Posts Tagged ‘Rocky Mountains’
With less hail, flood risk may rise in Rockies
U. COLORADO-BOULDER (US) — Climate changes may mean summertime hail could disappear from the eastern flank of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains by 2070, a new study shows. Continue…
Thursday, January 12, 2012 10:45 - 0 Comments
Earth & Environment - Sep 2, 2011 12:51 - 1 Comment
Threatened pikas hang on in the Rockies
U. COLORADO (US) — American pikas, whose numbers have been on the decline, are holding their own in the Southern Rocky Mountains, a new survey finds. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jun 13, 2011 10:44 - 5 Comments
Rockies snow loss unrivaled in 800 years
U. WASHINGTON (US) — A double whammy of climate change in the Rocky Mountains during the last 50 years has caused near unprecedented levels of snowpack decline in context of the past millennium. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jul 21, 2010 13:35 - 1 Comment
Is climate change helping marmots bulk up?
U. SHEFFIELD (UK)—Longer summers brought on by climate change are giving mountain marmots an earlier wake-up call from hibernation, allowing them more time to gain weight and reproduce, according to a new study. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jul 9, 2010 12:54 - 0 Comments
Climate change impacts ‘medium’ meadows
IOWA STATE (US)—The effects of drought on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem of the Rocky Mountains provide a glimpse of how changing climate affects the diversity of meadow plants and animals. (more…)
