Even before this weekend’s record heat in Arizona, climate and weather extremes have been in the news a lot. Unusually severe drought in the Southwest, stretching through Texas, started it...
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.
Sometimes I think if people had ready access to easy-to-understand climate data, it would go a long way toward progressing our discussion of the reality of climate change, the need to adapt to...
As fires rage in Arizona and New Mexico and drought intensifies and spreads, the questions on everyone’s mind are: Will the monsoon deliver copious rains like it did in 2006, or will it...
We’re all itching to know if the monsoon will deliver this year, especially with the record wildfires, the widespread drought, and the closure of national forests across Arizona and New...
Weather conditions that favor extreme fire potential have three things in common: high winds, low moisture in the atmosphere, and a parched landscape. Mike Crimmins, climate extension specialist...
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The La Niña of 2010-2011 brought extreme drought to many parts of the Southwest. Luckily, the respite of monsoon rains is (hopefully) only a month or so away. But could last year’s La...
The impact of tropical Pacific ocean temperatures on the hydroclimate of the Southwest is profound: on timescales of 2-8 years, El Niño and La Niña events influence the amount of...
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Flying over Texas last weekend, I saw clouds of smoke at 30,000 feet. Texas is burning, with many fires, fueled by strong winds, destroying forests, houses, churches, and ranches all over the...
I’ve been hearing about a couple of prickly mountain lions spotted in Sabino Canyon near Tucson, more frequent observations of birds with talons in cities, and increased javelina sightings...
With the Fukushima nuclear accident still fresh on people’s minds, and the Obama Administration set to vamp...