May 2010 By Kevin Tsai The effects of climate change, such as melting ice caps and increasing tropical hurricane intensity, may seem remote to many people. On the other hand, decades of increasing ocean temperatures, which reached new record average highs in June 2009, will likely drive changes to marine life that no one will […]
Predicting Drought in the US
May 5, 2010
By Jeannine Swindell The inability to make a reliable prediction of drought hampers our ability to be proactive toward management for dry spells. In this part of the world, drought affects range livestock agriculture in two important ways. First is the effect that winter drought has upon snowpack and resultant stream flows. Many streams in […]