| 单词 | western United States |
| 例句 | For instance, Native American societies became renowned for their mastery of horses, and in some cases of cattle and sheepherding, in parts of the Great Plains, the western United States, and the Argentine pampas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It turned out that under the western United States there was a huge cauldron of magma, a colossal volcanic hot spot which erupted cataclysmically every 600,000 years or so. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Nor could food production spring up spontaneously in deserts remote from sources of water for irrigation, such as central Australia and parts of the western United States. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z These legacies may include the Uto-Aztecan languages of Mesoamerica and the western United States, the Oto-Manguean languages of Mesoamerica, the Natchez-Muskogean languages of the U.S. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Voorhies sent samples to colleagues all over the western United States asking if there was anything about it that they recognized. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It is a bird of spectacular appearance and beguiling habits, building its floating nests in shallow lakes of western United States and Canada. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The longshoremen’s victory launched the modern labor movement in the western United States, in which workers have the right by law to form unions and bargain with employers. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z Following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, more than 120,000 Japanese Americans and Japanese nationals in the western United States were uprooted from their communities and detained in 10 internment camps. 'The Manzanar Fishing Club': Internees catch a taste of freedom 2012-05-31T20:17:04Z Wildfires raged unchecked across parts of the western United States on Wednesday, with gusty winds forecast to spread the fires. Western wildfires spread with the help of seasonal winds 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z Back then sheep outnumbered Idahoans seven to one, a peak that coincided with the tail end of Basque immigration to the western United States. Cultured Traveler: Herding Sheep in Basque Country (Idaho) 2012-08-24T19:19:51Z Across the western United States, customers can purchase raw milk from retailers. How the fight to mainstream raw milk is bringing liberals and libertarians together 2023-07-16T04:00:00Z The art department began to aggressively shape its collection into what now totals more than 120,000 objects, the largest art museum in the western United States. Behind the greatness of LACMA stand many great women 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z Essays by an emeritus professor of English at Central Washington University, sympathetically investigating the "migratory flow" between Mexico and British Columbia through the western United States. Local books: a private-eye mom; the case for life on Mars and a civil-rights quest 2010-04-06T00:07:00Z The Minidoka is plopped down in the crotch of the Snake River Plain and the Sawtooth National Forest, one of the great natural landscapes in the western United States. Cultured Traveler: Herding Sheep in Basque Country (Idaho) 2012-08-24T19:19:51Z Organized along with the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York and The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., the exhibition's stop in Santa Fe is its only presentation in the western United States. O'Keeffe Museum transforms with abstract works 2010-06-12T16:16:00Z Along those lines, it’s common to think that runs at ski areas in the western United States are uniformly more challenging than their eastern counterparts. 5 Things Skiers May Not Know About the Trail Map 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z “Tainted Earth” “traces the rise of public health concerns about nonferrous smelting in the western United States,” according to the publisher. LOCAL BOOKS 2014-02-10T23:26:31Z Even before the region descended into a years-long drought, it was never easy being an aquatic species in the deserts of the western United States. California’s war on endangered species: Why its most water-dependent creatures are worth saving 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z In the western United States, rising temperatures have led to an increase in wildfires by melting winter snowpacks earlier, leaving forests drier for longer, the report said. Climate change threatens 30 U.S. landmarks: science advocacy group 2014-05-20T04:00:00Z Osborne Seed in Washington state sells it, but — too bad for me — only to the western United States. Perspective | Vegetables for patio gardens are more abundant than ever 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z Published in 1974 after being rejected by more than 100 other publishers, "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance," was the father-son story of a motor-cycle trip across the western United States. 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance' author Pirsig dies at 88 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z The two towns are named in honor of the 19th-century explorers Lewis and Clark, who traveled across what’s now the western United States to the Pacific Coast. Amber mountains of grain await their journey 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z I saw metal rings nearby, built into the ground, that were most likely once latrines for women inmates, and Ranger Doutt displayed photos of Japanese-Americans being rousted from towns across the western United States. Exploring Tule Lake, an Austere Land With a Complex History 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Production for the show started by first choosing the towns, which span ten states across the southern and western United States. Big-city fashion designers Austin and Santino go small-town in TV show 2010-10-02T00:34:00Z Mid-way through the season, here are some of the newest developments affecting skiers and riders in the western United States. What’s New in Ski Country This Season 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z The fossils in the study came from rocks called the Morrison Formation spanning 13 states in the western United States. Bone bite marks reveal dinosaur predator-prey dynamics 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z For example, saline dust can accelerate the melting of snow and harm communities -- particularly in the western United States -- that rely on snow for their water supply. Humans are disrupting natural 'salt cycle' on a global scale, new study shows 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z The team focused on the Tibetan Plateau in Asia and the western United States. Cleaner snow boosts future snowpack predictions 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z On October 14, a “ring of fire” solar eclipse will appear across a swath of the western United States, as well as in parts of Central and South America. A rare ‘ring of fire’ eclipse is coming. Here’s how to see it. 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z It only took some 10 minutes for the suitcase-size capsule to fall through the clear skies of the western United States. NASA delivers bounty of asteroid samples to Earth 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z The Colorado River is the main source of water for about 40 million people in the western United States. Deal Reached to Cut Colorado River Water Use 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z I have been interested in fossils for most of my life and have been lucky to travel the western United States to find them, to dig them up and to discover their stories. Want to dig up some cool fossils? You could start right in our WA backyard. 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Parts of the western United States have been deluged in recent weeks with rain from Tropical Storm Hilary, and much of the central U.S. was beaten down by deadly sweltering heat. A Michigan storm with 75 mph winds downs trees and power lines; several people are killed 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z It’s only recently that we’ve identified lighter-weight, less expensive and more flexible cable suspension designs that we think will work across California and the western United States. Opinion: This idea could save California billions of gallons of water while generating clean energy 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z "Wildfire seasons have expanded, and fires have increased in frequency and size, especially in the western United States. More frequent and intense hurricanes fan the flames of wildfires." From Hawaii to Greece, the planet is broiling from wildfires. How much is climate change to blame? 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z In a survey of five sites in the western United States, two-thirds of birds found dead beneath power lines had been shot. Electrocution Isn’t the Main Thing Killing Birds Along Power Lines 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Managed burns, common in some parts of the western United States, could be used to lessen the flammability of forests. How to Fight Canada’s Wildfires in the Era of Climate Change 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Impacts at the local and regional scale could be especially significant in the western United States, Hotaling says. Algae blooms that cause pink snow could accelerate melting as Earth warms 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z A massive heat dome parked over the southern and western United States is keeping tens of millions of Americans under extreme heat advisories. Factbox: U.S. hit by blazing heat, smoky air, tropical storm all at once 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z The heat dome across the western United States also helped to generate heavy rains in the northeast, claiming at least five lives. Heatwaves: world reels from wildfires, floods as US and China discuss climate crisis 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z The effect was amplified because much of the water was removed in the northern midlatitudes, in groundwater depletion hot spots such as northwestern India and the western United States. Humanity’s groundwater pumping has altered Earth’s tilt 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z The analysis cites earlier research that estimated that 68 percent of the increase in vapor pressure deficit in the western United States between 1979 and 2020 is likely attributable to warming. Climate Change Is Escalating California’s Wildfires 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z In the western United States, where more than 50% of water supplies come from snowpack, shifts in the speed and timing of the melt could disrupt irrigation, hydropower and salmon runs. Algae blooms that cause pink snow could accelerate melting as Earth warms 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Historically, grizzly bear habitat extended from Mexico through the western United States and into the mid-latitudes of Canada. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Already, NWS forecasts for the next three months favor above-normal temperatures over the western United States and many other parts of the country. El Niño is back, bringing disruption, danger for California, world. 'We need to be prepared' 2023-05-19T04:00:00Z Researchers found that in regions with long histories of wildfires, like the western United States and Canada, the burning has become larger and more intense over the last decade. Canada’s Wildfires Have Been Disrupting Lives. Now, Oil and Gas Take a Hit. 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Wildfires: Almost 40 percent of forest areas burned by wildfire in the western United States in the last 40 years can be attributed to carbon emissions, The Los Angeles Times reports. The Push for Reparations at Dodger Stadium 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Since May 2022, veterinarians confirmed the riparian brush rabbits have been facing rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus 2, a highly contagious and deadly disease that has spread quickly in the western United States. A rabbit rescue operation is launched to save bunnies from rising floodwaters 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z “Most of the western United States has been locked in almost continuous drought for the last 20 years,” Cook says. More Frequent Dust Storms Could Be in Our Future 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z “I’m envisioning fire season just around the corner somewhere in the western United States,” Christensen said. Judge to weigh limits for aerial fire retardant in wildfires 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Schneider has a separate agreement with Union Pacific for that railroad to handle its shipments across the western United States. CPKC railroad announces deal to handle Mexico shipments 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z It has become widespread in wild trout populations across the western United States over the past 25 years and sometimes causes temporary declines in trout populations. Whirling disease detected at New Mexico fish hatchery 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z Forest Service from dropping retardant into water could reshape how the agency battles wildfires throughout the western United States. Lawsuit jeopardizes use of crucial wildfire retardant, U.S. Forest Service claims 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Using satellite measurements, scientists have found that groundwater is being rapidly depleted in many food-producing regions around the world, from India to the western United States, and that many dry regions have grown drier. Amid conflicts and climate change, U.N. puts focus on 'deep trouble' in water worldwide 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z To balance their service areas — which should have neither too much nor too little energy at any given time — electric utilities across the western United States trade megawatts with each other. From its origins to its consumers, electricity is a powerful social force 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z The church’s expanded role in Utah’s conservation efforts comes as an increasing number of large institutions acknowledge additional actions will likely be needed to prepare for challenges ahead in the drought-stricken western United States. Mormon Church gives water to boost imperiled Great Salt Lake 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z For example, climate change has created warmer and drier conditions in the western United States, leading to fire seasons that last longer and burn more area in recent decades, according to NOAA. NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z The “atmospheric river” storms that swept parts of the western United States last weekend raised the water level in the canyons before additional floodwaters spilled into the slot canyons early this week. 2 dead after canyons flood near Utah-Arizona line 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Even in parts of the world where populations remain, such as the western United States, it is possible to go years or even decades without a sighting, Dr. Skvarla said. ‘What Is This Thing?’: How a Jurassic-Era Insect Was Rediscovered 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Much attention has been paid to wildfires in the western United States, tropical rainforests such as the Amazon and even the Australian bush. Carbon emissions from boreal forest fires rose in 2021 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z In the coming days, the western United States is expected to be “dominated by upper-level low pressure,” Gottschalck said, which will probably deliver more low temperatures and low-elevation snow to California. Yet more rain is expected to hit California in March. But warmer storms could melt snow 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z The current land-based U.S. missile force consists of 400 single-warhead Minuteman III ICBMs deployed at three bases in the western United States. Congress gets new details of PRC nuclear breakout 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z A planned trip by Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Beijing for high-level talks last weekend was called off at the last minute after the balloon was spotted high over the western United States. Nothing to see here: Foreign threats, national security a no-show in Biden speech 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z Interest in new cloud-seeding technology is growing in the western United States, as well. Rainmaking Experiments Boom Amid Worsening Drought 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z The balloon, spotted earlier this week over the western United States, was brought down when an F-22 fighter jet fired an air-to-air missile at it off the coast of South Carolina. Downing of Chinese Spy Balloon Ends Chapter in a Diplomatic Crisis 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z Yeoman is a photographer who got her start in documentary linguistics, spending years working with Indigenous communities in the western United States on language documentation and helping them reclaim languages. A Newcastle couple preserves family recipes through a customized cookbook 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z These massive rivers, which sometimes carry 15 times the water volume of the Mississippi River, deliver half of the western United States’ total precipitation in less than 15 total days. How climate change will make atmospheric rivers even worse 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z The bubonic plague is still around, mostly in “rural and semirural areas of the western United States,” says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Rats in Seattle: They’re creepy, clever and everywhere, but there is help 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z I think, for every big city in the western United States, this is enormously daunting. A Conversation With Sam Liccardo, Who Led San Jose for Eight Years 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z It regularly brings rains to California and other parts of the western United States, especially during winter's cooler months. What are the atmospheric rivers contributing to severe California flooding? 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z The heat and accompanying dryness also contributed to extensive wildfires in the western United States. The last 8 years were the hottest on record 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z Here are four ways increased temperatures affect atmospheric rivers in the western United States. How climate change will make atmospheric rivers even worse 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z They also reveal a robust and successful operation, led by some of L.A.’s wealthiest residents and biggest names, to raise private and often anonymous funding for the largest police agency in the western United States. The foundation: Inside the LAPD's secretive, multimillion-dollar private funding arm 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z The current bout of rain will help fill up those reservoirs, but the rest of the water used by these cities comes from the Colorado River, which snakes through the arid western United States. Will California’s ‘atmospheric river’ storms end the drought? 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Parts of the western United States are bracing for a storm system that could bring days of heavy rain and snow. China’s New Covid Chapter 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z Post-fire logging, which is done in forests all over the world, is prevalent the western United States, where there's a large amount of federally owned land, a lot of big trees, and frequent fires. Learning to love — and protect — burned trees 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z Researchers project such rain events will multiply across the western United States. How climate change will make atmospheric rivers even worse 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z The extra money would help fund a $12 million initiative to study water in the western United States, which is gripped by drought. Research gets a boost in final 2023 spending agreement 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z If built, it could supply seedlings to burned acreage across the western United States, generating both revenue and the forests on which communities depend. Wish You Were Here. Ignore the Floods and Fires. 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z Court documents said the man had planned to attack other substations as part of an effort to take down power in a large chunk of the western United States. EXPLAINER: US power grid has long faced terror threat 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z The forest is one of many areas in the western United States where cones are collected. In Utah, Restoring Spruce Forests One Cone at a Time 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z “There is no level of municipal conservation in the entire western United States that could make up for the water that’s going to be needed to be” conserved, she said. Western cities agree to remove decorative grass amid drought 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Drought threatens water supplies, particularly in the beleaguered Colorado River Basin and other parts of the western United States. Climate Impacts Threaten Nearly Every Aspect of Life in U.S., Government Report Says 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Large wildfires will continue to burn forests and darken skies in the western United States and Canada, causing destruction of nature and livelihoods while contributing to air and water pollution. Explainer: COP27: How climate change impacts countries around the world 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z The western United States will get to view all phases. Skywatch: November brings a Thanksgiving-like bounty in the heavens 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Albertsons has a strong presence in the western United States, especially in California. Kroger says it will buy Albertsons, creating grocery empire 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z This is true for most of California and much of the western United States, but Fresno has been hit particularly hard. Wildfire smoke is hurting pregnant moms and babies. Can California cities protect them? 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z Many HPC facilities are heavy users of water, too, which is piped around components to carry away heat—and which will grow scarcer in the western United States as droughts persist or worsen. Climate change threatens supercomputers 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z Severe drought choked much of the Northern Hemisphere this summer, from China to Europe to the western United States. ‘Absolutely No Doubt’ That Climate Intensified Current Drought 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z If you live in the western United States, where wildfires disseminating fine particulate matter have become more common, “wear a KN95 mask” on days when fires are affecting air quality in your area, Gerber said. A potential connection between dementia and air pollution 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z “They’re the best football program in the western United States,” Fitzgerald said on a recent edition of “ The Thunderbird Coaches Show.” No. 13 Utah regroups after Florida loss, hosts Southern Utah 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z California and many parts of the western United States have been toiling through an intense, long-duration heat event that weather experts said could get worse over the weekend. Mill Fire races through 4,000 acres of Northern Calif., injuring several 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z La Nina often leads to more Atlantic hurricanes, less rain and more wildfires in the western United States, and agricultural losses in the central U.S. UN weather agency predicts rare ‘triple-dip’ La Nina in 2022 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Despite the heat waves crossing into the western United States this summer, the coast has remained cooler because it has been protected by a marine layer, Brandt said. Get ready for Southern California's hottest and longest heat wave of the year 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z Kalashnikov plans to expand the scope of his study across the western United States, as well as look at the precipitation amounts occurring when lightning starts a fire. A surprising amount of dry lightning hits California, fueling fire risk 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Indeed, much of the western United States, when viewed from an airplane, is composed of an orderly grid system. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z H0: The "number of televisions" distribution of far western United States families is the same as the "number of televisions" distribution of the American population. Introductory Statistics 2013-09-19T00:00:00Z The negotiations that are happening now, Hasencamp said, are one step in a multiyear process of determining how the western United States lives with less water from the Colorado River. Tensions grow over lack of a water deal for the shrinking Colorado River 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z Many forests across the western United States now look as they never have before, brimming with fuel that has accumulated, in some spots, for more than 100 years. Tough trade-offs for victims of Oregon’s historic wildfires: Rebuild or leave? 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z Europe isn’t alone in the crisis, with drought conditions also reported in East Africa, the western United States and northern Mexico. European drought dries up rivers, kills fish, shrivels crops 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z The extreme temperatures came as deadly heat waves swept across Europe, killing up to 2,000 people in Portugal and Spain, and exacerbated drought-fueled wildfires in the western United States. Last Month Was among the Hottest Julys Ever Recorded 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Ha: The "number of televisions" distribution of far western United States families is different from the "number of televisions" distribution of the American population. Introductory Statistics 2013-09-19T00:00:00Z Historically, Kerns says, land managers in the western United States have thought of invasive grasses as a problem for wide-open rangelands. Flammable invasive grasses are increasing risk of devastating wildfires 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z It’s so bad that scientists say the ongoing drought in the western United States marks the region’s driest 22-year stretch in more than 1,200 years. Ongoing Megadrought Puts the West in ‘Uncharted Waters’ 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z The Washburn Fire is the latest in a series of fires in the western United States, as climate change has made it easier for them to burn longer and hotter. Yosemite’s Grizzly Giant has seen a lot. Now, fire threatens the iconic tree. 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Porphyry deposits are the most important source of copper and molybdenum in British Columbia, the western United States, and Central and South America. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The Basin and Range region located in the western United States is a type of broad rift. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Wildfires are growing in size and severity in the western United States. Wildfire in Yosemite National Park Imperils Century-Old Trees 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z At that point, about 150 feet below its current level, the lake would drop below its lowest intake valve, which could cripple water supplies in the western United States. Drought-stricken Lake Mead's receding waters reveal a sunken WWII-era vessel 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z The Gorgosaurus was an apex carnivore that lived in what is now the western United States and Canada during the late Cretaceous Period. 76 million-year-old dinosaur skeleton to be auctioned in NYC 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z There are many horsts and grabens in the Basin and Range area of the western United States, especially in Nevada. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the driest parts of the western United States are in the Basin and Range. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Unprecedented dryness across the western United States is meeting with increasingly warm temperatures to create climate conditions so extreme that the landscape of California could permanently and profoundly change, a growing number of scientists say. Extreme heat, drought will permanently scar California and its social fabric 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z In the segregated army of World War II, the 92nd Division was called the Buffalo division, a moniker initially given to African American soldiers who served in the western United States in the late 1800s. A young WWII soldier’s remains could be those of Spike Lee’s lost cousin 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z Nasa, which monitors changing water levels, is warning that the western United States is now entering one of the worst droughts ever seen. Drought-stricken US warned of looming "dead pool" 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z The Biden administration also released a one-year report on its efforts to combat drought, a significant, stubborn problem impacting much of the western United States. Harris calls water security a foreign policy priority 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z Subduction off the coast of the western United States, which had occurred throughout the Mesozoic, had continued in the Cenozoic. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’re doing a good job, but we need to live under a permanent state of water conservation because water is the final frontier — especially with the aridification in the western United States.” Extreme heat, drought will permanently scar California and its social fabric 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Something weird is up with La Nina, the natural but potent weather event linked to more drought and wildfires in the western United States and more Atlantic hurricanes. Weather’s unwanted guest: Nasty La Nina keeps popping up 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z The spacecraft is expected to spend four or five days at the space station before returning to Earth, parachuting to one of five landing sites in the western United States. Boeing’s Starliner Reaches Space Station Some 2 Years After Planned Visit 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z As do the air bags that Starliner deploys to ensure a soft touch down at one of the remote landing sites in has chosen in the western United States. For Boeing, third time’s a charm for Starliner test, despite glitches 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Over 15 million years of eruptions by this hotspot have carved a curved path across the western United States. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Persistent drought conditions in California and across the western United States have left vegetation so dry that it doesn’t take much for the fuels to ignite, Fennessy said. Edison reports 'circuit activity' at time of Coastal fire that destroyed 20 homes in Laguna Niguel 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z The turbulent weather pattern is the result of a large dip in the jet stream — the river of high altitude winds — in the western United States. ‘Potentially historic’ wildfire event threatens New Mexico, Southwest 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z Another claims air pollution from forest fires in the western United States could triple by 2100. Use of ‘too hot’ climate models exaggerates impacts of global warming 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z Deploying high-speed internet in tribal communities and rural areas across the western United States where distances dwarf those of rural northern New England will be even more of a challenge. Lots of broadband money, but US expansion finds speed bumps 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z This would be a calamity reaching far beyond the western United States. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Companies all across the country are reporting shipping problems but trade groups say some of the worst rail issues are currently in the western United States. Freight railroads work to resolve service problems, delays 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z A Frontier-Spirit tie-up would combine Frontier’s route map in the western United States with Spirit’s network along the East Coast and the Caribbean. JetBlue makes offer for Spirit Airlines, could spark bid war 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z By the end of the century, valley fever may be a threat across the entire western United States, they say. ‘Superblooms of fungus’: How climate change is making valley fever worse 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Forecast models show an intense heat wave could build over the western United States next week. California snowpack vastly depleted after record dry start to year 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z It’s one of the top 15 most destructive wildfires in the western United States. Mysteries Shroud the Cause of Colorado’s Worst Wildfire 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z The population of the western United States grew by almost 30 percent. myWorld: The Growth of Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Weathering historic drought and heat domes, communities in the western United States are increasingly strained for water resources. The Staggering Ecological Impacts of Computation and the Cloud 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Warming and drying trends driven by climate change “could allow more of the western United States to be able to host this fungus,” she said. ‘Superblooms of fungus’: How climate change is making valley fever worse 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z In the western United States, climate warming has already brought substantial declines in mountain snowpack, with peak snow water equivalent dropping by about 20 percent since the 1950s, according to one study. California snowpack vastly depleted after record dry start to year 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z The average black bear in the western United States weighs 100 to 300 pounds, according to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Hank the Tank, a 500-pound bear, ransacks a California community 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z While the eastern cities were crowded, the western United States offered people plenty of space to live and work. myWorld: The Growth of Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z So does the dryness of fuel, such as downed trees, which is increasing alongside sustained droughts, such as the record-setting one now afflicting parts of the western United States. Nights won’t save us from wildfires in a warming world 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z By the mid-1960s, the peregrine falcon population dropped by more than 70 percent in the western United States. Falcons return to nest at Harpers Ferry, which will close off section to give them space 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Curling aficionados say the center is the only facility in the western United States that features dedicated ice and sheets built and maintained exclusively for curling. L.A. emerges as a vibrant and unexpected hotspot for curling 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z He also served as a driver, bodyguard and overall assistant to lieutenant governor candidate Arthur Fletcher, the first African American to seek statewide electoral office in the western United States. Why serial killers are drawn to politics 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z Almost all of the precipitation that nourishes soil and fills reservoirs in the western United States falls from November through March. After snowy December, California suddenly turns dry, magnifying drought concern 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z Forest Service has historically treated up to 2 million acres in the western United States annually, the report said. Biden administration unveils plan to combat worsening US wildfires 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z Heavy snowfall and strong winds in the western United States drove cancellations around Christmas. Airlines cancel more than 3,000 flights on Monday, a busy holiday travel day. 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z Between Canada and the western United States, the blazes emitted about 89 million metric tons of carbon into the atmosphere. Wildfires Broke Records around the World in 2021 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z “I will begin work at the federal level in the new year and will be more impactful for all of the western United States,” Peshlakai, a Democrat, said in her resignation letter dated Wednesday. Arizona Sen. Peshlakai resigns, moves to Interior Department 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z An upper-level ridge over the western United States that brought warm and dry conditions through November is also shifting to an upper-level trough, which brings cooler, wetter conditions, Nauslar said. southern California spared major fires as rains ends an unprecedented season 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z June — Nearly all of the western United States was gripped by a drought that emerged in early 2020. From heatwaves to floods, climate change worsened weather extremes in 2021 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z Pacific salmon occupy a wide range off the coast of the western United States and Canada, from southern California up to northern Alaska, and along Russia in the western Pacific Ocean. Melting glaciers may produce thousands of kilometers of new salmon habitat 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z The combination of high-pressure zones in the western United States and northern Canada helped frequently steer a dip in the jet stream toward the eastern United States, keeping it chilly. November was cooler and much drier than normal in Washington 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z On its eastern flank are warm southerly winds, which conspire with high pressure over the western United States to bring extended warmth over much of the country. December launches with exceptional warmth over large parts of Lower 48 states 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Still, it notes that extreme rainfall poses a variety of threats in the western United States. Devastating Pacific Northwest Floods Could Carry a Climate Warning 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z This year, the western United States is in the midst of one of its worst droughts in recent memory. Cloud seeding gains steam as West faces worsening droughts 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z New study says climate change is essentially two-thirds to 88% responsible for the conditions driving wildfire woes in the western United States. Biden to announce sharp cuts to methane emissions as Congress delays his climate agenda 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z As large fires smolder in the western United States, the smoke can travel across the country, blanketing large population centers. Wildfire smoke harms more people in the Eastern U.S. than West, study shows 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z The 1962 storm also featured an atmospheric river, a phenomenon that accounts for as much as 50% of precipitation in the western United States. How did California's recent bomb cyclones compare with the 'Big Blow' of 1962? 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Much of the western United States is struggling with long-lasting drought, which studies have linked to climate change. Devastating Pacific Northwest Floods Could Carry a Climate Warning 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z The projects include work with communities in South Africa, the Philippines, Colombia and the Oceti Sakowin Power Authority formed by six Sioux tribes in the western United States. Apple adds suppliers to clean-energy pledge, including more chip firms 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z The weather system began to move through the western United States earlier in the week. NFL fans brave bomb cyclone to watch 49ers-Colts game 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z But it remains to be seen if the wet weather will make a dent in the drought that’s plaguing California and the western United States. Forecasters: California storm could bring ‘historic’ rain 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z It was designed to be one of the most-substantial changes to the law that has governed U.S. mining since 1872, which did not set royalties in order to encourage development of the western United States. U.S. Senator Manchin promises to block mining royalty plan 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z It’s always about money, isn’t it, here in the pay-to-play capital of the western United States? Column: Ridley-Thomas, a heavy lifter on homelessness, now carries weight of bribery charges 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z The fierce wildfires that broke out across much of the western United States this summer, spreading smoke across hundreds of miles, continue to pose a serious health hazard to millions. Wildfire smoke is here to stay. Here’s how to clean the air inside your home 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z High temperatures and below-average precipitation that have spread drought across the western United States are likely to continue for another year, according to new estimates from the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center. ‘Historical’ Western Drought Is Likely to Persist 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z This week’s focus on climate change comes at the end of another summer of disasters related to extreme weather, including devastating wildfires in the western United States, deadly flooding in the U.S., UN to world leaders: To curtail warming, you must do more 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z As a result, the area intentionally burned each year in the western United States remained virtually unchanged between 1998 and 2018. A huge forest experiment aims to reduce wildfires. Can it unite loggers and environmentalists? 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z Pattee and others with the Natural Resources Conservation Service collect information about how snowpack that feeds the Skagit River and other watersheds throughout the western United States accumulates and melts. As they maintain snowpack monitoring equipment in state, team sees impact of ‘an anomalous year’ 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Since 2017, nearly every year has brought record-breaking fires to the western United States — with the current wildfire season in the West on pace to be possibly the worst yet. Wildfire smoke ruins taste of some wines 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z The other is 9/11, which as a colonel in the Washington Air National Guard, left Ezelle responsible for monitoring air traffic that day for the entire western United States. On 9/11, Robert Ezelle monitored the Western skies. 20 years later, as he leads Washington’s pandemic response, he sees parallels 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z Fire season has become a hard-to-breathe reality in much of the western United States. About 7,000 California preterm births linked to wildfire smoke risks, study says 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Now, a major drought gripping the western United States has put the project back in the spotlight. California moves slowly on water projects amid drought 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z The forest there, like many others in the western United States, has endured a history of colonization, clear-cut logging and aggressive fire suppression that have upended the natural balance of wildfires. Why the Lake Tahoe area is vulnerable to wildfire 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z In August, wildfires continued to rage across the western United States and Canada, southern Europe, northern Africa, Russia, Israel and elsewhere. AP PHOTOS: Wildfires grow worldwide as climate sizzles 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z Intense wildfires continued to burn across parts of the western United States on Sunday, prompting thousands of evacuations in Utah and Northern California as the fires collectively engulfed more than a half-million acres of land. Thousands Evacuate as Wildfires Ravage Utah and Northern California 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z Wildfire smoke may contribute up to half of the PM 2.5 in some parts of the western United States. Wildfire smoke may be linked to hundreds of COVID deaths and thousands of cases, study finds 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z Warming is fastest in the Arctic; flooding is rampant through Europe and Asia, while drought ravages the western United States and Africa. Climate change 'unequivocal' and 'unprecedented,' says new UN report 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z It warned of a "high potential for severe wildfire activity throughout the western United States through the rest of summer and into the fall". Dixie Fire: Firefighters tackles historic California wildfire 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z On Thursday, most of the heat was relegated to the western United States, where temperatures in Montana were forecast to climb into the 100s. Coast-to-coast heat dome to deliver sweltering weather next week (but not here) 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z And worst of all, the drought blanketing the western United States is not going away. Western Drought Has Lasted Longer than the Dust Bowl 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z Extreme heat and a wildfire in Oregon pushed California to the brink of switching off power to thousands of people over the weekend as climate-related disasters affect communities across the parched western United States. Soaring Temperatures, Wildfire Threaten California's Power Grid 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z Days after an unprecedented heat wave hit the Pacific Northwest, killing scores, officials in the western United States on Thursday were preparing for a another round of scorching heat expected to hit this weekend. Western U.S. readies for scorching heat this weekend 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z As the western United States continues to face a months-long bout with extreme drought, American farmers are feeling catastrophic effects to their livelihoods. Western farmers fight for fairness, businesses amid drought 'like Hurricane Katrina' 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z The record-setting heat across the western United States is helping to drive a dangerous side effect: Forests from Oregon to New Mexico are exceptionally dry and primed to ignite into wildfire. Extremely Dry U.S. West Is Ripe for Wildfires 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z The current drought, which blankets the entire state and a broad swath of the western United States, according to the U.S. California's drought and wildfire dangers rising at stunning pace 2021-06-26T04:00:00Z Record-breaking and life-threatening temperatures continue to grip the western United States this week, with eight states under both Red Flag Warnings and Excessive Heat Warnings and Advisories. 8 states under extreme heat warnings as record highs grip West 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z Let’s stipulate that wildfires are part of the ecosystem in the western United States. Opinion | Here’s why the old playbook for fighting wildfires doesn’t work anymore 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z A heat wave this week across the western United States, which is already facing the worst drought in two decades, will test electrical grids stressed by air-conditioning and endanger those unable to find relief. Hottest Temperatures in Arizona and Nevada History Are Possible 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z The drought in the western United States is putting California’s reservoirs at dangerously low levels. He has celebrated deserts all his life. Now he's sounding the alarm 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z But that didn’t happen in August, when temperatures were up to 20 degrees above normal for much of the western United States. California readies to prevent blackouts, but threats remain 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z In some places, including parts of the drought-stricken western United States, it’s already happening. Millions of Groundwater Wells Could Run Dry 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z The location of the Selby terminal will allow Neste to supply sustainable aviation fuel to a growing number of airports across the western United States, the companies said in the announcement. Neste, NuStar expand California sustainable aviation fuel project 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z Last summer, she was confined to the western United States. Mikaela Shiffrin Is Not Going Downhill 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z After the public hearing resumed, Hernandez, wearing an orange prison uniform, asked Snyder to have him incarcerated in the western United States. Gang member gets 16 years for firebombing Black families' homes 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z In the western United States, the 2020 wildfire season was devastating and deadly, with a total of about $16 billion in losses, and Colorado and California saw their largest blazes in state history. 2020 rivals hottest year on record, pushing Earth closer to a critical climate threshold 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z As heavy precipitation continues to impact much of the western United States, the Great Plains and America's South will be subjected to even more winter storm conditions this week. Plains and South could see yet another major winter storm this week 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z Up and down the western United States, protests have devolved into violent clashes replete with thrown rocks, exploding fireworks and streams of chemical irritants. D.C. is becoming a protest battleground. In a polarized nation, experts say that’s unlikely to change. 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z Between rodeos, Wayne worked on ranches across the western United States, including California, New Mexico and Arizona. Cowboy and his bride of 6 decades: ‘We’ve had lots of fun’ 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z Known as Santa Ana winds, or Diablo winds in Northern California, they originate as masses of cool air in the Great Basin region of the western United States. Why Winter Wildfires May Get Worse 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z —Record wildfires struck California and Colorado in the western United States, following a major fire season in Australia, worsened by record heat. UN: Warmer world in 2020 busted weather records, hurt people 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z The propane wholesaler for the western United States will also market the refinery’s butane. Davis Refinery developer to renew investor search 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z With more than 450 lawyers in 15 cities, the firm is one of the largest in the western United States. Trump’s attempts to challenge the election results suffer more setbacks in court 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z Serra was an 18th-century Spanish missionary priest, long praised by the church for bringing Roman Catholicism to what is now the western United States. Exorcism: Increasingly frequent, including after US protests 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z A look at some of the natural wonders of the western United States, including the Grand Canyon and the Devil’s Tower. Movies on TV this week: 'The Bridge on the River Kwai,' KCET 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z More than half of the acres burned each year in the western United States can be attributed to climate change. Climate Change Is Central to California's Wildfires 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z With climate change making drought more common across the western United States, the researchers say a similar shut down might happen again. Drought once shut down Old Faithful—and might again 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z Today in the western United States, which has the largest surface mines in the nation, that figure is about 140 tons a day. ‘The coal industry is back,’ Trump proclaimed. It wasn’t. 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z Summer broke earlier than in recent years in the East thanks to a strong dome of high pressure in the western United States, which unfortunately delivered record-setting heat and fire danger there. Washington had its coolest September in 11 years, shutting down summer early 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z Satellite images reveal that beaver homesteads are oases of green among wildfire-scorched areas of the western United States. Daily briefing: What happens when COVID-19 runs almost unchecked 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z “Our thoughts are also with those affected by the wildfires currently burning across the western United States.” Bobcat fire investigation includes Southern California Edison equipment 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z Hurwitz and his colleagues say that, with climate change making megadroughts more likely across the western United States, Old Faithful might erupt less frequently in future–and might even stop altogether. Drought once shut down Old Faithful—and might again 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z It shows more than 100 wildfires in the western United States but doesn’t display Canada’s fires. NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z That doesn’t bode well for the 78 million people in the western United States now confronting historic wildfires. Wildfire smoke leaves lung damage long after air clears 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z That doesn’t bode well for the 78 million people in the western United States now confronting historic wildfires. Wildfire smoke leaves lung damage long after air clears 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z The firefighter’s death in the El Dorado fire is the latest tragedy caused by blazes that are continuing to ravage the western United States. Firefighter dies in California's El Dorado wildfire sparked by gender-reveal party 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z If enabled, we can overcome our current situation and teach others how to get it done across the western United States. First Thing: Trump says Covid-19 could be stopped by 'herd mentality' 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z Social media posts this week noted what seemed like a curious phenomenon: Wildfire maps show the blazes stretch across much of the western United States, but end at the Canadian border. NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z Another year of record wildfires in the western United States has turned the skies orange over cities such as San Francisco, California. Daily briefing: Shocking decline in the abundance of life on Earth 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Too much of the western United States is on fire, and many areas not suffering directly from fire are enveloped in choking, acrid smoke. The future has arrived. These explosive fires are our climate change wakeup call 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z This was being done by clockwise circulation around an intense high-pressure system in the western United States. How a Pacific storm fueled lightning that sparked California's biggest-ever fire season 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z "We do find a few counties in the northeastern and western United States where the use of neonicotinoids decreased over this period, leading to a small positive impact on bird populations," the researchers write. The pesticide that caused bee colonies to collapse is killing birds now 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z Biocontrol researchers are now pinning hope on two tiny silverflies, both native to the western United States, to control the summer adelgid generation. To save the hemlock, scientists turn to genetics and natural predators 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z Tribes pushed to be first in line to apply for licenses for the mid-band spectrum that is largely unassigned across the western United States and once was reserved for educational institutions. Deadline extended for tribes to seek broadband licenses 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z Still, we imagined, as the pandemic spiked in the southern and western United States, that governors would restate the rules and give the lead to their public health officials. A road trip through the red states, while the pandemic spikes 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z “We’re only seeing the beginning of what’s going to become a major natural resource issue for everybody living in the western United States.” US rivers and lakes are shrinking for a surprising reason: cows 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z In 1997, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, an association of hunters, offered to fund a multimillion-dollar six-year plan to airlift more than 1,500 elk to Kentucky from the western United States. Elk Return to Kentucky, Bringing Economic Life 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Almost nine million years ago, the Yellowstone volcanic hotspot, which stretches over areas of the western United States, experienced one of the largest eruptions ever known. Daily briefing: Coronavirus breakthrough — first drug shown to reduce deaths 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z Most of the western United States is experiencing extreme dryness or drought, creating challenging conditions for wildfire season, Bryan Henry, meteorologist with the National Interagency Fire Center, said in a recent fire season outlook. Arizona wildfire grows, evacuation orders in effect 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z Remote wilderness areas and national parks in the western United States are getting a dusting of plastic every year, perhaps 1000 tons or more, according to a new study. Plastic dust is blowing into U.S. national parks—more than 1000 tons each year 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z A “megadrought” gripping the western United States is the worst one in 500 years, scientists say. Climate Change Has Helped Fuel a Megadrought in the Southwest 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z I wrote this story in early 2019, when a federal government shutdown was impacting our travel plans to one of the National Parks in the western United States. An examination of the trash recovered at Armstrong Lunar Park 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z The western United States was the only slightly cooler exception. When spring came early: Washington just completed its fifth-warmest March on record 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z It supplies rotisserie chickens and raw chicken to Costcos in the western United States. Amid coronavirus crisis, U.S. shoppers turn chicken into a scarcity 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z Looking at samples from 11 remote areas in the western United States, including the Grand Canyon and Joshua Tree National Park, Brahney noticed brightly colored fragments under the microscope. Plastic dust is blowing into U.S. national parks—more than 1000 tons each year 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z A University of Maine spokesperson said in a statement that the work concerns the growth of larger and more intense wildfires in the western United States. NASA grant will help Maine scientist study wildfire effects 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z Almost one-third of the water used in the western United States goes to crops that feed cattle. Daily briefing: How transgenic animal models are advancing the fight against coronavirus 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Fundamentalist Mormons, numbering an estimated 30,000 across the western United States, continue the practice, however, in the belief that if promises glorification in heaven. Decriminalization of polygamy in Utah clears key hurdle in state legislature 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Fentanyl has finally arrived in force in the western United States. Drug overdose deaths rise in the West while they drop in the East 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Fundamentalist Mormons, said to number more than 30,000 across the western United States, believe they are adhering to the truest form of Mormon doctrine, which promises polygamists glorification in heaven. Utah senate unanimously moves to decriminalize polygamy 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z The bureau administers almost 18,000 permits and leases for livestock, mostly cattle and sheep, grazing on 155 million acres of public land in the western United States. The Bureau of Land Management wants to go back to the Dust Bowl era 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z Most of the movie’s aerial filming took place in training ranges in the western United States. US Navy is in talks to get early screenings of new “Top Gun” 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z The lease sales in Arizona haven’t been as controversial as others elsewhere in the western United States. Environmentalists drop lawsuit over federal oil, gas leases 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z “I want to pay tribute to the pioneers who contributed to the expansion of the western United States,” he said. Wyoming elevation challenges cross-country French runner 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z About 85 percent of Habit locations are on in the western United States. Habit Burger Grill plans to offer Impossible plant-based patty 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z As for policy, Australia “started following the same policies as the western United States and setting aside land, locking it up, not allowing thinning in part for species habitat,” he said. ‘Gross mismanagement’: Green forestry policies blamed for fueling Australian bush fires 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z Many of the issues of greatest concern to Americans – the environment, inequality, the impact of technology on our daily lives – converge with particular force in the western United States. Housing, water and tech: what west coast readers asked us to cover 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Trump apparently thought Putin was referring to liberal politicians in the western United States, rather than the Western world’s belief in the freedom of the individual. The quotes that defined American politics in 2019 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z Unless you live in the far-northern parts of the central United States, the mountains of the western United States or the interior Northeast, you’ll awaken to bare ground Christmas morning. Warm Christmas expected for most of U.S. 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z The sanctuary phenomenon began last year in the western United States. Virginia AG Herring: ‘Second Amendment sanctuary’ proclamations have no force 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z He and his colleagues also studied fossils of Ceratosaurus and Allosaurus, carnivores that prowled what is now the western United States about 150 million years ago. Cannibalistic Dinosaurs Went Through a Lot of Teeth 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z Right now, swaths of the western United States are charred from major wildfires. GOP elites helped create climate skepticism. They can undo it, too. 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Willard said he identified Illinois’s first Brewer’s sparrow, a tiny bird that usually keeps to the western United States. Birds are shrinking. These scientists say it’s a consequence of global warming. 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z “The whole western United States was basically built on a structure that worked for communities, what we call the wild west was never the wild west,” he said. Mexican president prays with family of dead US dual citizens 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z But scientists have found that climate change — including longer, hotter and drier fire seasons, diminishing snowpack and lengthening droughts — have already measurably worsened the size and scale of fires in the western United States. Trump Stymies California Climate Efforts Even as State Burns 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z The handout promoted the city as a “hub to the western United States.” Symbol of ’80s Greed Stands to Profit From Trump Tax Break for Poor Areas 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z That arrangementis growing tenuous as other states shut down coal plants and pass their own clean energy targets, leading to a tightening of supply across the western United States, officials say. These fish-killing gas plants were set to close. California may throw them a lifeline 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z A total of 550 positions were evaluated for a possible move to the western United States, where most of the agency action is. Some Democrats are not happy about BLM moving its headquarters to Colorado - The Washington Post 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Wells Enterprises said Tuesday that the Unilever plant in Henderson will help Wells meet the growing demand for its products in the western United States. Iowa ice cream maker buying Nevada plant 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z Projectile points and other stone tools recovered near a riverbank in Idaho suggest that ancient humans reached the western United States more than 16,000 years ago. Ancient stone tools hint at settlers’ epic trek to North America 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z With its count falling 99% to the low tens of thousands in the western United States last year, the monarch is now under government consideration for listing under the U.S. Goodbye monarchs? Protection changes may imperil butterflies 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z Something similar is happening to snow resources in the western United States. Climate change will mean more multiyear snow droughts in the West 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z Domino’s and the business interests urging the court’s intervention said the decision in the 9th Circuit — which covers California and most of the western United States — was a game-changer. Do protections for people with disabilities apply online? Domino’s asks high court. 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z National Tsunami Warning Center said there was no warning in place for the coast of the western United States. Magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes off El Salvador coast: USGS 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Scientists are finding that wildfires in the western United States may alter the landscape in ways that lead to earlier, faster snowmelt. In "Vicious Cycle," Snowmelt Fuels Wildfires, and Wildfires Melt Snow 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z Human plague infections do continue to occur in the western United States, but significantly more cases occur in parts of Africa and Asia, according to the CDC. Mongolian couple die of bubonic plague after eating marmot, triggering quarantine 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z Some blame early-season snow in Canada and the western United States, which made it harder for trappers to get out. Popularity of fur-trimmed parkas a boon for coyote trappers 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z The question now, in the western United States, is if the butterflies are resilient enough to rebound from such a precipitous decline. The Vanishing Flights of the Monarch Butterfly 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z The biggest region where false springs seem to be actually increasing is in the intermountain western United States, the area between the Rockies and the Sierras. How Climate Change May Affect Winter "Weather Whiplash" 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z The western United States is one of the clearest examples of a changing snowscape, but the pattern of earlier springs seems to be happening across much of the Northern Hemisphere. Love Snow? Here's How It's Changing 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z And researchers have found that opioid prescription rates during the Great Recession were highest in the south, Appalachia and rural western United States, some of the areas hardest hit. How the next recession could save lives 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z His own Dominican province in the western United States recently hired an outside law firm to sift through personnel records and release names of abusers stretching back to the 1930s. Victims of Abuse by Religious Order Priests Say Their Claims Fall Through the Cracks 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z “While the disease is rare in humans, plague occurs naturally in the western United States in areas where rodents and their fleas become infected,” Harrist added. Plague infects third Wyoming cat in 6 months, health officials say 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z “It’s fantastic that women’s volleyball and softball and athlete profiles are going out across the whole western United States on a network we control.” As the Rose Bowl Arrived, the Pac-12 Was Struggling to Keep Up 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z Besides presiding over a small state in what is now Germany, he was a naturalist who went on a stagecoach and steamboat expedition to the western United States in the 1830s. How to Move 2.8 Million Dead Fish 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z One such example: desalination plants in the drought-plagued western United States. Solar Industry's Future Lies in Lightweight Technology 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z Johnson is currently the cooperative’s news director for the western United States. AP names Johnson all-formats news director in Europe, Africa 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z “Warmer and drier conditions have contributed to an increase in large forest fires in the western United States and interior Alaska,” according to the report. Government climate report warns of worsening U.S. disasters 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z Despite its distance from the Arctic, Unalaska is the last deepwater port where large ships heading to the Arctic can refuel in the western United States, and the first when returning. The new Arctic Frontier 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Across the western United States and Canada, these scientists are nearing the end of one of the most comprehensive studies ever of the hibernation habits of bats. Plague marching west: researchers study bats to stop their demise 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z Left unburnt, many forests across the western United States now look as they never have before, brimming with fuel that has accumulated, in some spots, for more than 100 years. Controlled burns in OR: Can more fires create less smoke? 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Left unburnt, many forests across the western United States now look as they never have before, brimming with fuel that has accumulated, in some spots, for more than 100 years. Controlled burns in OR: Can more fires create less smoke? 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z War Department map of the western United States contained an enormous blank spot where the monument would one day be. Why Two Chefs in Small-Town Utah Decided to Sue President Trump 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z “These bats are from the western United States, where there are essentially no fireflies,” Barber said. Firefly twinkles are a sweet reminder that they taste like trash, study says 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z Much of the western United States is also experiencing drought. Crops suffering under severe drought in Missouri 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z There could be a strong increase in burned area in the temperate forests of the western United States but a more complex pattern across the boreal forests farther north. Warming Is Worsening Wildfires, But Not Everywhere or Every Time 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z This year’s participants included 150 young people ranging in age from 5 to 30 and hailing from cities throughout the western United States and Mexico. Young artists make a connection in mariachi competition 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z The “settlement” of the western United States was made possible by a brutal combination of the displacement of native peoples and immigrant laborers cutting paths for railroad barons. Are white people ready to bail on democracy? These researchers say the danger is real 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Across the western United States, 50 major wildfires are burning in parts of 14 states, fueled by severe drought. The world is hot, on fire, and flooding. Climate change is here 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z The image of the day from NASA’s Earth Observatory shows gusting plumes of smoke veiling the western United States. How Climate Change Contributed to This Summer’s Wildfires 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z A 2016 study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that climate change has been worsening wildfires in the western United States for decades by drying out local vegetation. Warming Is Worsening Wildfires, But Not Everywhere or Every Time 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z Since the 1970s, temperatures have risen by two degrees Fahrenheit in the western United States. As Carr Fire Kills 2 in California, Firefighters Reflect on a Job Now ‘Twice as Violent’ 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z He says that allows the heat to stay in place over three areas where the kinks are: Europe, Japan and the western United States. Science Says record heat, fires worsened by climate change 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z Another heat wave: Temperature records are likely to fall across Southern California over the next two days as a heat wave smothers the western United States, according to the National Weather Service. Essential California: Breaking down the videos of a deadly shooting at Trader Joe's 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z Temperature records are likely to fall across Southern California over the next two days as a heat wave smothers the western United States, according to the National Weather Service. L.A. and Southern California sizzle as 'heat dome' blankets Western U.S. 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z Hotter, drier conditions are priming the western United States for longer fire seasons and bigger, hotter blazes. Warming Is Worsening Wildfires, But Not Everywhere or Every Time 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z It’s part of a pattern of intense fire dangercurrently plaguing most of the western United States, which is unlikely to fade anytime soon. We’ve entered the era of “fire tsunamis” 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z The hospital also leads the largest pediatric residency training program at a freestanding children’s hospital of its kind in the western United States. Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Receives Anonymous $20 Million Donation to Renovate Emergency Depart 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z Thousands of Chinese immigrants arrived in the western United States to work in mines following the California Gold Rush in 1848, and later, many were hired to construct the Transcontinental Railroad in the 1880s. Exhumed remains of 13 Chinese men to be reburied in Nevada 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z Thousands of Chinese immigrants arrived in the western United States to work in mines following the California Gold Rush in 1848, and later many were hired to construct the Transcontinental Railroad in the 1880s. Exhumed remains of 13 Chinese men to be reburied in Nevada 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z Proponents of a regional grid say improving cooperation across the western United States would make it easier to use renewable resources from other states to meet demand in California, and vice versa. California lawmakers debate creating regional electric grid 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z The goal of the Homestead Act was to settle the western United States and it worked. Recent editorials published in Nebraska newspapers 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z The fossil, dug up in the western United States in 2013, is known only to belong to a large, carnivorous dinosaur. Mystery dinosaur skeleton sells for over $2 million at Paris auction 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z Emily Fischer is likely one of the few people whose summer plans were buoyed by a recent forecast that much of the western United States faces another worse-than-normal wildfire season. Scientists race to reveal how surging wildfire smoke is affecting climate and health 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z For eons, coyotes roamed what is now the western United States, with its wide-open plains. Here’s why there are so many coyotes and why they are spreading so fast 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z Supporters say regionalizing the grid would make it easier and cheaper to deploy renewable energy across the western United States. California lawmakers debate creating regional electric grid 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z Throughout the western United States, snowpack is declining year over year. Dismal Western Snowpack is a Climate "Warning Sign" 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z Warmer weather and more warm days each year also mean more wildland fires - a trend the western United States has been entangled in for more than two decades. Professor warns of climate change’s effects on recreation 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z The birds, protected by the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and identified by the Nevada Wildlife Action Plan as a species of conservation priority, are thought to be declining in the western United States. Nevada wildlife biologist watches over state’s golden eagles 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z He explained to staff members that The Times should not see its mission as serving Los Angeles, but the entire region, the western United States as well as Asia, Mexico and beyond. Patrick Soon-Shiong plans to move Los Angeles Times to new campus in El Segundo He is currently president of The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, an interstate compact created to provide access to higher education opportunities for residents of the western United States. Ex-lieutenant governor to lead Colorado’s community colleges 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Pinyon jays, which live in Mexico and the western United States, and search for food in flocks, gather at a bird feeder. Jays play nicely with the right hormone 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z Water policies in the western United States were developed on the heel's of the Little Ice Age, a climate epoch the author acknowledges. Opinion | The Northwest Passage That Might Have Been 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z Fontana-based California Steel Industries, the largest steel mill in the western United States, depends almost solely on imported semifinished steel slabs, usually from Mexico, Brazil and Japan. California steel industry leaders say they would be hurt by Trump's proposed tariffs 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z One of their most difficult practice runs is a path that follows the Lewis and Clark Trail, named for the two explorers who navigated uncharted territory in the western United States. North Dakota’s reservation runners build a dynasty 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z It animated the 1902 Reclamation Act that funded irrigation projects that developed the western United States. Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Puts Burden on State and Private Money 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z That is why doctors from the western United States are named in this suit. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z The far western United States did not vote for the partisan train wreck gripping the nation’s capital. It’s up to Western states to rescue our democracy 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z The total eclipse will be visible from the western United States and Canada across the Pacific Ocean to most of Australia and China, as well as northern polar regions. Heavenly show to feature trifecta of super blue moon, eclipse 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z Badgers are common in the central and western United States. Badger Day in the forecast at Wildcat Hills 2018-01-27T05:00:00Z That will leave many science agencies staffed by small numbers of 'essential' employees, interrupting government research on everything from winter snowpack in the western United States to the inner workings of the brain. Science in limbo as US government shuts down 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z The unit serves the central and western United States, Alberta, Canada and Britain, and operates HomeServices of America, the majority owner of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices and one of the largest U.S. residential real estate brokerages. Berkshire energy unit names CEO to replace potential Buffett successor 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z The western United States — especially the deep-blue Pacific Coast states — is beginning to coalesce into a distinct polity acting independently of the federal government, forming a powerful economic bloc that cannot be ignored. It’s up to Western states to rescue our democracy 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z The total eclipse will be visible from the western United States and Canada across the Pacific Ocean to most of Australia and China, as well as northern polar regions. Heavenly show to feature trifecta of super blue moon, eclipse 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z Beyond the stakes for Trump, Hatch’s retirement announcement underscored tumult among Republicans in the western United States that may complicate their efforts to hold on to the Senate. A longtime Republican senator says he'll retire, and the White House nervously eyes his likely successor, Mitt Romney 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z But wait — there’s more about this moon: The western United States also will enjoy an early morning total lunar eclipse on Jan. 31. Sky Watch: January is packed with action 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z The unit serves the central and western United States, Alberta, Canada and Britain, and operates HomeServices of America, the majority owner of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices and one of the largest U.S. residential real estate brokerages. Berkshire energy unit names CEO to replace potential Buffett successor 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z “It was ‘very likely’ that the consulate functioned for Russia as a classified communications hub for the entire western United States — and, perhaps, the entire western part of the hemisphere.” Essential California: Inside Disney's blockbuster deal 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z Geographically, it’s all still focused on the western United States, however Waymo’s ambitions — bolstered by millions of real-world miles and billions of simulated miles of driving — are understandably far grander than its present scale. Waymo’s self-driving cars rack up 4 million miles on public roads 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z “We are tiny, the smallest mine in the western United States. This is small potatoes, and short-lived.” ‘Small potatoes,’ or climate catastrophe? Company wants to restart coal mining in King County 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z Nevada now rivals New Mexico for the highest overdose death rate in the western United States. The Latest: New Mexico no longer leads in drug fatalities 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z Dozens of wildfires burned across the western United States and Canada during September. Satellite eye on Earth: September 2017 - in pictures 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z Wildfires are part of a healthy ecosystem and a fact of life in the western United States. Prepare for larger, longer wildfires 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z Goodwin has been a leading voice applying the discipline to debates mostly in the western United States. Idaho engineer to bring fresh eyes to Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay research 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z Inslee’s proclamation was issued Saturday and notes that the availability of firefighting resources in the state and the western United States is limited due to existing and projected fire conditions. Gov. Inslee declares state of emergency in all counties 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z Seven elk were brought from the western United States in 1918 to locations near Wolverine, Michigan. Michigan’s annual elk hunting season begins this week 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z Among them was Agnese Zalcmane, who traveled to the western United States from Latvia so she could be in the zone when the moon’s shadow completely covers the sun. The Latest: Clouds move to give Nashville crowd a clear view 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z The Glacier pack crew adheres to Decker-style packing, which came into vogue in the western United States in the early 20th century and continues to reign supreme for packing purists. Woman becomes Glacier National Park’s first female packer 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z From this 1,100-foot eyrie, the highest in the western United States, you can observe the glint of other towers rising up over downtown, transforming the skyline. 'This is definitely a moment': Olympics crown LA's remarkable renaissance 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Data on the center's website showed Lodgepole was the biggest of 38 large wildfires burning in the western United States. Fire crews battle to halt spread of Montana blaze, largest in the U.S. 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z ProPublica did not identify the recipient of the emails, but said that he was a retired public relations professional from the western United States. Trump lawyer to apologize for sending expletive-filled emails to stranger 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z Here's a closer look at the fires burning in the western United States and Canada. Firefighters Battle Wildfires Across the Western U.S. and Canada 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z Here’s a closer look at the fires burning in the western United States and Canada. Cooler temps and lower winds help California firefighters 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z OROVILLE, Calif. — Wildfires barreled across the baking landscape of the western United States and Canada, destroying a smattering of homes, forcing thousands to flee and temporarily trapping children and counselors at a California campground. Thousands flee wildfires burning in California and Canada 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z Data on the center's website showed Lodgepole was the biggest of 38 large wildfires burning in the western United States. Fire crews battle to halt spread of Montana blaze, largest in the U.S. 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z She is also a consultant for a cement company in Nevada that is using volcanic ash from the western United States to formulate such concrete. Seawater is the secret to long-lasting Roman concrete 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z “Dr. Strub wanted a grass course and there were none in the western United States. As with most things with Dr. Strub, he wanted something unique.” Santa Anita's right turn racecourse: no other track like it in America 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z It is now “entrenched” in large swaths of the western United States, with most cases occurring in New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, California, Oregon and Nevada, according to the C.D.C. Plague Is Found in New Mexico. Again. 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z Desert dwellers in the western United States see temperatures topping 120 degrees as a reason to hunker down indoors and turn up the air conditioning. 124-degree heat wave bakes Death Valley; police shoot motorist on Bay Area bridge 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z It is a bird of spectacular appearance and beguiling habits, building floating nests in shallow lakes of the western United States and western Canada. Silent Spring—I 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z The purchase, which T-Mobile executives refer to as the "mother lode," will strengthen the company's presence this year across the western United States, including Arizona, Montana, Texas and Wyoming. T-Mobile's expanded network has rivals - and suitors - taking notice 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Adding to the problem, the release of radioactive iodine from the Fukushima nuclear reactor set off panic buying of protective potassium iodide pills, especially in the western United States. How a Tsunami in Japan Endangered Children in Cambodia 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z “The stakes are unusually high, substantively but even more symbolically. The outcome of these races will determine control of the largest school district in the western United States.” The L.A. school board race: Brutal, expensive and important 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z Published in 1974 after being rejected by more than 100 other publishers, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, was the father-son story of a motorcycle trip across the western United States. Robert Pirsig: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance author dies aged 88 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z "It's not normal," a Harley dealer in the western United States said. Harley offers rare incentives to shift bike overhang: dealers 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z Rain-fed wildflowers are springing up in different landscapes across the state and the western United States. California’s desert wildflower ‘super bloom’ draws record crowds 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z The ruling upheld the authority of officials to grant permits to those facing a specific danger but only applied to states in the western United States. North Dakota governor approves concealed guns without a permit 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z The eastern half of North America and parts of Russia and China were all well above normal for this time of year while Europe and the western United States were on the cooler side. Big kahuna of climate indicators: This January was the third warmest on record globally 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z Organizers of the Walk for Life West Coast said that attendance appeared to be similar to last year, which drew about 50,000 people from across the western United States. Anti-abortion protesters march in San Francisco 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z He said these falcons typically reside in open country with low lying vegetation in the western United States. 2 prairie falcons catching attention in central Illinois 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z Barwari claims that no other restaurant in California offers this dish, which I don’t doubt — Niroj is the only Kurdish restaurant in the western United States. Jonathan Gold tells you what to order at the only Kurdish restaurant in the western United States 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z Unlike forests in the western United States, which are mostly owned by the U.S. government, more than 80% of southeastern forests are in private hands. Is wood a green source of energy? Scientists are divided 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z The National Weather Service has issued winter storm and blizzard warnings and watches for the western United States all the way up to northern-tier states. Santa Claus on track to deliver gifts despite storm: U.S. military 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z Trade with China and immigration from Mexico have been huge drivers of economic growth in the western United States. Fed’s John Williams Feels Uncertainty Among Business Leaders 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z House Republicans do not want the bird to be declared an endangered species, arguing it would put too much land in the western United States off limits for military training. Compromise reached on massive U.S. defense bill 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z Pisco was popular in the late 19th century in the western United States, but it disappeared for a while. Houma man’s documentary explores unique cocktail 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Some conservative federal and state lawmakers, including many in the western United States, want federal control transferred or sold to states or private entities. A Last Look at the U.S. Presidential Candidates’ Stances on Science The western United States set records for low winter snowpack levels in 2015, and a new report blames high temperatures rather than low precipitation levels, according to a new study. Study blames warm winter for low snowpack levels 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z They play in the E.C.H.L., not the East Coast Hockey League, which was the name of the league until 2003, when it added teams in the western United States. For New Islanders Announcer, a Place to Call Home 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z Climate change resulting from human activities has nearly doubled the area burned by forest fires in the western United States over the past three decades. Climate change: Wildfires burn more US forest : Nature : Nature Research 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z The cloud candidates were not decked or layered like those on Earth, he added, but rather suggest a sky “like it is in the western United States”. Nasa findings hint of clouds on Pluto during New Horizons mission 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Forest fires are burning longer and stronger across the western United States, lighting up the landscape with alarming frequency. Climate Change Blamed for Half of Increased Forest Fire Danger 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Also known as Rocky Point, Puerto Peñasco has been a playground for the western United States and Canada for almost 100 years. 10 Top Retirement Lifestyles in Mexico 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z The connector is part of an $8.5-billion-dollar modernization and expansion of the nation’s third busiest airport, which is the primary international gateway to the western United States. New $148-million connector at LAX improves passenger access between domestic and international terminals 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z The Millennium Tower, which its developers say is the largest reinforced concrete building in the western United States, has now sunk about 16 inches and is leaning six inches toward a neighboring skyscraper. In San Francisco, a Sinking Skyscraper and a Deepening Dispute 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Since the Aliso Canyon facility is the second-largest natural gas storage field in the western United States, there are worries that grid vulnerabilities may lead to power outages. Utilities meet tight energy storage deadline 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Two years earlier, she set a record on the Pacific Crest Trail, a 2,650-mile path that runs between Mexico and Canada along some of the most unforgiving terrain in the western United States. Record-setting runner has set records on the Pacific Crest and Appalachian trails. What’s next? 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z The western United States, reeling from the effects of a historic drought, is experiencing an unprecedented season for wildfires, with nearly double the five-year average of acreage affected in California, according to CalFire. Wildfires beware: Boeing patents giant bullet to shoot down blazes 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z In parts of the western United States, wracked by historic drought, you can get a tax break for using an abundance of water. Gimme a break! IRS tax loophole can reward excessive water use in drought-stricken West 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Firefighters are making gradual progress against the blaze as wildfire season in the western United States reaches its traditional peak, intensified by prolonged drought and extreme summer heat across California. Out-of-control California wildfire grows, forces schools to close 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z Firefighters are making gradual but steady progress against the blaze as wildfire season in the western United States reaches its traditional peak, intensified by prolonged drought and extreme summer heat across the region. California wildfire forces closure of scenic Highway 1 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z The new documentary “Killing the Colorado” sounds the alarm about a potential man-made disaster that could affect the water supply for the entire western United States. TV This Week, July 31-Aug. 6: 'The Bandit,' the Olympics and more 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z While they are also plentiful in most of the western United States, mountain lions face unique habitat challenges in the greater Los Angeles area. Where do mountain lions hunt in Los Angeles? 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z In both instances, militia members and supporters said they were protesting what they viewed as government tyranny in its control of vast tracts of federal land in the western United States. Reputed Utah militia leader charged with attempted bombing 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Aliso Canyon is the biggest of four SoCal Gas storage fields and the largest such facility in the western United States. California power grid braces for heat wave, blackout potential 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z The facility, in the San Fernando Valley, is the second largest storage field in the western United States, according to federal data, and therefore crucial for power generation. California power grid prepares for heatwave, possible natgas shortage 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z More than 67,000 feral horses and burros are roaming on Bureau of Land Management lands in the western United States, according to an estimate released in March. Wolf-dog rescue takes in orphaned feral horses 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the western United States is sweltering under a heat wave that was expected to bring record high temperatures. Storms menace East Coast; Florida under tropical storm warning 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z The newest attack on the right to vote is the latest chapter of a struggle that started with slavery and its expansion into the western United States. Missouri targets black voters: This is an un-American and intentional assault on voting rights 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z Efforts to protect the greater sage grouse, a bird found in the western United States, do not pose a threat to the U.S. military, two senior Democratic House of Representatives lawmakers said on Tuesday. U.S. military can withstand the sage grouse, lawmakers say 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z It was the latest sign that policymakers were waking up to a crisis that has grown acute in the western United States. Los Angeles to increase homelessness spending nearly fivefold to tackle crisis 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z The unseasonable warmth is part of a center of warm air shifting north across portions of the western United States, the National Weather Service said. Seattle basks in brief 'heat storm' after record rain 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z One method is already becoming enormously popular in California and other parts of the western United States. Snow-sensing fleet to unlock water's icy secrets 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z The issues in the case touched upon the smoldering tensions over federal control of public lands, particularly in the western United States. U.S. top court backs moose hunter in Alaska hovercraft dispute 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z Preliminary data from this season indicates that although snowboard equipment sales have increased 25 percent across the western United States, they are down 4 percent nationally. Snowboarding, Once a High-Flying Sport, Crashes to Earth 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z Two weeks after the total solar eclipse, the western United States can witness a feeble penumbral lunar eclipse March 23. Skywatch: March roars in full of planetary events 2016-02-27T05:00:00Z The national championships alternate between the eastern and western United States, with last year’s event held at Sunlight Mountain Resort in Colorado. Telemark skiing championships to be at Crotched Mountain 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z The militia took over the refuge on 2 January protesting about government "interference" in the lives of ranchers in the western United States. Oregon stand-off: Three of four armed occupiers surrender - BBC News 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z Critics call that a selective and incorrect reading of the Constitution, but it underpins much of the long-simmering dispute in the western United States over federal land-management policies. Killing of an Oregon wildlife refuge occupier has re-energized protesters 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z “The message that came out was a message that America and the western United States needed to hear,” he said. In Oregon siege, troubling signs of a movement on the offensive 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Data from the Global Hawk will also aid meteorologists tracking El Niño-spawned storms as they barrel down on the western United States, says Dole. Monster El Niño probed by meteorologists 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z The leaking storage field in Aliso Canyon is the second largest such facility in the western United States by capacity. California governor declares LA-area gas leak an emergency 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z The occupation, which began on Saturday, is the latest skirmish over federal land management in the western United States. FBI seeks peaceful end to occupation at Oregon wildlife refuge 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z This caused plague to become entrenched in many areas of the western United States. Researchers ID Areas of Western U.S. With Risk of Plague 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z There were higher concentrations of coarse particles in the western United States, but heart-related hospitalizations were higher in the East, suggesting some particles are more harmful than others. Smog Linked to Heart Disease in Seniors 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z The transaction is expected to close by the first quarter of 2016, and Bowie will become the largest bituminous coal producer in the western United States. Officials see good coal news in sale of Colorado mine 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z A majority of the infections were reported from the western United States. Chicken Salad From Costco Implicated in E. Coli Infections 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Executive director of the Boise Valley Economic Partnership, Clark Krause, says Boise competed with other cities in the western United States to secure the company. Tech company to expand in Boise, create hundreds of jobs 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z But, those living in the western United States are still at risk for the disease, according to the study published recently in the journal PeerJ. Researchers ID Areas of Western U.S. With Risk of Plague 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z About one-third were collected in the western United States and one-third collected in the South. Gonorrhea Becoming More Resistant to One Antibiotic: CDC 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z Studies show a weak association between mortality and particulate matter in Appalachia and the Midwest, but virtually no correlation in the western United States. California’s Diesel Rule Scam 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z The annual grass covers nearly 12 million acres in Oregon alone, and can be found across the western United States and Canada, and as far north as Alaska. Editorials from around Oregon 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Top administration officials wrote Congress on Tuesday to urge it–once again–to change the way it budgets for firefighting in light of the disastrous wildfire season in the western United States. The Forest Service just had to divert another $250 million to fight wildfires 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z The only museum in the western United States dedicated to cartoon art went up against the city’s rental market and lost. San Francisco's latest high-rent victim: the Cartoon Art Museum 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z Environmental Protection Agency says that April snowpack has declined on average by about 23 percent at measuring sites across the western United States. California's Sierra Nevada snowpack estimated at 500-year low 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z The team used data from a different study3 that estimated annual temperatures in February and March throughout the western United States on the basis of another set of tree rings. California snowpack lowest in past 500 years 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z The incident temporarily delayed flights across the western United States. UPDATE 5-British Airways passengers, crew escape blazing plane in Las Vegas 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z Points resembling the western stemmed variety have been found throughout the western United States and in Siberia — a connection that suggests they were brought over to the New World by early hunters. Fishing for the first Americans 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z The bacteria that causes the disease occurs naturally in the western United States. Elderly Utah resident dies from plague: health officials 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z A smoky haze filled Nevada’s Humboldt Valley on Friday, hundreds of miles away from dozens of wildfires raging across the western United States. Western wildfires send noxious smoke to states hundreds of miles from flames 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z Grey wolves, which were hunted to the brink of extinction throughout the western United States, are protected in California under the federal government’s Endangered Species Act, and are very gradually beginning to return. First wild grey wolf pack in nearly a century sighted in California 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Gray wolves, which were hunted to the brink of extinction throughout the western United States, are protected in California under the federal government's Endangered Species Act, and are very gradually beginning to return. Photos show first wild California wolf pack in nearly a century 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z It’s just one of the ways the federal government is working to contain the burgeoning population of mustangs and burros in the western United States. Federal horse, burro adoption event designed to help manage population 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z This dwarfing phenomena was first recognized in the fossil deposits of Wyoming in the western United States, specifically somewhere called Bighorn Basin. Extreme Climate Warming Episode Lead To Smaller Mammals - But How? 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z The Forest Service for the first time is spending more than half its budget to fight wildfires like those now ravaging the western United States, the agency said on Wednesday. U.S. Forest Service says spending more than half of budget on fires 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z In the western United States, for example, scientists expect more frequent and more severe droughts due to climate change, which will substantially reduce forests' ability to remove carbon from the atmosphere, accelerating global warming. Drought-hit forests store less carbon dioxide than thought: researchers 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Lewis and Clark, famous for leading the first American expedition through what's now the western United States, shot animals so that they could be studied. These 7 Famous Conservationists Also Hunted 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Subsequently, this recipe for success was transplanted to the western United States, begetting Sun Valley, Vail, Jackson Hole, as well as numerous other mountain towns around world, from Nepal to Peru, Pakistan to Patagonia. How the Matterhorn Created Modern Mountaineering 150 Years Ago 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z Major contributors during that period included Patagonia, an outdoor clothing company, and Wilburforce Foundation, a private charity that funds conservation in the western United States and Canada, according to the group's annual report. Sage grouse flies into U.S. species protection crossfire 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z The Sleepy Hollow blaze is one of dozens of large wildfires flaring across the western United States, including more than 20 in Alaska and 10 in Oregon. Human cause suspected in destructive Washington state grass fire 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z City officials said Monday that the mayor’s family will be spending eight days traveling together throughout the southwestern and western United States. Road trip: NYC mayor to head to western US for vacation 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z Lewis and Clark, famous for leading the first American expedition through what's now the western United States, shot animals so that they could be studied. These 7 Famous Conservationists Also Hunted 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z The bacteria that causes plague occurs naturally in the western United States, primarily in California, New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado, according to the CDC. Teenager killed by plague in rural northern Colorado 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z A swath of the western United States is enduring the fourth year of a punishing drought. On the hunt for 'moral breaches' with California's foremost drought-shamer 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z There are few starker examples of how man's missteps and policies are contributing to the water shortage currently afflicting the western United States. Use It or Lose It Laws Worsen Western US Water Woes 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z I’ve dug up T.rex fossils in the western United States, travelled the world studying tyrannosaur bones in museums, and described some of T.rex’s closest cousins. How I Dissected a T. Rex [Video] 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z Lewis and Clark, famous for leading the first American expedition through what's now the western United States, shot animals so that they could be studied. These 7 Famous Conservationists Also Hunted 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Across the western United States, Batt said noxious weeds would spread at a rate of 3,200 acres per day, if undeterred. Noxious weeds spreading like wildfire 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z Climate change is closely associated with extreme weather events such as the droughts experienced from the western United States to Nigeria. Miliband says world refugee crisis to worsen with climate change 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Potter, 43, was a well-known personality and athlete, especially in the community of rock climbers and parachutists in the western United States. Amtrak services resume after derailment 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Potter, 43, was well-known as a personality and athlete, especially in the community of rock-climbers and parachutists in the western United States. Rock climber Dean Potter dies attempting parachute jump in Yosemite 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z As moisture-laden weather systems move eastward across the western United States, they pile up over the Rockies, dumping snow and rain. The Disappearing Colorado River 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Trey Hall, chief marketing officer of Natural Grocers, a chain of 95 stores across the western United States, echoed those thoughts. Instacart’s Bet on Online Grocery Shopping 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z The deal ended up giving Rosatom, Russia’s atomic energy agency, control of uranium mines form Asia to the western United States. Mitt Romney on Clinton Foundation uranium story: ‘It looks like bribery’ 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Throughout the 19th century, Americans flooded to the western United States in search of resources: gold, timber, coal, oil. As West struggles with drought, complicated water politics loom 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z They have a chance to do what we were not able to do for amphibians in Australia, the Neotropics and even the western United States: prevent the arrival and spread of a deadly fungus. Riled Herpetologists Press Obama Administration to Protect America's Salamanders from a Fungal Threat 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z The western United States is expected to see the multi-year drought continue and intensify in 2015 and extend into the northern Plains, the outlook said. No relief in sight for Western drought in NOAA spring outlook 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z A winter storm pummeled the southern and western United States on Monday, forcing authorities to cancel flights and close schools as most of the country braced for another bout of freezing weather. Texas, Louisiana brace for ice as bitter US winter drags on 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z As many as 100,000 grizzlies once roamed the western United States, but scientists estimate fewer than 20 now live in the North Cascades. Grizzly bears in North Cascades? Feds seek input on restoration 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z Most of the distribution centers to be sold are in the western United States and one is in California, according to two sources knowledgeable about the talks. Exclusive: Sysco, US Foods offer to divest 11 facilities to win FTC deal approval 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z Father Serra was the 18th-century Spanish Franciscan priest who founded nine missions in California and spread Catholicism around the western United States. Father Junipero Serra: California hero or villain? 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Alaska and much of the western United States experienced extreme heat last year, several European countries set temperature records, and ocean surfaces were unusually warm except around Antarctica, The New York Times reported. Health Highlights: Jan. 16, 2015 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Extreme heat blanketed Alaska and much of the western United States last year. 2014 Breaks Heat Record, Challenging Global Warming Skeptics 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Aspen’s dilemma is similar to that of other resort towns, from Nantucket, Massachusetts, to Park City, Utah, especially those nestled in the jagged terrain of the western United States. In resort towns, working class squeezed out as rich move in 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z The states with the highest death rates were in the Great Plains, western United States, and two New England states – Massachusetts and Rhode Island. 6 Americans Die Every Day from Alcohol Poisoning 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z The states with the highest alcohol poisoning death rates are in the Great Plains, western United States and New England, the CDC said. Alcohol Poisoning Kills 6 Americans Every Day, CDC Says 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z States with the highest death rates were located mostly in the Great Plains and western United States, but also included two New England states, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Alcohol Poisoning Kills 6 Americans a Day, Federal Report Finds 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z It was the first roping event of the season for the Wrangler Team Roping Championships, which puts on events all over the western United States. Investigators probe possible arson in arena fire 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z Most of these distribution centers are in the western United States, where PFG is weak, and one is in California, according to two sources knowledgeable about the talks. Exclusive: Minnesota AG says 'questionable' that divestiture in Sysco deal for U.S. Foods are enough 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Participants will also hear from technical experts from the Sandia National Laboratory, which is at the forefront of cutting-edge research on nexus-based approaches to solve compounding issues in the western United States. Is Water the New Bottom Line for the Private Sector? 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z While those areas were struggling with the devastation of record rainfall, drought afflicted northeast China, Central America, the western United States and Australia, the report adds. 2014 set to be hottest year on record, U.N. climate agency reports 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z For example, housing densities are increasing in many WUI regions of the western United States without commensurate increases in the road network to support their evacuation86. Learning to coexist with wildfire : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z “I’ve been to Tokyo, Barcelona, Mexico City, Switzerland, Toronto … but my main territory is the western United States,” he said. Wyoming home to 1 of the few cable splicers 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z Unlike the dangerous brown bears and mountain lions in the western United States, creatures in the Poconos are barely a threat. Manhunt for survivalist leads police into dense forest of the Poconos 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Speaking before an annual gathering of central bankers and economists at a resort in the mountains of the western United States, Mr. Draghi said that the E.C.B. was moving to increase its own stimulus campaign. Draghi Calls for Less Austerity and More Stimulus in Europe 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z In areas prone to drought, the climate may also worsen soot-spewing wildfires, as is the case this year in the western United States. Cities’ Air Problems Only Get Worse With Climate Change 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z Fire also plays a crucial part in regeneration for some of the vast shrublands of the western United States, especially California's densely urbanized chaparral ecosystems. Learning to coexist with wildfire : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z The bacteria that causes plague occurs naturally in the western United States, primarily in California, New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado, according to the U.S. Three more cases of rare human plague found in Colorado 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z The pioneering era of opening up the western United States was over. Why secular stagnation is wrong: Kemp 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z When they were living in Bismarck while their dad was assigned to a radar site near the city, he started traveling around western United States with mobile radar facilities that were on trains. Sons of Air Force chief tell dad’s story in Minot 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z The impacts are especially intense in India, Mexico and the western United States. Air quality to suffer with global warming 2014-06-21T04:00:00Z The herd is comprised of transplants from the western United States and some bison born on the property. Army vet now tending bison near Fort Myers 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z Those changes are already advancing in the western United States, the new federal assessment pointed out. Can the Va. GOP rise to the challenge of climate change? Northern leopard frogs are found in the northern and western United States and southern Canada. Flame Retardant Chemicals Weaken Frogs Immune Systems 2014-05-13T16:15:00Z Hull and her colleagues began their study by creating a comparative database, consisting of 800 isotope analyses from 22 resource areas in the western United States and northern Mexico. Massive Turquoise Trade Network of Ancient Pueblos Revealed 2014-04-10T20:19:00Z He said, “I was the most fired consultant in the western United States.” Governments Find It Hard to Restrict Building in Risky Areas 2014-03-28T18:05:50Z The return of grey wolves to the western United States has sparked debate over their role in structuring ecosystems. Rethinking predators: Legend of the wolf 2014-03-12T18:50:33.419Z The Whoi scientist described the citizen science effort now under way to record radioactivity in beach waters of the western United States. Scientists track Fukushima plume 2014-02-25T11:36:47Z Six people died in avalanches in the western United States earlier this month, according to the avalanche center. Two skiers lost in Colorado avalanche are confirmed dead 2014-02-16T22:26:05Z Time Warner Cable actually has a better score than Charter in the western United States, according to ratings firm J.D. Analysis: Time Warner Cable customers may not see quick fix from merger 2014-01-16T23:19:33Z Environmental Protection Agency warned in 2009, before the widespread use of hydraulic fracturing, that water systems in the western United States were strained. Fracking without Freshwater at a West Texas Oilfield 2013-11-22T05:45:04.293Z Its remnants moved across the western United States, pulling heavy weather with them. Frightening Halloween weather spawns Texas flooding 2013-10-31T15:48:11Z The probability that a major earthquake will hit the western United States in coming decades is high. Seismic hazards: Seconds count 2013-10-02T17:20:40.753Z Guerra said the plane's ability to provide real-time data about natural disasters like the 2011 earthquake in Japan or forest fires in the western United States remained a key selling point internationally. Northrop sees foreign sales opportunities for Global Hawk 2013-09-17T00:16:09Z Wildfires rage Some 40 large wildfires are burning in the western United States, including a blaze that crossed into Yosemite National Park in California on 23 August, according to the US Forest Service. Seven days: 23–29 August 2013 2013-08-28T17:20:16.073Z DiMaggio was killed by FBI agents Aug. 10 in the Idaho wilderness, ending a six-day search that spanned much of the western United States and parts of Canada and Mexico. National digest: Man kills 2 former co-workers; memorial for Anderson family 2013-08-25T01:56:08Z Its news coverage kicked off with reports on Egypt, the Georgia school shooting and wildfires in the western United States, topics also covered by cable news competitors on Tuesday. Al Jazeera America launches, AT&T won't carry network 2013-08-21T02:05:13Z The best way to get rid of cordgrass over a large area is to spray herbicides from a helicopter — as has been successfully done in the western United States, Australia and New Zealand. China’s cordgrass plan is ‘overkill’ 2013-07-24T17:20:24.147Z Until the mid-1990s, the western bumblebee was among the most common bees in the western United States and Canada, where it was valued as a key pollinator for tomatoes and cranberries. Bumblebee returns to areas where it once was a key pollinator of crops 2013-07-22T21:43:10Z Diplodocus and Camarasaurus both roamed the Earth about 150 million years ago, largely in regions within the modern-day western United States. Huge Plant-Eating Dinosaur Never Ran Out of Teeth 2013-07-18T19:15:03.607Z Most of the cancellations affected routes in the western United States, Agnew said. Southwest flights delayed, canceled after computer glitch 2013-06-22T14:42:09Z The other satellite in the constellation, known as GOES-West, hovers at 135 degrees longitude and watches over the western United States and the Pacific Ocean. NOAA Weather Satellite Fails at Outset of Hurricane Season Predicted to be Busy 2013-05-28T15:15:06.397Z In the western United States, there is growing pressure to convert land above Yellowstone National Park to vineyards. Will Great Wines Prove a Moveable Feast under Global Warming? 2013-05-23T15:15:00.233Z About 98 percent of the land under BLM control is in the western United States, including Alaska. California Court Ruling Gives Hope to Foes of Fracking 2013-04-11T02:45:02.533Z The I-5 runs the length of the western United States; this bit is often maligned as the only stop sign between Canada and Mexico. The Columbia River Crossing: Bridge of sighs 2013-04-04T15:09:49Z In the western United States, winter precipitation is key to providing the states like Colorado and California need to survive their dry summers. Asian and African Dust Influences North American Weather 2013-03-01T16:45:07.163Z Now it's providing ammunition for a new battle: whether to export substantial amounts of coal from the western United States to Asia. Coal to Asia Emerges as New Front in Battle against Global Warming 2013-01-17T16:15:00.310Z “These weapons they’re trying to eliminate are something we hold dear in the western United States,” said Representative Mark Baker of Sweetwater County, in southern Wyoming. Colorado May Pass Major Gun Control Legislation 2013-01-13T19:30:24Z A woman who answered a phone at the company confirmed that it owned the bus and said it was on a tour of the western United States. 9 Killed in Bus Crash in Oregon 2012-12-31T02:36:24Z The study looked at how warming will affect snowpack in the western United States, Alpine Europe, Central Asia and downstream of the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau. Northern Hemisphere Snowpack Likely to Shrink Faster 2012-11-13T16:15:05.887Z The case in Idaho is the first discovered in the western United States. In meningitis scare, charges firm misled U.S. regulators 2012-10-11T12:29:45Z Idaho reported the first case discovered in the western United States. Pharmacies under scrutiny over meningitis outbreak 2012-10-11T01:13:01Z The western United States, including Colorado, Nevada, Wyoming and New Mexico, saw exceptional drought creep higher in some areas. U.S. drought area shrinks slightly: report 2012-10-04T15:55:15Z This type of land-based “water transfer” is commonplace throughout the western United States today. Five crazy schemes for more water 2012-09-20T12:53:00Z Those fires erupted at a rate seven times greater each year in the past decade in the western United States than in an average year in the 1970s, according to the report. U.S. West Should Expect Bigger Wildfires More Often 2012-09-19T17:45:05.527Z |
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