Tag: climate change
Below our feet
Whether it’s skiing champagne powder in the mountains or floating down one of the state’s rivers, Coloradans interact with water in more ways than...
Learning environment
The tentacles of serendipity are what reeled Molly Weber into the topic of climate change: her twin sister’s eighth-grade fascination with jellyfish.
“She started learning...
Passing the baton
Now in its sixth year, the Boulder Environmental / Nature / Outdoors Film Festival (Boulder ENOFF) has become a summer staple.
Screening July 11-14 at...
Winds of (climate) change
By Allen Best
It was a big, long blow. Wind whooshed, whipped and wailed through Boulder County for much of April’s first weekend. Pearl Street...
A new hope
One of the first times I remember feeling utter hopelessness was on a pile of black dirt.
I was 8 years old, and my two...
Campus climate
“As a young person, climate change is one of my most pressing worries about the future,” says Sara Fleming, a graduate student at CU...
Melting away
Kids, bundled tight in winter coats, gloves, scarves and hats, racing sleds down a gentle slope. Hot cocoa held in numb fingers, sipped by...
BoCo, briefly: Feb. 28, 2024
Fire on the Flatirons
Firefighters extinguished a wildfire on Boulder’s Second Flatiron this weekend. The half-acre blaze started Saturday night, according to Boulder Fire-Rescue (BFR),...
Climate scientists are not corrupt
By Ryan DeCrescent
The other day, an older gentleman’s T-shirt caught my attention. The front read:
The atmosphere is: 78% nitrogen 21% oxygen 2% H2O 0.04% CO2
Great — inarguable facts!...
Dammed river
The Colorado River has served as a centerpiece for so much of the mythology and literature written about the American West.
From books like John...
When the grass isn’t greener
As state lawmakers handle homeowners associations’ addiction to green lawns, local governments and organizations are targeting turf outside the confines of HOAs through incentives...
