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Brady Smith/Coconino National Forest/The area burned annually by wildfires in the Western United States has risen sharply since the 1980s. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports, a new study out of the University of California-Los Angeles suggests human-caused climate change is driving the trend. -
Brady Smith/Coconino National Forest/Mountain peaks with little or no snow could become common in the West in the next sixty years, according to research from California’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
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Scientists at the Translational Genomics Research Institute in Flagstaff have documented the first known case in the U.S. of COVID-19 transmitting from an infected person to their pets. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny spoke with lead researcher Hayley Yaglom about her ongoing study of dogs and cats in Arizona. -
The City of Flagstaff and Coconino County are making long-term plans for handling stormwater in the neighborhoods below the Museum Fire scar, which were inundated with floods this summer. KNAU's Melissa Sevigny reports, so far there's no funding to implement the planned solutions.
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Drought is shrinking reservoirs in the West, and that could mean losing the ability to produce hydroelectric power at Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River.
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The US Fish and Wildlife Service has downlisted a Colorado River fish from endangered to threatened. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports, the agency says the…
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Indigenous nations are at the frontlines of climate change, but they’re also leaders in how to adapt to changing weather conditions and transition to…
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Astronomers at Northern Arizona University are searching for a special kind of asteroid, and they want the public to help. “Active asteroids” are strange…
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More than five and a half million acres have burned in the U.S. this year. Wildfires have grown larger and more intense over the last few decades, in part…
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The Colorado River Basin is enduring two decades of drought, and water shortages are on the horizon. But scientists say this isn’t the worst-case…
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A new study tackles the mystery of the missing rocks at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. Scientists call this feature the Great Unconformity. It’s a…
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Arizona will lose 18 percent of its Colorado River water allotment next year because of a shortage declared this week. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports,…
