Red Snow Warning

Tomdispatch.com by Chip Ward, | Sep. 14, 2009 (Special Report)
The End of Welfare Water and the Drying of the West

Pink snow is turning red in Colorado. Here on the Great American Desert -- specifically Utah's slickrock portion of it where I live -- hot 'n' dry means dust. When frequent high winds sweep across our increasingly arid landscape, redrock powder is lifted up and carried hundreds of miles eastward until it settles on the broad shoulders of Colorado's majestic mountains, giving the snowpack there a pink hue. Full Story »

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Subjects: World, Politics, Business, Sci/Tech, Living
Topics: Environment, Global Warming, Farming, Food, Water, Climate Change
Member Tags: Dust Storms, drought
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Sep 14, 2009 - 10:45 PM PDT
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Sep 14, 2009 - 10:45 PM PDT
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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Sep. 15, 2009

Ward gives a well written tour of drought in the western US, but is light on pointing out the root causes. He points to conservation and realistic pricing of water as movements toward a solution. He omits carbon dioxide emissions world wide, and unchecked human population growth.

An excellent read, that can be understood in local terms.

Colorado’s red snow is a warning that the climatological dynamic in the arid West is changing dramatically. Think of it as a harbinger — and of more than simply ... More »

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Tanya J. Maurer
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