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Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
This report is a synthesis of climate science relevant for management and planning for Colorado's water resources. It focuses on observed climate trends, climate modeling, and projections of temperature, precipitation, snowpack, and streamflow. Climate projections are reported for the mid-21st century because this time frame is the focus of adaptation strategies being developed by the State of Colorado and other water entities.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Colorado's climate has warmed in recent decades, and climate models unanimously project this warming trend will continue into the future. Colorado experiences numerous climate related disasters, such as floods, droughts and wildfires, which will continue to occur in the future and pose serious hazards to public safety and the economy, regardless of the rate at which the climate warms. Key vulnerabilities are defined as "those aspects of the state's...
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
The Colorado office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), has been charged with developing a climate adaptation strategy for BLM lands within the state. The Colorado Natural Heritage Program conducted climate change vulnerability assessments of plant and animal species, and terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems ("targets") within a time frame of mid-21st century. Our assessments 1) evaluate the potential impact of future climate conditions on both...
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
The State of Colorado aims to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions by at least 26% by 2025, 50% by 2030, and 90% by 2050 relative to 2005 emissions levels. Hydrogen is identified as a potentially important low-carbon fuel for beyond 2030, especially to reduce emissions in hard-to-electrify sectors. This roadmap identifies opportunities, barriers and recommended actions for the deployment of low-carbon hydrogen in the state of Colorado over the next...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
The current El Niño event is very strong, and is expected to affect weather around the globe, and in Colorado, through next spring. The impacts of El Niño are more complex over Colorado than other parts of the West. Strong El Niño conditions improve the odds for wetter-than-normal conditions in most parts of Colorado, especially in fall and spring. However, strong El Niño conditions also tend to bring dry mid-winters to our North-Central mountains....
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Pub. Date
2011.
Description
Of the most costly natural hazards for which federal, state and local planners must prepare (like earthquakes, hurricanes, and floods), the impacts of drought have been the least well measured. Yet drought vulnerability and impacts drive drought response policy and there are weaknesses in our ability to judge vulnerability and impacts.
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Description
Drought, and its various manifestations, is one of the largest - if not the largest - concern about weather and climate impacts in the Interior West. Quantification of the economic impacts of drought is important because it allows decision makers to document and justify requests for disaster assistance, and to demonstrate and evaluate the benefits of drought mitigation programs.
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Description
Compared to river basins such as the Colorado River, the Missouri River Basin has received relatively minimal federal engagement in terms of the provision of climate services. In order to effectively begin a coordinated, multi-agency effort to meet the climate-related needs of stakeholders throughout the basin, it is critical to identify those needs, catalog research and service capacities, map needs to capacities, and use social network analysis...
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