Robert Crofts, owner and operator of Armada Ranches near Lander, Wyoming, meets a newborn calf on Saturday, March 17, 2012. The calf was found in the pasture with its mother. The warm weather allows newborns a better chance of survival on the terrain away from the ranch. (Photo/Elaine Cromie) This week in pictures, …
Every week the U.S. Postal Service drops 14 pieces of junk mail into the average American mailbox. There is a way to stem the deluge. by Brendon Bosworth The mailbox is full again this week. But it holds no missives from friends in far off places. The handwritten letter from Daniel, a terminal seafarer, describing …
by Marisa McNatt If you’re a CU-Boulder student or professor and have the week off for spring break, take some time to check out an exhibit at CU-Boulder’s Museum of Natural History, or a show at Fiske Planetarium. If you’re working this week, bike to work and treat yourself to free coffee and a pastry …
This week in pictures we explore the nature in our midst. The rule was to submit shots taken within 100 feet of your abode. After you take a look, tell us what you think about the interaction between what we make and what makes itself, and why we need both.
Americans have made it clear on many occasions that they don’t want commercialism in their parks. But just how far do the reaches of corporate influence extend?
6 Mar 2013
In the right circumstances probiotic supplements can benefit the human gut, but are they they right choice for you?
8 Feb 2013
Experts agree that 2012 was one of the hottest and driest years on record, and so far this year there has not been enough precipitation, either fallen or forecasted, to indicate that the situation will improve.
5 Feb 2013
The nation's growing problem of how to dispose of nuclear waste from power reactors can’t be solved through science alone, according to the co-authors of a new book on high-level nuclear waste.
6 Nov 2012
Paleoclimatologist Jim White spends as much time in the lab as in the public eye, and he’s here to set the record straight: really, folks, climate change is not as complicated as it seems.
6 Nov 2012
What happens when we stop thinking and trust our guts? Just what one would expect: we are wrong.
24 Oct 2012
In a city known for heavy industry, environmental issues and problems with suburban sprawl, sustainable practices might be the antithesis of their primary goal for ambitious growth.
15 Oct 2012
Experts say that to keep homes out of dangerous fire zones, the high costs of wildfires must shift away from the federal government to local government and homeowners.
24 Sep 2012
The federal government recognizes and protects wild horses as “living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West.” The reality of managing herds, however, has proved problematic.
12 Sep 2012
Since he started sailing years ago, David Noone had his attention focused on climate. Now, the National Science Foundation is recognizing him as the next big thing in climate science and engineering.
21 Mar 2012
Americans have made it clear on many occasions that they don’t want commercialism in their parks. But just how far do the reaches of corporate influence extend?
Climate Skeptics on Record Heat: Have a Nice Big Slice of Cherry Pie
Analysis & Commentary, Climate Change
Mar 24
by Tom Yulsman
By Tom Yulsman With astonishingly high temperatures for this time of year persisting over the Central and Eastern United States — including nighttime “low” temperatures that exceed the normal highs — it’s only natural to wonder what role climate change might be playing. As Andrew Freedman of Climate Central put it Tuesday: “In a long-term …
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