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Salt, Verde watersheds may prove less vulnerable to drought

May 19, 2020

Arizona’s already hot and dry. So if it gets hotter and drier – we’re toast. Right? Well, not necessarily – leastwise, not on the Salt and Verde watersheds.

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Arizona still in a mega-drought

May 19, 2020

Arizona’s in the midst of perhaps the worst drought in 1,200 years, regardless of the blessings of a relatively normal winter, according to study published in the peer-reviewed journal Science.

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Trees remember everything—even the fall of the roman empire

May 18, 2020

The timeline of the failure of the Roman state is fairly well established and accepted, thanks to the Romans' love of writing. The circumstances contributing to its disintegration, however, have long been debated among historians and archaeologists. There is no consensus about the relative role of internal failures, such as escalating corruption and civil war, versus external factors, such as the barbarian invasions and pandemics.

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Tumamoc Hill reopening Memorial Day

May 18, 2020

Hikers will be required to wear face masks and stay at least six feet apart from other visitors to Tumamoc Hill once the popular outdoor attraction reopens Memorial Day, next Monday, May 25.
 

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Aspen face new threat

May 15, 2020

Oh, no. Arizona’s dwindling aspen groves face yet another threat.

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Does Biosphere 2 From Hulu’s ‘Spaceship Earth’ Documentary Still Exist?

May 11, 2020

Spaceship Earth is a new documentary on Hulu about eight people stuck inside for two years, unable to venture into the outside world. That may sound familiar, but this film from director Matt Wolff is not about quarantining during the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s about a group of people who voluntarily locked themselves inside a structure called Biosphere 2 in the ’90s.

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America’s longest river was recently drier than during the Dust Bowl. And it’s bound to happen again.

May 11, 2020

Rising temperatures due to climate change dramatically reduced the snowpack that feeds the Upper Missouri River Basin.

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Climate change could reawaken Indian Ocean El Nino

May 6, 2020

Global warming is approaching a tipping point that during this century could reawaken an ancient climate pattern similar to El Niño in the Indian Ocean, new research led by scientists from The University of Texas at Austin has found.

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Supercharged by climate change, ‘megadrought’ points to drier future in the West

May 6, 2020

Global warming turned what would have been a moderate 19-year drought into one of the most severe 'Megadroughts' of the last 1200 years.

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Decoding the Skies: The Impact of Water Vapor on Afternoon Rainfall

May 5, 2020

The role of incoming water vapor in rainfall has been a complex area of study, but new research shows water vapor is a vital piece of the puzzle.

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