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7 January 2019

Colorado’s Lake Dillon is warming rapidly

The surface waters of Lake Dillon, a mountain reservoir that supplies water to the the Denver area, have warmed by nearly 5 degrees Fahrenheit (2.5 degrees Celsius) in the last 35 years, which is twice the average warming rate for global lakes. Yet surprisingly, Dillon does not show adverse environmental changes, such as nuisance algal blooms, often associated with warming of lakes.

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24 January 2018

Dust on snow controls springtime river rise in West

A new study has found that dust, not spring warmth, controls the pace of spring snowmelt that feeds the headwaters of the Colorado River.

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13 October 2016

Fires fueled by grass, crops can produce dangerous air pollutants

Grass and crop fires can emit more of certain types of hazardous fumes than wood fires, a new study finds. Results from the study could help scientists better understand the dangers from fire emissions, allowing firefighters or individuals close to a fire to react more appropriately, according to the study’s authors.

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17 December 2010

Colorado Plateau, stretching and breaking like a putty pancake

The Colorado Plateau, a geological region of about 337,000 square kilometers that covers the Four Corners area of the American southwest, has been rotating ever so slightly around a point in the northern Rocky Mountains for millions of years. Its geological Lazy-Susan-esque action is credited with tearing a rift in the earth’s surface that now holds the waters of the Rio Grande.

But now the Colorado Plateau is doing something different. It appears to be stretching–expanding from east to west–crowding its neighboring landmasses on each side. And in time–many millions of years–the plateau will most likely stretch and break apart like a giant Silly Putty pancake.

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