Now in its third year, Carbon Forum North America has firmly established itself as the place to go to keep abreast of the latest thinking and developments in the North American carbon space—for policy insiders and market-players alike. Join policy-makers, leading analysts, and practitioners for an in-depth look at some of the most critical topics in climate and energy – including...
There will be a special session on "Accelerated Warming at High Elevations: Evidence, Processes, and Future Projections" at the Fall 2013 AGU Meeting in San Francisco (A002 in Atmospheric Sciences).
Deadline for abstract submissions is August 6.
Are mountain regions warming faster than their lower elevation counterparts, and within mountains, is...
In the wake of the tragic news that 19 heroic members of an elite "Hotshot" firefighting team were killed in Arizona, there's been renewed discussion about climate change and how it is worsening wildfires. In particular, there's considerable...
The Mountain Research Initiative and the DendroLab at the University of Nevada/Reno will hold in Reno a Global Fair and Workshop on Mountain Observatories, examining how we gather data on mountain social, biological and abiotic systems. It will also be an opportunity to visit state-of-the-art observing sites in the Lake Tahoe region of the Sierra Nevada on the border of California and Nevada...
Mountain glaciers are like giant sandpaper blocks, scouring their valley homes as they advance and retreat. This scrubbing tends to purge any past record of a glacier's size, foiling scientists' efforts to model the extent of mountain ice during past climate shifts.
The good news is the sediments scoured from the land by glaciers eventually ends up dumped offshore, in the ocean....
Bright sun melts scattered patches of late-spring snow in a bristlecone forest high along the western slope of the Snake Mountains.
The tranquil scene is 300 miles northeast of Las Vegas, but anyone with a computer can pay it a visit, thanks to ongoing climate research by the Nevada System of Higher Education.
Researchers are giving free...
Climate change can seem like a remote problem for our leaders, but the fact is that it's already impacting real people, animals, and beloved places. These Faces of Climate Change are multiplying every day. Fortunately, other Faces of Climate Change are multiplying too: those stepping up to do something about it. Help us personalize the massive challenge climate change presents by taking a...
Conservation Strategy Fund is offering its 15th annual international training course, Economic Tools for Conservation, on August 12-23, 2013 located at Stanford University. This course is being offered in partnership with the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment and the...
The Climate Reality Leadership Corps is excited to share with you news about Climate Reality's Leadership Corps trainings. With their Chairman, former Vice President Al Gore, they are pleased to announce a U.S. training in Chicago July 30 - August 1 to train new Climate Leaders volunteers from the U.S. and Canada and an Istanbul, Turkey training on June 14 - 16 focused on...
