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Colorado faces warmer, drier future, climate study suggests
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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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Summer monsoons improve Colorado’s drought conditions, represent ‘drops in the bucket’
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The best summer for precipitation since 2014 produced rare optimism among one of the state’s water watchers, but it is tempered with concerns about a third straight La Niña fall, which is likely to bring hotter and drier conditions. And that isn’t good for winter snowmelt, because those conditions leave soils drier. In turn, that dry…
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Colorado’s drought situation improves, but snowfall still below normal
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Colorado’s drought situation vastly improved this month compared to over a year ago, but experts worry about wildfire potential if the state doesn’t get good snow and rain in the spring, according to presentations at Thursday’s state Water Availability Task Force meeting. Last year’s poor precipitation has had a dramatic effect on reservoir storage across…
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State water taskforce has its fingers crossed for monsoons and El Nino
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Monday and Tuesday’s downpours, which led to flash flooding in some parts of the state and the cancellation of flights at Denver International Airport, did not go unnoticed by the water watchers around the state. It’s a sign of annual monsoon moisture, which the state’s water availability task force has been waiting for. Between the…
