013-05-13T15:46:55Z News Article The wild, wild weather 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 Climate-change clues — in tropical glaciers 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 Where there's fire, there's global warming 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