Tag: climate change
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Pond hockey in New Hampshire brightens winter for hundreds. But climate change threatens the sport
Each February, more than 2,000 players descend on Meredith, New Hampshire, for the three-day Pond Hockey Classic
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Climate change is fueling the disappearance of the Aral Sea. It’s taking residents’ livelihoods, too
The destruction of the Aral Sea in Central Asia has been labeled by the U.N. as the most staggering disaster of the 20th century
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Jury to decide on climate scientist Michael Mann’s defamation suit over comparison to molester
It’s been 12 years since a pair of conservative writers compared a prominent climate scientist to a convicted child molester for his depiction of global warming
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NEWS | Why a good snow year can’t save the Colorado River
The Colorado River is one of the West’s most vital resources. But 20 years of drought have stressed the entire river basin, forcing federal officials to call for massive cuts in water use. This winter, in the water-towers of the west, storms have dropped more than double the average snowpack in some Colorado mountains. But…
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Tipping Point: Urban Demands on the Colorado River
Urban areas in the West and water districts are working to conserve water from the Colorado River Basin as it continues to face its driest 22-year stretch in more than 100 years. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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New book spreads joy, education of world’s highest botanical gardens in Colorado
In the mid-1990s, during graduate studies at Cornell University, Sarah Chase Shaw spent her summers in Vail working at a garden center. She was selling daisies and the usual annuals and perennials. “That was really the early years of the Betty Ford Alpine Gardens,” Chase Shaw recalls. “People would come in regularly and would say…
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New book spreads joy, education of world’s highest botanical gardens in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In the mid-1990s, during graduate studies at Cornell University, Sarah Chase Shaw spent her summers in Vail working at a garden center. She was selling daisies and the usual annuals and perennials. “That was really the early years of the Betty Ford Alpine Gardens,” Chase…
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What does a drier, warmer climate mean for the future of Colorado wildflowers?
During a hike in the woods near his Summit County home, Tom Lebsack stopped when he spotted a bright pink burst in the brush. A wildflower fanatic toting his camera across Colorado’s plains, foothills and tundra in search of the next little wonder to add to his portfolio, the source of the color was a…
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What does a drier, warmer climate mean for the future of Colorado wildflowers?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save During a hike in the woods near his Summit County home, Tom Lebsack stopped when he spotted a bright pink burst in the brush. A wildflower fanatic toting his camera across Colorado’s plains, foothills and tundra in search of the next little wonder to add…
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NEWS | Residents in parched Baca County fight water speculation
Local residents, including former state Rep. Wes McKinley, have spent months fighting the appropriation of wells in Baca County, Colo., where water levels are steadily receding. (Video by Skyler Ballard)