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A NASA computer model of global temperature forecasts.

Episode 146: The Conversation Surrounding Climate Change

A University of Arizona researcher is ensuring social science is part of the conversation surrounding climate change.
Firefighters assigned to the Obi Fire approach the fireline. Lightning caused the fire in Walhalla Plateau in Arizona on July 21, 2018.

How Climate Change Could Affect Wildfires in Arizona

What conditions experts are monitoring during the state's wet and dry seasons.
The frequency of large-scale tree die-offs inhibits their fight against climate change.

Episode 144: Drought-Induced Tree Die-Offs and Climate Change

The dangerous cycle of large-scale tree die-offs contributes to climate change.
Desert-adapted birds like the cactus wren, at left, have declined throughout the Mojave Desert, but not as much as other birds. Decreased rainfall because of climate change appears to be the culprit. On the right, a Costa's hummingbird.

Research Reveals Climate-Driven Bird Collapse in Mojave Desert

Deserts globally have borne the brunt of warming and drying over the past 50 years.
Hydrologist Karl Wetlaufer with the Natural Resources Conservation Service holds a map showing Colorado's low snowpack on Jan. 9, 2018.

Climate Change is Making Droughts Worse In the Western US, Study Says

NASA scientist cites evidence of climate change's impact on drought likelihood, severity.

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