Climate Change

Farmers across the state have been competing at Colorado State University to see who can make the best farming decisions. They faced quite the challenge this summer with very hot and dry conditions.

The most prominent glaciers in Colorado thinned dramatically over the past year due to record low mountain snow and record warm temperatures. Similar glacier loss has been observed in Europe and across the western United States.

Communities and officials are still assessing the damage ahead of another storm in the forecast for this weekend in southwestern Colorado

In 2018, Boulder County slapped giant energy companies ExxonMobil and Suncor with a lawsuit arguing they, along with a trade group, knew decades ago that fossil fuels would hurt the environment. This past Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court opened its October term by hearing oral arguments in Suncor Energy Inc. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County (Docket No. 25-170)

After more than eight years in lower courts, Boulder’s case against two oil giants will kick off the Supreme Court’s new term.

In Wyoming’s Beartooth Mountains, scientists are studying ice that has survived for thousands of years — and what could help some patches persist as the climate warms.

Scientists say a warming climate is making extreme weather events like flash floods, heat waves, and hurricanes more intense. But how certain are they that climate change contributed to a specific disaster?

2 More bear attacks in southwestern Colorado add to a record season of conflicts with humans. Read the article from the Colorado Sun and then listen to the interview with KUNC host Marty Lenz.

Researchers have grown increasingly confident in global warming’s role in post-2000 ‘megadrought’ and its impact on the Colorado River.

As the climate warms, some mountain trees are moving higher up, while others are spreading downhill. Scientists say something inside the trees may explain why. And that split could reshape watersheds and wildfire risk.