Boulderganic
Subsequent years of beetle kill and wildfire slow regeneration of Colorado...
Conifer trees — spruce, Douglas fir, and pine trees — make up many of Colorado’s subalpine forests, essential habitats for many of the state’s...
First Nations Families Exposed to Industrial Chemicals
Mothers and children of a First Nations tribe living in one of Canada’s most industrialized regions are highly exposed to estrogen-blocking chemicals, according to a new study...
Eco-briefs | GMO documentary to screen at eTown Hall
GMO documentary to screen at eTown Hall...
Deforestation intensifies warming in the Amazon Rain Forest
Fires raging across the Amazon in recent weeks have gripped the world’s attention and renewed concerns over deforestation in this iconic ecosystem. The widespread...
Weight of the world
Jeff Kiehl had been a climate scientist at NCAR in Boulder studying topics like the greenhouse effect and stratospheric ozone for nearly two decades...
A road too far
The November election presents plenty of hot-button issues. But amid the fuss about the economy and health care and other social issues, questions of how to handle our public lands and how to protect our environment also hang in the balance...
Balancing Earth’s energy checkbook
The balance of how much energy the Earth receives and emits tells scientists a lot about the state of this planet’s climate.
Peter Pilewskie, a...
Harvest the rain: Know what’s legal
In the state of Colorado, those with water rights already have dibs on the rain that falls on your property, unless you have your own well (and even that has limits...
Pollination and pollution
High temps interfere with pollination
Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem looked into the effect temperature has on floral smells, a method flowers use...
Solar thermal offers alternative to natural gas
You might call it “the other solar power” — the kind that won’t be affected no matter what happens with Xcel Energy’s debated rebates for photovoltaic panels...
Poor air quality and health problems could become the summertime norm...
Stand by for long, hot North American summers of smarting eyes, tickling throats, asthma, bronchitis and emphysema. And crops could also suffer, because ground-level ozone pollution is likely to increase in the U.S...
















