http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/132/4235 The Wyoming Dinosaur Center southeast of Yellowstone National Park offers kids aged 8-13 a chance to assist scientists in digging dinosaur bones. No publisher Staff Paleontology Science 2010-02-05T09:37:06Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/290/15219 The study of tree rings opens a window into the West’s distant past, and warns us that the region’s future may be dangerously hot and dry No publisher Michelle Nijhuis Lowell climate dendrochronology Science radiocarbon dating Climate Change paleoclimates Ma Rex Adams Forests bristlecone pine Hot Times global warming Andrew Ellicott Douglass Chaco Canyon Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research Percival crossdating tree rings drought change Hal Fritts 2010-09-30T15:48:58Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/341/16861 Quagga mussels – an extraordinarily prolific and costly invasive species – have appeared in Lake Mead, and no one is sure how to keep these unwanted newcomers from infesting the West. No publisher Michelle Nijhuis aquatic Harry Kew Wen ecology Lake St. Clair Ellen Marsden Colorado River biologists Biodiversity Lake Mead National Recreation Area Science exotic species St Las Vegas Boat Harbor Invasive species Paul Hebert Lake Mead zebra mussel Invasive Dreissena Las Vegas Baldwin 2010-08-17T23:00:10Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/16964 The Environmental Protection Agency’s quiet efforts to dismantle its own technical libraries are likely to hamstring scientific research – and freedom of thought – across the nation, Jeff Ruch warns. No publisher Jeff Ruch Science EPA Environmental Protection Agency Bush administration EPA libraries technical libraries scientific research federal budget politicizing science Republican Congress chemical information pesticides chemical libraries Superfund sites freedom of inf 2010-02-05T09:43:09Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/16999 Auden Schendler finds the evidence compelling but resistance persistent about global-climate change. No publisher Auden Schendler Climate Change climate change denial Science 2010-02-05T09:43:58Z News Article 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 http://www.hcn.org/issues/54/1673 The Arizona Mineral and Fossil Show in Tucson highlights the growing controversy over who has the right to valuable fossils found on public lands. No publisher Heather Abel Paleontology Science 2010-02-05T10:02:38Z 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/wotr/14983 The writer watches in wonder as meteors shower her part of the rural West No publisher Susan Tweit Science 2010-02-05T09:43:23Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/16201 The writer looks behind natural disasters that bedevil our time No publisher Jon Margolis Climate Change Science 2010-02-05T09:28:58Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/15776 The writer warns that we trifle with reality if we allow the teaching of intelligent design as science No publisher Pepper Trail Science 2010-02-05T09:47:40Z News Article 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 http://www.hcn.org/issues/265/14455 West Nile virus is impacting Western wildlife, particularly birds, and some think coalbed methane development may be spreading the disease No publisher Karen Mockler West Nile Virus Terry Creekmore wildlife biology sage grouse coalbed methane mosquitoes disease in wildlife Science 2010-02-05T09:55:42Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/341/16862 The rapid spread of invasive species like quagga and zebra mussels could transform the once-isolated and ecologically unique West into just another McDonaldized patch of the planet. No publisher Paul Larmer Chinese elms A ecology Homogocene olives West Nile virus Plague of Rats and Rubbervines Russian cheatgrass Plants Biodiversity Exotics Science exotic species biotas global economy Invasive species quagga mussel biological diversity zebra mussel Invasive grasses Yvonne Baskin knapweed 2010-08-17T23:03:00Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/16165 The writer says Michael Crichton does not deserve a journalism award from scientists for his book, State of Fear, about global warming No publisher Ben Long Climate Change Science 2010-02-05T09:28:48Z News Article