Articles with the Tag: climate change
Montana livestock production will be challenged by the climate conditions projected for 2030-2100 that result from increasing greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere. The challenges center on the interactions between a changing climate and evolving prices for animals, rising production costs, pan...
To provide a better understanding of what climate change means for Montanans, we are hosting a new monthly series, entitled Montana Climate Matters. Each month, you’ll hear from experts knowledgeable about climate science, impacts, and solutions. Our goal in this endeavor is to facilitate unders...
The Montana Supreme Court’s recent decision in Held v. Montana, the youth climate change case, is momentous but ultimately appropriately limited in scope. It is momentous because it is the first time a state Supreme Court has decided that citizens have a constitutional right to a stable climate system....
This series has already discussed the changes in Montana’s climate, the science behind those changes, and some of the impacts on Montana’s agriculture industry. When it comes to our own health, or the health of our families, things get more personal. Even discussing the health impacts of clima...
Montana’s agriculture sector has always been vulnerable to changes in climate, and generations of farmers and ranchers have proven their ability to adjust and prosper as conditions demand. Current climate changes driven by rising greenhouse gas emissions, chiefly produced by burning fossil fuels, im...
MISSOULA — Two recent University of Montana studies are demystifying how increasing wildfires and hotter annual temperatures limit forest regeneration in the Western U.S., revealing that our capacity to plant trees can’t keep pace with reforestation needs. The first UM study was led by S...
Today’s Montana Climate Matters column is a reality check. Like the rest of the planet, Montana’s climate is warming, and warming will continue as long as we increase levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Montana has experienced few climate-driven weather disaster...
To provide a better understanding of what climate change means for Montanans, we are hosting a new monthly series, entitled Montana Climate Matters. Each month, you’ll hear from experts knowledgeable about climate science, impacts, and solutions. Our goal in this endeavor is to facilitate unders...
News from the Department of the Interior WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior recently announced a $121 million investment from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to help Tribal communities prepare for the most severe climate-related environmental threats to their homelands...
BOZEMAN - The ability of a tree to recover from drought is essential to its survival and – in the case of whitebark pine – potentially critical to the future of the species, which is experiencing significant decline and was listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 2022. N...
