High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. 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's worse than the worst-case scenario? Real life http://www.hcn.org/issues/294/15374 Ten years ago, Ben Harding created a worst-case drought scenario for a U.S. Geological Survey study, but the current drought on the Colorado River may be even worse than he imagined No publisher Matt Jenkins Weather Dams And Water Supply Projects Colorado River drought Ben Harding U.S. Geological Survey Glen Canyon Dam Lees Ferry Lake Powell water shortages climate change global warming Bureau of Reclamation 2010-02-05T09:24:01Z News Article Water pounds through our towns and our dreams http://www.hcn.org/wotr/15568 The writer watches with awe as snowmelt pulses through her town No publisher Kerry Brophy Weather Floods 2010-02-05T09:46:51Z News Article Troubled — and shallow — waters on the West's largest river http://www.hcn.org/issues/296/15444 The Columbia River Basin's serious drought means a hard choice between fish and hydropower No publisher Michelle Nijhuis water shortages Snake River Christine Gregoire Columbia Basin Water Transactions Columbia River Basin fish Washington Department of Ecology Administration Ted Andrew Purkey Rivers salmon Weather Kulon Bonneville Power runoff drought hydropower dams Program 2010-02-05T09:24:23Z News Article Toothy nuisance moves north 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 Too much can be asked of a river http://www.hcn.org/wotr/16961 Laura Paskus lives a mile and a half from the Rio Grande, a river which shares a dubious distinction with India’s Ganges and China’s Yangze: The three are among the Top Ten most endangered rivers on the planet. No publisher Laura Paskus Weather World Wildlife Fund Rivers in Trouble top 10 endangered rivers Rio Grande Albuquerque New Mexico Ganges India Yangtze China pollution drought water use irrigation invasive species endangered species exotic species cottonwood Siberian elm 2010-02-05T09:43:08Z News Article Those who choose risk should bear the cost http://www.hcn.org/wotr/15359 The writer looks at buildings sliding down a hill and says, 'No more.' No publisher John Krist Weather Climate Change Human Beings And Nature 2010-02-05T09:45:22Z News Article The wind eternal http://www.hcn.org/issues/290/15247 The warm chinook winds of Cody, Wyo. keep temperatures mild as they sand away at the town with a steady gale. No publisher Bill Croke Weather Human Beings And Nature Western communities winter weather chinook winds small town life Wyoming life Wallace Stegner Buffalo Bill Cody 2010-02-05T09:23:04Z 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 The Tamarisk Hunter 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 The energy we take for granted is becoming scarce http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17594 Randy Udall hopes this year’s cold and snowy winter reminds Rocky Mountain Westerners that the best way to stay warm is by conserving energy. No publisher Randy Udall Weather Energy conservation Rocky Mountain winter snowmobile accidents extreme weather survival heat and cold Randy Udall 2010-02-05T09:46:02Z News Article Save Our Snow http://www.hcn.org/issues/317/16139 Faced with rising temperatures and a passive federal government, Western towns such as Aspen, Colo., are beginning to work out a local approach to combating global warming No publisher Michelle Nijhuis Aspen ski resort Recreation Ski Industry warming temperatures John Worcester Science industry scientists skiing National Center for Atmospheric Research Global warming Weather Intergovernmental Pa socio-economics Climate Change climate change Rush Limbaugh climatology Gerald Meehl Hot Times snow conditions 2012-02-24T19:37:28Z News Article March madness trims the herd http://www.hcn.org/wotr/16938 Just as winter turns into spring, Paul Larmer watches a young elk die in western Colorado. No publisher Paul Larmer Weather Paul Larmer Lisa Larmer rural life western Colorado elk yearlings wildlife seasons spring winter Kirk Madariaga biology Colorado Division of Wildlife starvation animal populations mortality nature 2010-02-05T09:46:59Z News Article Lake Powell gets an A for boating and a D for water storage http://www.hcn.org/wotr/16466 The writer visits half-full Lake Powell and finds a message for the West No publisher Allen Best Weather Global Warming Dams and Water Supply Projects 2010-02-05T09:42:35Z News Article Hot times — hot damn http://www.hcn.org/issues/317/16140 Michelle Nijhuis has just won the 2006 Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism for her series on global warming in the West, which concludes with this issue’s feature story No publisher Greg Hanscom Weather Climate Change Media Michelle Nijhuis journalism awards Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism global warming climate change High Country News reporters journalists Science 2010-02-05T08:57:05Z News Article