More than 40 fire scientists and forest ecologists in the US and Canada teamed up to investigate why wildfires are getting more extreme. Climate change is part of the problem, but there’s more.
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Scientists studied charcoal layers in the sediment of lake beds across the Rockies to track fires over time. They found increasing fire activity as the climate warmed.
Satellites can already spot a new fire within minutes, but the information they beam back to Earth isn’t getting to everyone who needs it or used as well as it could be.
The Supreme Court recently dealt defeat to Florida in its 20-year legal battle with Georgia over river water. Other interstate water contests loom, but there are no sure winners in these lawsuits.
Former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter explains what Biden’s “all hands on deck” approach could look like as the new administration takes on five big climate challenges.
A fire scientist offers a six-point strategy for preventing wildfires and living safely in flammable landscapes.
Living near oil and gas production can affect mental health, driving stress and feelings of depression.
For the first time in the US, a ballot measure will ask voters whether to restore wolves to a place where they’ve been eradicated. Coloradans have strong views on both sides.
The COVID-19 pandemic is interrupting scientific field work across North America, leaving blank spots in important data sets and making it harder to track ecological change.
Even as Americans are all told to remain at home, millions are now unemployed and must scramble to figure out how to pay for that home.
The technician who gave you that shiny manicure may be inhaling dangerous levels of toxic chemicals on the job.
Big oil and gas companies spent far more fighting this ballot initiative than the measure’s supporters did.
Much of the country depends on water stored and filtered in forests. Fire-scarred watersheds highlight our need for a national wildfire strategy.
Landowners told researchers that they lacked the knowledge, time and money to advocate for themselves, their financial interests and their property in negotiations over drilling leases.
The future climate that scientists predict for the middle of the United States is one that will foster more hail events with bigger hailstones.
Many Coloradans feel powerless to protect themselves from pollution and other fallout caused by the state’s fracking boom.
The attorney general’s memo portended an end to a hands-off approach to this enforcement conundrum. It could backfire.
How Trey Parker and Matt Stone made it for the long haul. Parental Advisory: explicit content.
As conservatives cheer and liberals fret, a law professor considers Gorsuch’s judicial record and the politics behind his selection.
A scholar of American Indian studies shares the lesser-known, true story of two men who stood up and spoke out against the murder of American Indians, and how they are celebrated as heroes today.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor of Sociology; Co-Founder, Center for Environmental Justice at CSU, Colorado State University
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Colorado State University
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Regents Professor Emeritus and Morris K. Udall Professor of Law & Public Policy Emeritus, University of Arizona
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Professor of Fire Ecology, University of Montana
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Director of the Earth Lab Analytics Hub, University of Colorado Boulder
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Associate Professor of Geography and Director, Earth Lab, University of Colorado Boulder
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Assistant Professor of Business, Indiana University
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Research Associate Professor, Epidemiology, UMass Amherst
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Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University
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Professor of Law, Hofstra University
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Associate Professor of Law, Georgia State University
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Research Scientist of Forest Ecology, University of Washington
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Professor Emeritus of Management, Colorado State University
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Lecturer, Cannabis Science course in the Division of Continuing Education, University of Colorado Boulder
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Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Science, The Ohio State University
