Tag: colorado climate center
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Colorado weather a ‘magnitude worse’ than historic Waldo, Black Forest fire seasons, official says
Colorado’s blistering, dry and breezy conditions have fire officials on edge as the state braces for a wildfire season forecast to be worse than during the Waldo Canyon fire in 2012. Officials warn that wildfires are becoming more frequent, more destructive and larger. “We are not looking good for fire this year,” Colorado Springs Fire…
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Colorado Springs Utilities Board approves drought resolution as conditions worsen
The Colorado Springs Utilities Board unanimously approved a drought response resolution Wednesday that allows the city to make operational changes to shore up its water supply amid dry and warm conditions that are expected to continue. The resolution also allows Utilities to increase messaging to customers about how they can lower water consumption as the…
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After ‘winter of defeat,’ Colorado hopes for wetter summer
With snowpack melt already peaking in some parts of the state and drought conditions worsening compared to last year, Colorado’s water watchers are hoping for a wetter summer, though they anticipate the situation deteriorating before getting better. Meanwhile, the governor has convened a drought task force, which was last constituted six years ago. There was…
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Eagle County leads the way in fire mitigation as winter drought deepens
In 2011, Eagle County had what it considered a robust Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP), which it developed and then discussed with community leaders. But after the devastation wrought by the 2020 fire season, in which three fires — Cameron Peak, East Troublesome, and Pine Gulch — consumed nearly half a million acres, Eric Lovgren,…
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Colorado faces warmer, drier future, climate study suggests
Temperatures across Colorado have increased by an average of 2.3 degrees Fahrenheit in the past four decades, according to a new report from Colorado State University. Researchers from Colorado State University’s Colorado Climate Center, who published the 2024 edition of the Climate Change in Colorado Report, said they hope to synthesize climate science information and help…
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PHOTOS: High and Dry: Colorado in Drought – The Future
HIGH AND DRY: THE SERIES The severe drought that swept through Colorado in 2020 could be a harbinger of what the future will hold. However, in the arid Southwest, it’s not the first time that such challenges have wrecked lives and livelihoods. In this part of the series we’ll share images that explore the science…