April 17, 2010--Dust in snow causes early melting in region's high country...
For the second year in a row, heavy winds out of the south and west have coated the mountains – with a layer of reddish-brown dust from the deserts of Utah, Arizona and New Mexico. The dust absorbs...
View ArticleMarch 2, 2012--Our rapidly shrinking water supply (Telluride Watch)
The Colorado River Basin is losing water at an ever-accelerating rate, and snow scientist Chris Landry wants people to know about it.read more
View ArticleSeptember 25, 2012--New dust studies help pinpoint impact on Colorado snow...
The desert Southwest isn’t the only source of dust in the atmosphere over Colorado.read more
View ArticleMarch 10, 2013--Climate change and the local snowpack (Telluride Daily Planet)
The complexities of climate change and its effects on the San Juan Mountains are not well known, but research is being done to dig up some answers.read more
View ArticleApril 19, 2013--Good news of deep snow in Colorado foiled by dust that will...
The blessed snow that blanketed the high country and bolstered emaciated snowpacks this week was swirling with dirty trouble.read more
View ArticleApril 8, 2014--Snowpack dust is trending upward (Durango Herald)
The good news is that this year’s dust storms have not deposited as much grit on this area’s snowpack as last year’s. The bad news: Last year “broke the sound barrier” for dust deposits, and this year...
View ArticleCenter for Snow and Avalanche Studies: Snow School (Silverton, CO)
Start: 02/11/2015 8:30 am End: 02/13/2015 5:00 pm Start: 02/11/2015 8:30 am End: 02/13/2015 5:00 pm Using a mixture of classroom discussion and hands-on field sessions, this workshop will enhance...
View ArticleMarch 31, 2015--Colorado’s snow is dust-free for the first time in a decade...
Last March, while kayaking the sandstone labyrinth of Utah’s San Juan River, I was punched in the face with a wall of wind. It howled up-canyon with a biting ferocity, carrying particles of red sand...
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