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Robert Coy/Adobe StockAtrazine contamination is most widespread in the Midwest, but affected watersheds extend into Colorado and New Mexico. -
U.S. National Park Service.A team of researchers from the University of Arizona and U.S Geological Survey studied fossilized pollen from the site, and were able to study what the climate was like for those early humans on a timescale equivalent to a single generation, or around 50 years.
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Droughts and wet periods in major Western watersheds often happen together, according to new research that shows how water conditions in one area can be closely tied to those hundreds of miles away. -
New federal data shows a wide gap in the amount of carbon pollution produced by electricity generation across the West, reflecting stark differences in how states produce their power. -
Drought relief may only be temporary -
Paonia farmer Laura Parker describes how an unseasonably warm March and subsequent summer drought disrupted her seed-growing operation. -
Wildfires are burning more land in watersheds that provide water to communities across the West, raising concerns about water quality and infrastructure as fires become larger and more frequent. -
In Wyoming’s Beartooth Mountains, scientists are studying ice that has survived for thousands of years — and what could help some patches persist as the climate warms. -
New research finds only a small portion of the nation’s rivers may be able to maintain today’s diversity of fish and other aquatic wildlife as the climate warms. -
Reservoirs across the West are slowly losing space to store water as dirt, sand and other sediment pile up behind dams, according to new, sweeping, nationwide research. -
The recent show was broadcast on Rocky Mountain Community Radio stations in the Four Corners, Aspen, Crested Butte, Boulder, and other locations. It focused on the challenges facing river management amid severe drought and new federal rules. -
Much of the West sweltered through record-breaking heat this summer, as a strengthening El Niño, unusually warm oceans and ongoing human-caused climate change combined to push temperatures to historic levels.
