Utah Climate Change News
Stories in this feed are from newspapers in Utah courtesy of Environmental Health News.
Scientists trace climate change in caves' stalagmites.
What’s inside the gnarly rock maze at Lehman Caves, Great Basin National Park, hardly seems like it could mirror the world outside. But it turns out the caves reflect not only what’s happening on Mount Wheeler and in the Snake Valley, but also centuries worth of global climate patterns.
Climate change hurting Utah's winter sports.
In Utah, research links rising temperatures to beetle-kill forests and shrinking snowpacks. "The atmosphere is warming, we're getting an earlier snowmelt in the season and a faster snowmelt," said Robert Gillies, Utah State Climatologist.
New study links wildfires and climate change.
A new study has found a strong link between climate change and wildfire.
Utah State University, others work to avoid climate change disaster in Nepal.
The far western terai of Nepal raised its thirsty tongue skyward in mid-June, desperate for monsoon rains that villagers said were more than a month late. While some in the West dispute whether climate change even exists, its devastating effects are increasingly apparent in Nepal.
Climate change shares blame in Utah fires.
You could blame some of Utah’s wildfires on bad judgment - starting up a hot vehicle’s exhaust pipe on dry grass or target shooting on parched hillsides. You could point to bad luck, namely lightning and wind. But there is another culprit in all the blazes: climate change.
Court decision clears way for climate change controls.
Cleaner air and less of the pollution blamed for climate change will be among the benefits Utahns and other Americans can expect as a result of a federal appeals court ruling on Tuesday.
University of Utah complicit in ignoring climate change.
Last Tuesday I attended the "unconventional fuels" conference. The participants know that the carbon trapped in Utah oil shale, if released to the atmosphere, will make the planet unlivable for humans. I tried to understand how they can sleep at night. At least seven denial strategies were evident.
'Monkey bill' protects creationism in the classroom.
The Tennessee governor is expected to sign into law this week a bill that would protect teachers who criticize or allow students to criticize scientific theories such as evolution and global warming.
Utah dinged on planning for climate change, water supply.
Utah is among a dozen states across the country that flunked an exam gauging recognition of climate change, its impacts on water and how well policies and plans are equipped to meet those challenges.
Conservatives increasingly distrust science, study finds.
Trust in science fell among self-identified conservatives by more than 25 percent between 1974 and 2010, according to a study released today by the American Sociological Review.