Precipitation and snowpack are above average, but midway through winter, meteorologists are cautiously optimistic about how much moisture Colorado could see this year
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Is cloud seeding a potential solution to Colorado’s drought?
If you don’t like Colorado’s weather, wait 5 minutes. Or shoot seeds into the clouds.
Posted inEnvironment
Early-season snow off to good start in Colorado’s high country
Colorado’s snowpack is 140% of average for this time of year — but it’s still far too early to tell what kind of snow year the state will have
Posted inEnvironment
Microplastics are seemingly everywhere — including Colorado’s snowpack
Samples from Colorado’s mountains find growing rate of shredded plastic fibers.
Posted inEnvironment, News, Water
To refine water forecasts, Western cities — including some in Colorado — map the snowpack by plane
By Brittany Peterson, The Associated Press GUNNISON — At a tiny airport surrounded by mountains, a three-person crew takes off for the inaugural flight above the headwaters of the Colorado River to measure the region’s snow by air. Under the plane is a device that uses lasers, cameras and sensors to map snow and help […]
Posted inClimate, Environment, News, Outdoors, Water
22 years of drought in Colorado, rest of the Southwest is worst stretch in 1,200 years, study shows
The hot and dry conditions that have gripped the southwestern United States since 2000 account for the driest 22-year period on record stretching back 1,200 years, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change. What’s more, this new research finds that although there would have been a drought anyway, climate change […]
Posted inClimate, Environment, Growth, News, Politics and Government, Water
Nebraska will spend $500 million to claim South Platte River water from Colorado
By Grant Schulte, The Associated Press LINCOLN, Nebraska— Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts announced a $500 million plan Monday to divert water out of Colorado under a 99-year-old compact between the states that allows Nebraska to seize access to Colorado land along the South Platte River and build canals. Ricketts said Nebraska would invoke its rights […]
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Recent storms improved Colorado’s meager snowpack. But they also created extreme avalanche risk.
A storm packing up to 3 feet of snow is headed for parts of Colorado this weekend, building on massive amounts of recent snowfall that raised alarms over avalanche risk in the high country even as it helped ease drought concerns. It’s great news for Colorado’s snowpack. But for those wanting to explore the mountains […]
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PHOTOS: Short on powder, Colorado’s ski resorts let snowmakers rip
Ski resorts across the country are leaning more heavily on snowmaking guns as warmer, shorter winters threaten a business model based on snow. In Colorado, the reliance on man-made snow has been essential to the start of the 2021-22 ski season, with all of the state’s 13 major river basins reporting precipitation through November well […]
Posted inCartoons, Opinion
Drew Litton: Packing up the precious Colorado snowpack
More cartoons from The Colorado Sun.