climate change

The historically dry northern Arizona winter has made forest officials nervous for the fire season. Conditions improved after March storms brought significant snow and rain to the region.

The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in western states like Arizona and California dropped dramatically even as federal officials move to extend protections for the pollinator.

The National Weather Service says it was the warmest year on record for Page, Show Low and Winslow and the second warmest for Flagstaff and Prescott.

A new report says Earth just experienced its second-warmest November on record — second only to 2023 — making it all but certain that 2024 will end as the hottest year ever measured.

Arizona will continue to take a hit on its Colorado River allotment next year as western states struggle to deal with dire drought conditions.

A signing ceremony was held Wednesday in Phoenix for a sweeping water rights settlement that has been decades in the making. Leaders of the Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe and others called the agreement “historical.”

A new study prepared by the U.S. Forest Service says national forests may experience a near-doubling of the area burned in wildfires by the middle of this century because of climate change.

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has finalized its guidance for protecting water levels in Lake Powell and Lake Mead.

A coalition of environmental groups has sent a proposal about managing the Colorado River to the government. The authors say it shouldn't compete with existing state plans, but instead make sure those state rules also consider the environment.

Flagstaff City Council members debated a citizen petition Wednesday that requested the city add wildfire, flooding, and drought to the priorities in its Carbon Neutrality Plan.