As of 2011, 192 out of 198 countries worldwide have ratified the international Kyoto Protocol and taken significant steps towards reducing human-induced greenhouse gas emissions that have caused the most rapid rate of global warming in the last 120,000 years. The only countries that have...
[caption id="attachment_23410" align="alignright" width="262"] Effects of insect attack[/caption] As Telluride’s old-timers gather for a 40th anniversary celebration this weekend, my middle-aged mind drifted back to glory days of Colorado in the 1970s, when the Rocky Mountains were densely populated with healthy stands of aspen, pine, and...
The mantra remains the same: “Out of sight, out of mind.” Looking up towards the heavens, I see the brilliance of star clustered-galaxies as far as the eye can see. However, what my limited vision does not see would make a grown man cry. If...
[caption id="attachment_22649" align="alignleft" width="300"] Skiing in the future?[/caption] I find it a bit ironic that “climate change deniers” Mitt Romney's and Paul Ryan’s Republican convention in Tampa, Florida, had to be rescheduled because of a tropical storm caused by global warming. Climate change increases the frequency and...
Regardless whether you understand the empirical evidence that indicates human-induced activities have exaggerated the greenhouse effect or if you just “feel” that the climate change is naturally induced, it is difficult to argue that extreme weather events such as severe droughts, hurricanes, and floods along...
Featuring a remarkable encounter with a Pacific harbor seal The ability of animals and humans to communicate has evolved over eons as an adaptation to facilitate species’ survival. Although humans have mastered a complex auditory language to artfully communicate with each other, we still lack the...
Past, Present and Future Isolated 2,350 miles from San Francisco on the edge of the Tropic of Cancer between 16 to 20 degrees north latitude, the Big Island of Hawaii has been blessed with the unique synergy of having a mild tropical climate that facilitates high...
Colorado forests, wildlife, and residents have suffered severely in the last month. As of July 4th, numerous forest fires that raged across Colorado have cumulatively consumed 173,000 acres of land, 600 homes, and six human lives. The Highland Park fire outside of Fort Collins, the largest...
Glued to the screen spellbound, I watched a person portraying a traditional Native American sitting on horseback staring at something so horrific that tears were painfully running down his stoic, weathered face. Silently, as the camera slowly panned back, the image on the screen revealed...
Living at the headwaters of the San Juan River in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, it is relatively simple to take for granted the seeming abundance of freshwater in our clear mountain streams. However, half of the world’s 500 major rivers are seriously depleted or...
