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Beginning as snowmelt from Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, the Colorado River—often called the Lifeline of the West— supplies water to over 40 million people in…

Meteorologist Dave Jones provided tropical updates during storms on his StormCenter Communications YouTube Channel, garnering millions of views and tens of thousands of subscribers. When…

Climate change is already affecting every region of the United States, and additional impacts are expected to intensify. These changes motivate bold new decisions…

Climate change portals and related resources Climate assessments Portals for visualizing climate change (comprehensive) Portals for visualizing climate change…

Leading Practices in Climate Adaptation

As the climate changes in both new and anticipated ways, the best course of…

Snow sublimation, the process through which snow turns directly from a solid to a gas (water vapor) without first melting, may remove up to 90% of snowpack from the ground, but the process is not well understood. The goal of the SOS project is to improve and communicate fundamental scientific understanding of when, where, and how much snow is lost the atmosphere through sublimation.

The Colorado River Science Wiki is a web-based clearinghouse for scientific and technical information and data relevant to the Colorado River and management of its water and other natural resources.

Photo: Jessica Reilly-Moman

Managing climate-related risks to critical ecosystem services and trillions of dollars in coastal infrastructure and properties is a massive challenge facing…

The Science for Climate Action Network (SCAN) is a national network of leading scientists and…

Climate change is driving common threats across the Mountain West, the large and diverse expanse between the Sierras and the Rockies. Embedded within all…