Boulderganic
The TV weathercasters who are shifting public opinion on the climate...
This story originally appeared in The Guardian. It is republished here as part of Boulder Weekly’s partnership with Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration...
The potential is there
In 2008, during the first days of Ollin Farms, owner Mark Guttridge says the Longmont soil produced only “nubby” carrots. A picture of his...
Melting Cordillera Blanca
Blacker than the thoughts that lurk in the corners of your mind, tiny particles come to rest on the pristine face of secluded glaciers...
U.S. ivory laws; Aerial seed bombing
Most ivory sales now illegal in United States
On June 2 President Obama signed a measure introduced by the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) that...
Talking about the environment
When it comes to environmental issues like climate change, where do you get your information? Unless you’re a scientist, it’s likely that someone is relaying the information to you — say, a newspaper journalist, a TV meteorologist or your Facebook friends...
On 50th anniversary, founders of Boulder’s open space program look to...
On Oct. 12, 1967, City of Boulder voters made history. In approving an “open space sales tax,” Boulder became the first U.S. municipality to...
Predicting seasons of the sun
Although you might take it for granted that the sun is extremely stable over time, the star at the center of our solar system...
Will El Nino bring more flooding misery?
It all begins far out over the Pacific, where giant bubbles of moist air rise off the warmest parts of the ocean and become entrained in writhing atmospheric streams moving west to east across the Northern Hemisphere...
Resolve to contribute to a healthier planet
It’s that time of year. The resolutions fly back and forth, the company incentive packages and community weight loss programs are rolling out. Your gym is about to become a lot more crowded with people looking to burn off the holiday pounds and jump into the new year...
Rivers in wintry cities remain salty year-round
As winter sets in across the northern United States, the road salt that keeps people out of ditches is flowing into rivers at levels that could harm fish and other creatures...
Bike share pedals into Boulder
A city that has more than 300 miles of bikeways is a cyclist’s dream. Now the bike-friendly city of Boulder has decided to create a bike-share program that gets people out of their cars and on the seat of a bike. According to Marni Ratzel, bicycle/ pedestrian ...
