Posts with Biogeography Tag

Guatemala climate scientists look to tree rings for answers at CSU

October 14, 2021 Josh Zaffos

Guatemala climate scientists look to tree rings for answers at CSU Joshua Zaffos This October, four researchers and technical scientists from INSIVUMEH Guatemala, the country’s meteorological service, spent a week in the Colorado State University Biogeography Lab counting the rings from cored samples of Caribbean pine trees through the lenses of stereo microscopes. The weeklong […]

Wildfires, climate change and population growth

August 23, 2013 Katharine Horton

Wildfires have been raging across the nation again this summer. In Washington, Oregon and Montana. But fires alone aren’t the only concern this year. The 2012 Waldo Canyon fire that destroyed more than 346 homes and was logged as one of the most destructive in Colorado history has had long-lasting effects. This summer, heavy rains […]