Paso Robles wine country on California’s Central Coast is a great alternative to Napa Valley.
NCAR scientist’s computer model links fire and the atmosphere
A forest fire’s pattern of growth depends not only on large-scale winds but on the balance between those winds and a fire’s heat output.
Researchers probe Arctic tree line for clues to global warming
The Arctic tree line is sensitive to climatic change and is expected to be one of the first major vegetation boundaries to register greenhouse warming if it is indeed occurring.
Study confirms Bering land bridge flooded later than previously believed
The study also shows the Bering land bridge vegetation at the time consisted primarily of tundra plants and shrubs and was unsuitable for long-term habitation by large grazing mammals.
Scaring up ghosts in southwestern Montana
Bannack, once home to a few thousand rowdy residents, is now a ghost town. Along with the old mining towns of Nevada City, Virginia City, Garnet and Coolidge, it is a reminder of Montana’s wild past.
The heart of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains: Grand Lake
Grand Lake is one of Colorado’s few natural lakes, and it’s bordered by the much-larger Shadow Mountain and Lake Granby reservoirs.
Roswell, New Mexico: Desperately seeking aliens
Roswell, New Mexico is a place where UFOs are casually accepted like any other community might take for granted the ice cream truck that cruises down the street in the summer.