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Study Finds Climate Change Has Stopped 6,500 Years of Global Cooling

The first image of Earth released from NOAA’s GOES-16 weather satellite was taken by the Harris Corporation-built Advanced Baseline Imager. pc; NOAA

A recent paleoclimatology study shows that climate change has reversed a major global cooling event. The study lays out that before roughly 150 years ago, the Earth, on average, was cooling for over six millennia. On June 30, the study was published in Nature Research’s Scientific Data revealing the most comprehensive data set ever studied in this line of research. […]

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Avatar photo Ryan Flynn | July 8, 2020
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Colorado Just Announced A New State Park

Last Thursday saw the birth of the newest Colorado State Park. Fisher’s Peak Park, located just outside the town of Trinidad will give recreationists 30 square miles of untouched wilderness to explore in Southern Colorado. The park’s centerpiece is Fisher’s Peak that tops out at 9,633 feet. The landscape includes forests, high alpine meadows, and scrublands. Additionally, wildlife in the […]

Avatar photo Ryan Flynn | July 3, 2020
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British Columbia Mega Resort’s Slow Start | Hoping to Be Operational by 2022

The highly anticipated year-round Valemount Ski Resort in British Columbia has hit some recent speed bumps. Located near Mount Robson Provincial Park, the resort would sit roughly 5 hours drive west of Edmonton, Alberta. The provincial government approved a master plan in early 2017, but there has been little progress made since. Without question, this would be the largest ski […]

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Avatar photo Ryan Flynn | July 2, 2020
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Climate Change May Already Be SuperCharging Tropical Storms

Reports show that climate change could already be supercharging tropical storms. This was something that climatologists around the world believed would occur, but it was unclear how soon this would start happening. Scientists now believe they have found evidence of this occurring already. Not only do they believe that these storms are intensifying, but that they also could be helping […]

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Avatar photo Ryan Flynn | June 29, 2020
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The Economy Created By U.S. National Parks

The National Park system in the U.S. has 419 sites across 50 states. The National Parks allow locals and travelers to unprecedented outdoor recreation, views, and life-changing experiences. With some now reopening with strict social distancing requirements, now is the time to think about how crucial these sites are to the local economy. In recent years visitor spending at National […]

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Avatar photo Ryan Flynn | June 26, 2020
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Colorado Rafting Season Starts Amidst COVID-19

Reopening of Rafting in Colorado

“All any of us can do is to look at what the health orders are and see if that is something you want to go with or not. If you decide it is not a good idea to go out based on the health order, then don’t. If you look at the health order and say time to go out […]

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Avatar photo Ryan Flynn | June 25, 2020
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Massive Trash Cleanup in Truckee and Lake Tahoe, CA

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Whilst in the middle of a global pandemic, record numbers of Tahoe locals gathered to help clean up trash from North Lake Tahoe and the town of Truckee. On June 6th, over 120 people registered for the 25th annual North Tahoe Business Association Clean-Up Day. It is estimated that the turnout was the largest ever for the event. Just like […]

Avatar photo Ryan Flynn | June 25, 2020
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Scientists Warn of the Dangers Between Mistaking COVID-19 for High Altitude Pulmonary Edema

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As the 2020 pandemic continues to escalate doctors are warning of the dangers of equating the coronavirus to High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE). While the symptoms of the two can be similar, the two are very different, and equating the two can be life-threatening. Both conditions can cause respiratory failure, trouble breathing, and extremely low oxygen levels in the blood, […]

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Avatar photo Ryan Flynn | February 1, 2020
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