A powerful earthquake that rocked Alaska in 2002 changed the timing and behavior of some of Yellowstone’s geysers and hot springs.
Groups file suit to block Yellowstone snowmobile decision
The coalition groups filing the lawsuit argued that snowmobiles endanger the health of the Yellowstone staff that work at the park entrances, where large numbers of snowmobiles enter the park during the winter and spring snowmobile season.
Researchers link Colorado forest fires, atmospheric carbon increases
Researchers developed a computer model of a complex forest ecosystem to simulate the release of carbon during the 2002 fire season in Colorado.
Colorado White River Forest Plan revision released, appealed
The White River National Forest encompasses 2.3 million acres in north-central Colorado west of the Continental Divide and straddling I-70. It includes one-sixth of national forest system lands in Colorado, but accounts for about 30 percent of recreational use.
Forest health debate rages long after 2002 fires extinguished
Wildfires burned over 7.1 million acres of public and private lands during the summer of 2002, mostly in the western U.S. While battling these fires, 21 firefighters were killed.
Yukon snow study suggests climate change in western Canada
Surface and atmospheric temperatures have risen in western Canada since the middle of the 19th century.
Ocean temperature shifts may precede Western droughts
The study suggested that the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains and the Southwest are stricken by the same “mega-drought” when for multiple years the tropical Pacific turns cold at the same time that the North Atlantic warms.