Tag: climate change

climate stripes for the annual temperature in Colorado from 1895 to 2019

Telling stories with data

Guest Post By Zachary Labe, 2020-2021 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Atmospheric Science I work with millions of numbers. While at first glance these numbers appear to be random, together they share patterns. As a

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A brief history of three desert survivors

Post by Rekha Warrier, Post Doctoral Fellow at the School of Global Environmental Sustainability The Sonoran Desert is a land of foreboding beauty straddling the southwestern margins of the United States. It’s a landscape of jagged peaks, cinder cones, valleys,

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Flooded streets in Houston with victims in rafts

Did climate change cause hurricane Harvey?

By Alexandra Naegele, 2017-2018 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Atmospheric Science This past summer, Hurricane Harvey rolled into west Texas and stalled, causing disastrous flooding. The National Hurricane Center just released their final report on

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