“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)
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)
“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 is another example of warmer extremes becoming increasingly frequent,” said Becky Bolinger, a climatologist based at Colorado State University. (PBS Newshour)
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.
Russ Schumacher, director of the Colorado Climate Center, said the state had experienced a warming trend over the past two decades. (New York Times)
"So if we do go through another winter with another sub-par snowpack, the water concerns from western Colorado through the Southwest are going to get pretty serious by next year,” said Russ Schumacher, Colorado's State Climatologist. (Colorado Sun)
Colorado Climate Center researcher Peter Goble talks with Denver's 9News about a new, more detailed drought map. The new monitor shows drought conditions for rivers, reservoirs and crops.
The deadly flash flooding and tornado damage on the east coast shocked people who weren’t prepared for the magnitude of the storm. CSU atmospheric science Associate Professor Russ Schumacher said the severity of storms is increasing because of a warming climate. (Fox31 Denver)
“This report brings a bit more emphasis on the effect climate change has on weather events that occur that we all experience.” Russ Schumacher, the state’s climatologist. (Fox21 Denver)