To regions like Telluride, snow pack is more than a ski slope. The snow pack that develops here provides water throughout the summer and fall, supporting our abundant mountain ecosystems. As our climate changes and storm cycles are altered, so is the snowpack we rely...
[caption id="attachment_28335" align="alignright" width="283"] Fracking Process[/caption] On June 22 of 1969, the Cuyahoga River in Northeast Ohio caught fire due to the indiscriminate dumping of industrial chemicals and sewage into the river. Sadly, this event was not unique during the early- and mid-20th century industrialization of...
Our four days of storms end today as the 4-corners closed low dives southeast into New Mexico to disrupt the front range of Colorado with upslope conditions and the plains states with high winds, snow and a little chaos. The San Juans will have clearing...
This month, responding to campus activists who have been working on the issue for over a year, Vanderbilt University divested from “land grabbing,” withdrawing a $26 million investment in EMVest, a company that has been buying agricultural properties in Africa and converting them into large-scale...
[caption id="attachment_27876" align="alignleft" width="300"] Human Evolution[/caption] The rise of the Tea Party Republicans has propagated a twisted version of the 13th century philosophy that science should be ignored if it does not support their narrow ideology. The majority of the Republican Party refutes the 99.8% of...
[caption id="attachment_27653" align="alignright" width="300"] Breathing Bike,©Cool Sparks[/caption] Pollution is a problem. Water pollution can also cause problems in the ocean, like the dead zones I discussed in an earlier post (https://www.tellurideinside.com///2012/06/earth-matters-dead-zones-in-our-waters.html). In addition, I have written about the problem of marine debris and steps we can take...
Looks like the San Juans will have clear, sunny and dry conditions with daytime temperatures into the mid 40's through Thursday, but with a few mid/high level clouds invading on Tuesday. Zonal flow and high pressure will dominate the region then beginning late Thursday clouds...
Fox News, my personal favorite for misinformation, recently claimed without a wisp of evidence that “all climate scientists that claim climate change is real are corrupt.” If that were true, it would mean that 13,926 out of 13,950 peer-reviewed articles written by climate scientists between 1991...
January 31 to February 7, 2013 Visible Planets: Morning: Venus, Saturn Evening: Mercury, Mars, Jupiter Lately, I’ve been thinking about the weather. And, why not? With temperatures way below freezing from Christmas Eve through most of January, and then a sudden, radically quick January thaw –...
[caption id="attachment_27069" align="alignright" width="300"] John Kerry, by Creative Commons' Mark Mathosian, 2012John Kerry, by Creative Commons' Mark Mathosian, 2012[/caption] A new Presidential term always starts with some changes, but there are several in store for President Obama’s second term that could make a big difference for...
