Author Archive
What happens when the West is ‘stuck’ in drought?
Posted by Climate Central: Brendon Bosworth and Tom Yulsman on January 18th, 2011
Climate Central: In part one of this series, we examined what's happening now in the Colorado River Basin, including the impact of a protracted, multi-year drought on the region. Today, we take a look at what the future might bring.
Climate change research offers little reason to believe that the gloriously snowy start to the year in the mountains of the Colorado Basin are a harbinger of wetter times to come.
To begin with, some research suggests that changes to the climate, thanks in part to rising concentrations...