Climate Change

Headlines

• Citizen Scientists Studying Air Pollution in the Valley
• Finalized North Fork Alternative Plan Submitted to BLM
• Colder-than-Usual Temps Could Last into Next Week
• Extreme Dust, Global Warming could lead to Earlier Spring Thaw
• Sounds of the High Country - Allen Best on Industrial Hemp in CO
  

In the wake of the historic Front Range Floods, many climate experts and researchers admit that while they’ve known of the potential for dangerous flooding in the Boulder area for some time now, hardly anybody could’ve predicted such a large-scale disaster.

We decided to look into what the floods might tell us about the future of massive storms, and whether the events of last week might change our definitions of "rare" weather events.

Though we’re barely a week into August, some signs of fall have started to appear in western Colorado.

Last week, users on the Almanac reported seeing the summer's first sunflowers. One user was surprised to see the flowers were blooming already. 

University of Maryland Biology Professor David Inouye says the early blooming season probably has to do with the warmer weather as of late. Inouye spends his summers studying flowers at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory near Crested Butte. His current project involves looking at how the timing of flowering and abundance of flowering at changing. 

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, May 2013 was the third-warmest May on record for the planet, and the earth's temperature has been above its 20th century average for 339 straight months - more than 28 years. 

Headlines:

• Panel looking at fines for Parachute leak
• Plane crash at Great Sand Dunes National Park
• DOE again extends time for uranium-lease comments
• DMEA ballots due; race hotly contested
• iSeeChange: Dustbowl Daze
  

Headlines:

• Governor signs ASSET bill into law
• Battlement Mesa meeting addresses Parachute Creek Leak
• New EPA figures say emissions control has reduced the impact of natural gas industry on climate change
• Dominguez-Escalante conservation area council needs members
• Jim Elder announces for DMEA District 4
• Telluride residents say no to uranium mines at BLM meeting
  

Headlines:

• Mesa County Drug Bust the largest in seven years
• Industry’s fracking database has loose reporting standards
• Community meeting about hydrocarbon leak in Parachute set for Monday
• Craig town council considers requiring heads of households to own guns
• Bill to create fire-fighting air fleet for state is unfunded
• Corporations ask feds to do more on climate change
  

Headlines:

• Search For Dylan Redwine Continues
• Hotckiss Firm Wins Beetle Kill Harvest Contract
• iSeeChange: Weather Boosts Bumper Fruit Crop
• Dry Weather Limits Skier Access
• Aurora City Just Says No To Pot Prosecutions
• Cell Tower Approved Near Norwood Schools
• Idaho Springs Tunnels Restricted This Week