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Oct 10, 2019

In the Mountains, Climate Change Is Disrupting Everything, from How Water Flows to When Plants Flower - InsideClimate News

East River, on to the Gunnison River and finally into the mighty Colorado. "The new normal is that the snowpack is melting earlier and we have earlier runoff, and that's a fact. There's going to be less water for a given snowpack," she said. Even in average snowfall years, global warming is reducing the amount of available water for irrigation and storage, she said. Her research for the University of Nevada's Desert Research Institute and the U.S. Department of Energy will help communities adapt as global warming disrupts flows from mountain streams. Around Crested Butte, the ski industry and local ranchers will feel the changes first. But addressing those impacts isn't as easy as just throwing a new report on the table. Translating science into action requires working with stakeholders from the start. "Ranchers know what's happening, they know that things are shifting, but they're afraid the policy will shift in a way that they will carry the burden of the change. Since they have most of the water, they fear they will have to give up the most, and that it won't be equitable," she said. The states that get their water from the Colorado River are already restructuring water-sharing agreements to stave off shortages and trying to develop new storage plans to account for extreme wet and dry years. Goodbye to Glaciers Global warming will change nearly every mountain ecosystem, starting with the very visible meltdown of glaciers. In the European Alps, some glaciers retreated by as much 410 feet last year — imagine the Empire State Building shrinking by a third. Globally, the world's glaciers have lost 9 trillion tons of ice since 1961, raising sea level by about 1 inch, according to the European Space Agency. As glaciers melt, they create a series of risks: newly formed meltwater lakes can burst through their banks, flooding towns and farms below. And as the ice dwindles, that will significantly change the timing and amount of water available for hydropower production and agriculture. Along with disrupting ecosystems and downstream communities that rely on glacier meltwater, global warming in the mountains will cause emotional and cultural loss as cherished landscapes vanish. In Switzerland, people recently held a memorial service for the disappearing Pizol Glacier as a way of dealing with that grief, a sometimes overlooked component of climate resilience. The physical threats are real and growing, said Swiss glaciologist Matthias Huss. If greenhouse gas emissions peak in the next few years and then start to decline, glaciers in the European Alps will lose two-thirds of their current ice. With continued high emissions, the glaciers will all but vanish, with only 5 percent of the current ice remaining, Huss and colleagues found in recent study. "a href="https://insideclimaten...

Feb 3, 2016

Lois June Abrams-Patterson…June 14, 1936 – January 28, 2016

Lois [Stuchal] Roberson and uncle A.A. “Gus” Roberson near Gunnison, Colorado. Learning continued after Lois graduated from Eads High School in 1954, as an enlistee in the U.S. Navy. Lois quickly rose through the ranks as a teletype operator with top secret security clearance assigned to the Atlantic fleet, working at Naval Station Mayport in Jacksonville, Florida.  Lois distinguished military service career included selection to represent the Navy in national marksmanship competitions.  Lois earned top honors in the All-Navy handgun and rifle competitions, winning many awards which her family in Kiowa County, Colorado displayed with pride. In 1958 Lois married Frank Donald “Don” Patterson, of Waco, TX. Don was a successful NCO in the Navy, becoming “chief of the boat” for the nuclear submarine Tinosa (SSN 606).  With Don, in Jacksonville, Lois gave birth to two sons, Harry Louis Patterson, and Donald Joseph Patterson. Lois was preceded in death by mother Violet Isabel Stuchal-Abrams (Murphy), father Harry Retus Abrams, Husband Frank Donald Patterson, sister Rita Lorraine Abrams-Schwarzenbach, brother Harry Loren Abrams, sister Sharon Dee Abrams, and sibling Phyllis Adella Woodcock-Dunsmoor. Lois is survived by her sons Louis (Patty) of Burns Flat, Oklahoma and Don (Cindy) of Burlington, Iowa., brother Ted (Barbra) Abrams of Fuquay Varina, North Carolina, and sibling Helen Joyce Woodcock-Abrams of Lamar, Colorado. Nieces and nephews include: Mike Abrams of Denver, Colorado, Lynette Abrams of Lamar, Colorado, Lori Abrams-Morlan of Eads, Colorado, Dallas Abrams of Lamar, Colorado, Lynn Schwarzenbach of Tampa, Florida, Vicki Schwarzenbach of Tampa, Florida, Carla Sue (Doug) Goodrich of Thornton, Colorado, Dennis Wade (Sharlene) Schneiderwent of Denver, Colorado, Jefry Jon Mumford (Roice) of Lamar, Colorado, Bethany Abrams-Temple of Raleigh, North Carolina, Luke Abrams of London, England, Alanna Abrams of Seattle, Washington, and Sarah Abrams-Schnierer of Seattle, Washington. Gran... (The Prowers Journal)

Jan 8, 2016

Shirley Maye Darien

UNC) where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in education. She went on to receive a Master’s Degree in education from Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado. She began her teaching career in Santa Maria, California, and later returned to her home state of Colorado. She taught in Grand Junction for a year before accepting a position as a first grade teacher for Re-1, a position she held until her retirement after 34 years in the teaching profession. She was an accomplished bowler, an avid bridge player, loved arts and crafts, and in later years kept her mind and fingers sharp by playing every challenging game she could find on her iPad. Not only was she a cancer survivor, but for the past 15 years she battled Myasthenia Gravis, a chronic auto immune disease. The fighting spirit she displayed was an inspiration to all of those around her. She is survived by her three brothers, Alvin (Sonny) (wife Bernie), Jerry (wife Debbie) and Bob (wife Jamie); as well as nieces and nephews Debbie Baird (Ken), Darlene Dion, Jay Darien (Debbie Penland), Dana Darien (Phil Rodriquez), Logan Darien (Amanda Munio - fiancee) and Lacey Stenson (Nick); grandnieces Kaylee Dion and Penelope Stenson; and grandnephews Chris Baird, Kyle Baird, Drew Darien and Caden Dion. She is also survived by her faithful bridge group, loving friends, caretaker Guadalupe Toledo, little Isaac and their family, a multitude of students she taught over the years, in add... (Glenwood Springs Post Independent)