Colorado Climate Change News
Stories in this feed are from newspapers in Colorado courtesy of Environmental Health News.
Climate change requires landscape-level conservation plans.
Species vulnerable to climate change impacts in the Canadian Rockies will need room to roam, according to a new report from the Wildlife Conservation Society Canada.
Hickenlooper: State may be willing to help anti-fracking cities compensate mineral owners.
Gov. John Hickenlooper said the state may be willing to work with cities banning oil and gas development within city limits if they can find a way to compensate mineral rights owners.
CU-Boulder researcher links volcanic activity to recent dip in global warming.
A study led by researchers at the University of Colorado has determined that the pace of planet warming in the first decade of this century was slowed by volcanic activity, and not by industrial activity in Asia, as was previously believed.
Climate group studies patterns of ocean acidification.
A 2007 sea voyage through the Gulf of Mexico, around Florida and up the eastern seaboard has increased understanding of how various coastal areas may respond to increased acidity.
Clearing out the haze on climate change.
CSU's North Central Climate Science Center wants to give farmers, ranchers and land managers better information to help them decide how to respond to climate change.
Volcanic eruptions offset small part of greenhouse gas-driven global warming: Study.
A series of small to mid-sized volcanic eruptions the past 10 years were the main factor in the formation of stratospheric sulfuric acid that reflected the sun’s energy and partially offset the effects of heat-trapping greenhouse gases.
Sen. Bennet calls for series of climate change hearings.
Climate change is threatening pillars of the Colorado economy, including the ski industry and agriculture, according to Sen. Michael Bennet, who this week encouraged the chairs of all the Senate committees he sits on to address the issue by holding hearings during the current session of Congress.
Global warming: Are oceans headed for a dead zone?
Careful analysis of the marine fossil record from the Early Jurassic era (about 180 million years ago), suggests that warmer global temperatures and lower oxygen levels led to dramatic ecosystem changes, with a near extinction of ocean life. Could it happen again?
Global warming: New model helps pinpoint snowfall changes.
A new climate model suggests snowfall is likely to decline by up to 30 percent in the Colorado mountains, and by up to 50 to 80 percent in other regions of the country.
Boulder report: Municipalization would slash greenhouse gas emissions.
A city-owned and -operated electric utility would be able to offer lower rates than Xcel Energy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 50 percent from current levels and obtain 54 percent or more of its electricity from renewable resources, Boulder's energy czar said.