Big bluestem in a dry year

This week the climate data center NOAA released its “State of the Climate: Drought” report showing moisture conditions state by state for the past twelve months. Colorado, as expected after our super-early, dry spring, is in a long-term drought, as is … Read More…

A glorious–and scary–spring

We’ve had seventy-plus-degree weather since early March. It’s been glorious—day after day of stunningly beautiful weather. Every flowering tree that was ever planted in Boulder has been blooming for weeks. Flowers are so thick the air is heavy with their scent, … Read More…

Am I going to Rio+20?

That partly depends on you! I’m one of eight finalists for a fantastic blogging prize sponsored by tcktcktck, an organization that runs global campaigns for climate action. Tcktcktck will send one blogger to Rio in June to blog from the … Read More…