Snowpack bottoms out in Southwest Colorado
“What we needed was a big year, another 2019 with lots and lots of snow that staved off the drought impacts for a while, but that’s not what we got this winter." (Durango Herald)
Tag: "Colorado Climate Center"
'It’s essentially 365 days a year': The effect of year-round wildfires in Colorado
"This is something that we’re going to have to continue to be aware of, be prepared for," Schumacher said. "You don’t have to live in the timber up in Summit County to have bad things happen." (Denver Channel 7)
Volunteers fill in gaps in state’s rainfall data
Melissa Griffin is the South Carolina state coordinator for a program designed to track weather variability, known to its members at CoCoRaHS. “It’s one of the most comprehensive citizen-science initiatives we’ve got in the U.S.” (Coastal Observer)
The ‘whys’ beyond the ‘what’ of the severe western U.S. drought
A new video featuring CSU atmospheric scientists opens the window on understanding the worst drought in 12 centuries, a ‘megadrought’ with no end in sight. (Yale Climate Connections)
Colorado Is Still Working Its Way Out Of The Drought
Becky Bolinger, Assistant State Climatologist with the Colorado Climate Center said the drought situation varies around the state, but we are overall much drier than we should be. (CBS 4 Denver)
New climate normals show drier, hotter Southwest Colorado
“In Southwest Colorado, (there has) certainly been a drying trend in recent years,” said Russ Schumacher, an atmospheric scientist with Colorado State University and the Colorado state climatologist. (Durango Herald)
Dust Is a Growing Problem. What Role Does Farmland Play?
With a growing set of tools, scientists are digging into questions about the links between modern agriculture, drought, and rising incidents of dust storms and respiratory illness. (Civil Eats)
Data may be Colorado’s best bet to mitigate increasing wildfire risk on the Front Range
“It’s made me wonder if maybe we’ve been a little bit lucky that we haven’t had more of these brush fire incidents closer to urban centers before.” (Colorado Sun)
2021’s deadliest, coldest, most expensive U.S. disasters, by the numbers
“2021 is another example of warmer extremes becoming increasingly frequent,” said Becky Bolinger, a climatologist based at Colorado State University. (PBS Newshour)
Extreme climate conditions, drought set the stage for winter wildfires
NPR affiliate KUNC talked with Russ Schumacher, Colorado’s state climatologist and director of the Colorado Climate Center, about how those conditions set the stage for fire.