High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. Arctic ship logs help scientists reconstruct climatic history http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.10/arctic-ship-logs-help-scientists-reconstruct-climatic-history Sailors' journals detailing the weather of voyages past could improve the accuracy of climate models' projections of the future. No publisher Eric Wagner Old Weather citizen science Hot Times climate science climate change 2013-06-14T15:12:14Z News Article Bigger fires and evolving threats force changes in the Northwest Forest Plan http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.7/seeking-balance-in-oregons-timber-country/bigger-fires-and-evolving-threats-force-changes-in-the-northwest-forest-plan Dynamic forests require flexible management No publisher Nathan Rice megafires Okanagan climate change Washington spotted owl Cascades drought 2013-04-26T22:13:42Z News Article On losing nothing http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.6/on-losing-nothing Climate change will transform both the Arctic and the Mojave Desert, but for different reasons No publisher Sarah Gilman utility scale solar power Northwest Passage sea ice declines Arctic Mojave Desert Sir John Franklin climate change 2013-05-02T16:49:51Z News Article Global warming's reluctant poster child http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.4/climate-change-turns-an-already-troubled-ski-industry-on-its-head/global-warmings-reluctant-poster-child The ski industry, for whom bad press means all the difference between a banner year and a bust, tries to manage public perception of climate change's impact on snowfall and resort conditions. No publisher Greg Hanscom Preserve our Winters climate change National Ski Areas Association Vail Resorts Rob Katz 2013-03-06T17:56:43Z News Article Ski industry supports cloud seeding but downplays climate change http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.4/ski-industry-supports-cloud-seeding-but-downplays-climate-change Getting skiers on the slopes is less about actual snow and more about getting skiers to believe there is snow. No publisher Jonathan Thompson climate change Cloud seeding Ski industry snow Ski Biz 2013-03-01T23:05:59Z News Article Climate change turns an already troubled ski industry on its head http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.4/climate-change-turns-an-already-troubled-ski-industry-on-its-head California's Mammoth Mountain provides a case study on the uncertainty of the ski business, and how global warming threatens to make it even more unpredictable. No publisher Greg Hanscom resort town ski business climate change Hot Times Mammoth Mountain Sierra Nevada global warming recession housing bust Skiing mountain town economics drought 2013-06-03T19:04:22Z News Article Farmers agree to tax those who deplete groundwater http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.3/conservative-farmers-agree-to-tax-those-who-deplete-groundwater Amid drought and climate change in Colorado’s San Luis Valley, farmers vote for a new approach to rein in their overpumping of groundwater. No publisher Cally Carswell irrigation farm climate change San Luis Valley taxes aquifer groundwater drought agriculture 2013-04-23T16:32:03Z News Article Sierra Club fights Keystone XL with civil disobedience http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.3/sierra-club-fights-keystone-xl-with-civil-disobedience The act will be the first of its kind sanctioned by the group’s board of directors in its 120 year history, and may push the conversation over the controversial tar-sands oil pipeline to a new level. No publisher Judith Lewis Mernit civil disobedience 350.org Obama administration climate change Keystone XL tar sands Sierra Club Michael Brune energy policy 2013-02-19T15:16:54Z News Article 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 Here come the Super Storms http://www.hcn.org/wotr/here-come-the-super-storms A storm on the Alaskan coast last year eerily resembled the recent and devastating Sandy. No publisher Tim Lydon Super storm Sandy climate change Alaska 2012-12-04T17:18:17Z News Article Our survival depends on fighting climate change http://www.hcn.org/wotr/our-survival-depends-on-fighting-climate-change Stopping global climate change requires an effort that’s the moral equivalent of war. No publisher Tom Bell climate change Hot Times global warming Wyoming energy Tom Bell 2012-11-02T22:39:01Z News Article Pondering change in the Great Basin http://www.hcn.org/wotr/pondering-change-in-the-great-basin Paleontology and geology at Summer Lake, an ancient lake bed in Oregon, have shown the Great Basin's history of dramatic change No publisher Pepper Trail Altithermal Summer Lake climate change Pleistocene Great Basin Lake Chewaucan Hot Times 2012-10-16T23:29:08Z News Article Don't look for the frontier in Alaska http://www.hcn.org/wotr/dont-look-for-the-frontier-in-alaska Tourism, sprawl and energy development have made Alaska less wild; now climate change is also altering the North No publisher Tim Lydon climate change Alaska tourism Alaska Alaska cruises Alaska development Hot Times 2012-10-16T23:29:17Z News Article West of 100: Droughts past, present and future http://www.hcn.org/articles/west-of-100-droughts-past-present-and-future An oral history of the 1950s drought in West Texas, and a look at what the 2000 to 2004 drought could portend for the future. No publisher Cally Carswell 1950s drought climate change drought west of 100 podcast 2012-08-28T16:48:21Z Audio Megadrought, the new normal http://www.hcn.org/wotr/megadrought-the-new-normal Even the weeds are dying in this megadrought, and long time farmers are losing their crops in New Mexico. No publisher Ari LeVaux Harold Trujillo climate change American Southwest collapse of civilizations William deBuys Chaco Canyon A Great Aridness drought megadrought acequia Mesa Verde 2012-07-24T17:03:15Z News Article