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Southwest Climate Blog

The Southwest Climate Blog, a new feature of the Southwest Climate Change Network Web site, will explore challenges that experts and community members in the region face in trying to understand climate variability and change and make informed decisions.

Posted by Sarah LeRoy on March 9, 2012

“The nuclear waste problem is solved; we just have to do something about it.”

So said Mark Lynas, a controversial and award-winning writer from the UK who visited the University...

Posted by Sarah LeRoy on February 8, 2012

Freshwater is a precious resource, especially in the arid and drought-prone Southwest. But what you may not know is that the biggest user of freshwater in the U.S. is not our everyday needs, or...

Posted by Jonathan Overpeck on November 4, 2011

How many of you noticed that the Earth’s human population hit seven billion on October 31, 2011? On Halloween - just a coincidence. We don’t really know the exact moment that we hit...

Posted by Britain Eakin on April 8, 2011

With the Fukushima nuclear accident still fresh on people’s minds, and the Obama Administration set to vamp...

Posted by Jonathan Overpeck on March 14, 2011

Do you ever wonder what Westerners think about climate change, energy choices and broader conservation issues? I do, and I was thus quite interested in the results of a...

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