by Beth Holmes | Feb 7, 2022 | Climate Change, Sustainability
Winter sports are facing a widespread difficulty this year – there’s not enough winter weather. The Alpine World Cup began in Beaver Creek, Colorado last December, a ski resort at almost a mile and a half elevation in the Rocky Mountains. Ordinarily in December,...
by Beth Holmes | Aug 16, 2021 | Conservation, Environmental hazards
The Dixie Fire has destroyed Greenville, California while becoming the largest single wildfire in the state’s history. The only larger burn was the August Complex Fire, a set of 37 fires burning in proximity, during the summer and fall of 2020. The Dixie Fire...
by Admin | Aug 5, 2019 | Climate Change, Environmental hazards
While medieval Europe was recovering quite well from a long period of excessive cold and rain, things were a little different in the land that would one day become the Southwestern United States. Between the 9th and 15th centuries, about a dozen megadroughts—that is,...
by Admin | Jun 21, 2019 | Environmental hazards, Sustainability
A new study from the University of Arizona may have important implications for managing water resources. Groundwater pumping over the last century, the researchers say, has contributed as much as 50 percent to stream flow declines in some U.S. rivers. How has this...
by Admin | Aug 1, 2018 | Climate Change
We already know a great deal about the negative impact that climate change has had on the world. The damage we’ve done to our planet has led to depleted food and other resources, less available habitable land, and simply a lower quality of life for people overall. But...
