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Many of the large boulders that tumbled down the steep slopes and gullies of Glenwood Canyon across Interstate 70 and into the Colorado River during last summer’s record rainstorms will be put to good use.

Glenwood Springs Post Independent A major debris slide partially blocks a section of the Colorado River near MM124 in Glenwood Canyon after a flash flood swept rocks and debris down the Devils Hole drainage on Thursday. Chelsea Self / Post Independent UPDATE 1:12 p.m. Saturday, July 24: Interstate 70 is now open in both directions through Glenwood Canyon. Original story: The eastbound lanes remain closed due to potential structure damage underneath the eastbound lanes. A structural assessment c...

Outside of the blinding neon lights of Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada is a vast, mostly rural state of open desert landscapes and pitch-black skies. For stargazers, it’s paradise. The state is home to three official “Dark Sky Places,” designated pockets of land where light pollution is at a minimum and the stars shine their brightest. Reaching these remote locales isn’t always easy, but Nevada rewards ambitious road trippers with unforgettable things to see along the way: a host of bizarre ...

Where the underground Amargosa bubbles to the surface, unique flora and fauna thrive. But now, hotter weather and depleted groundwater in Nevada and California threaten this rare ecosystem.

Geographical Magazine Geographicals pick of the books: April 2021 Written by  Geographical 2021 Theres something fresh for everyone this April. Read on for our pick of the best new non-fiction reads BOOK OF THE MONTH – UNDER A WHITE SKY: The Nature of the Future, by Elizabeth Kolbert ‘I was struck, and not for the first time, by how much easier it is to ruin an ecosystem than to run one.’ It’s a throwaway sentence, but one which n...

Power-generating windmill turbines are seen during sunset in Bourlon, France. Photo: Reuters With Earth Day taking place today, look to these five new books about the planet, from a Bill Gates bestseller to a childrens book about polar bears. 1. How To Avoid A Climate Disaster - Bill Gates (Non-fiction) Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the world is thought to have emitted about 5% fewer greenhouse gases last year than the year before. That means releasing the equivalent of 48 or 49 billion ton...

PUBLISHED 6:00 PM ET Apr. 12, 2021 PUBLISHED 6:00 PM EDT Apr. 12, 2021 SHARE What You Need To Know Western New York has a lot of hidden hiking spots The Niagara Gorge offers a hike for all skill levels When at the Niagara Gorge wear the proper shoes and bring water ​ It is a gorgeous series of trails that offer both easy and difficult options while making you feel like you are on vacation in your hometown. The sequence of trails allows y...

Daily Times Under a White Sky — marching towards extinction * Kolberts writing, in brief, is about the Anthropocene, the geological epoch during which humans have had an unprecedented influence on the planet, its climate and its denizens April 4, 2021 Critical of technological interventions to bring nature back, an environment writer says human actions have brought ecosystems to the brink of an apocalypse In this collection of disquieting and thought-provoking essays, Elizabeth Kolbert persua...

By Mike Wolterbeek From the suffocating heat of Death Valley to the bone-chilling cold of Antarctica, scientists at the University of Nevada, Reno are leading the way in new, more precise methods of collecting important temperature data from around the world. “It’s not just a thermometer anymore, we can take the temperature of air, soil, or water at the same instant every 15 seconds, 24 hours a day, every 3 feet for many kilometers,” Scott Tyler, a University of Nevada, Reno professor, h...

So far, the Anthropocene is not going so well: humans, she notes, have transformed half the ice-free land on Earth, dammed or diverted most of the world’s major rivers and emitted about a hundred times more carbon dioxide than volcanoes. In terms of biomass, people and our domesticated animals now outweigh wild mammals by a ratio of 22 to 1. From nuclear bomb test fallout to microplastics, signs of our presence are everywhere. Under a White Sky reflects on “our habit of mind - that w...