Paleoecology

Tree Rings and Volcanic Eruptions

8 Feb 2012

Counting the number of tree rings and observing the relative growth for each ting can give an age for when something happened. However, it may not be that simple. Some climate cooling caused by past volcanic eruptions may not be evident in tree-ring reconstructions of temperature change, because large enough temperature drops lead to greatly shortened or even absent growing seasons, according to ...

High Country Speaker series kicks off Tuesday at Walking Mountains

28 Jan 2012

Climate change is a confusing and often controversial topic. As residents of Colorado's high country, it is an issue that stands to impact our environment, economy and way of life. How might climate change effect our ski seasons Copyright 2012 Vail Daily. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Vail Daily High Country Speaker series kicks ...

Tecopa Road solar project faces wildlife, cultural hurdles

27 Jan 2012

By Mark Waite A Jan. 17 California Energy Commission status report noted there will be challenges in completing the project assessment for the Hidden Hills solar project within the current schedule. BrightSource Energy, which wants to build two, 250-megawatt solar power plants on 3,200 acres of private land on Tecopa Road just across the California[...]