Nevada Climate Change News
Stories in this feed are from newspapers in Nevada courtesy of Environmental Health News.
Scientist: Climate change impacting Tahoe clarity.
Climate change is helping warm Lake Tahoe's cobalt blue waters, which could complicate efforts to maintain its famed clarity, said one of America's most respected scientists and an expert on the Sierra lake.
Climate change related to reduced plant size in Nevada’s Great Basin.
Plants are shrinking in the Great Basin of Nevada, and warming climate could be the culprit, according to a paper published in the renowned science journal Global Change Biology based on research conducted by University of Nevada, Reno plant ecologist Beth Leger.
Las Vegas flips the switch on 15,000 solar panels.
With the flip of a switch, Las Vegas city officials celebrated the powering up of 15,000 new solar panels that will provide energy to a nearby wastewater treatment plant.
How global warming is making allergies worse.
There may be different opinions about the causes of climate change, but experts say there is no denying its existence - and the effects are nothing to sneeze at. Researchers say global warming is leading to larger plants, earlier and more robust pollination and, as a result, worsening allergies.
Climate change threatens winter recreation.
Snow that serves as the lifeblood of the nation’s $12.2 billion winter sports industry is melting under the influence of a warming climate, and dramatic steps are needed to protect the industry and the jobs it provides, a new study prepared for conservation groups concludes.
Climate change could force grazing cuts in Nevada, West.
Significant reductions in grazing on public land – in some places outright elimination of the activity – is justified because of the impacts of a warming climate, scientists say in a new report.
International solution to climate change hinges on U.S. leadership.
To address climate change on a global level, Meltzer said the United States needs to take a leadership role in international policy development and demonstrate it is committed to substantially reducing carbon emissions.
Does Sierra snow study buck fears of warming?
John Christy says his new study of Sierra Nevada snowfall shows that global warming is not the dire threat many make it out to be.
Scientists to study effects of climate warming on Truckee River.
Scientists are beginning new research into how a warming climate could affect water supplies and flooding along the Truckee River, the waterway that serves as one of the region's central natural features and the source of most of its water.
Nevada desert provides answers.
Nevada has a bright spot in the high desert and it's not another solar energy project. Instead, it's a place to explore the solar system as well as probe suspect gases that scientists believe are causing climate change.