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Colorado’s mountains are pockmarked with orange tailings piles, adits, tunnels and rusted tramways, the remnants of a historic mining industry often blamed for fouling the state’s waterways.

Organizations, government entities receive county funds for summer research

Colorado’s mountains are pockmarked with orange tailings piles, adits, tunnels and rusted tramways, the remnants of a historic mining industry often blamed for fouling the state’s waterways.  But a recent study points the finger at...

Philippine Canadian Inquirer Climbers have turned Mount Everest into a high-altitude garbage dump, but sustainable solutions are within reach Uncategorized

Earth Week events in Estes Park finish with the inaugural Environmental Film Festival with six movies from local producer Nick Molle

The snowpack hasnt been this close to its all-time average since 2010, making it an unusual year, especially after last years record-breaking snowfall.

For their April 7 Sunday Science event, the Central Colorado Humanists welcome Dr. Astrid Ogilvie for her presentation, “Iceland Then and Now: Living with Ice, Fire and a Changing Climate.”

“Iceland Then and Now: Living with Ice, Fire and a Changing Climate” will be the topic of the Central Colorado Humanists Sunday Science program at 10 a.m. April 7 at

What if Arctic sea ice melts? All of it… during the summer! According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), over the past three decades the oldest, thickest ice (13-20 feet thick) has declined by a stunning 95 percent and 70 percent of Arctic sea ice is now thin “seasonal ice” that quickly melts

Cassandra Brooks, whom The Explorers Club has honored as an ‘extraordinary person’ doing ‘remarkable work to promote science and exploration,’ gives onsite lessons on the ‘vital’ ecosystem.