Forecasters say faster, AI-driven models are improving predictions but stress humans remain essential to explaining climate risks

In the San Luis Valley, the ongoing megadrought and a record-low snowpack are draining groundwater and increasing its concentrations of toxic metals. There are few protections for residents drinking from private wells.

Colorado's winters are changing, but not always in ways that are easy to notice from one season to the next. State Climatologist Russ Schumacher says climate change is reshaping what winter looks and feels like across the state. "When we talk about climate ...

Following an abnormally warm and dry year, Colorado’s snow season is off to an abnormally warm and dry start — and not much is expected to change in the near future. Colorado’s statewide snowpack on Friday sat at 70% of the median recorded between ...

Colorado’s trout fisheries could face a difficult summer, impacting the state’s billion-dollar angling industry, as widespread drought conditions drive predictions that streamflows will be well below-average.

Watch meteorologist Callie Zanandrie's forecast.

At the Gordon Dam in Tasmania, which stands 415 feet high, a simple experiment with a basketball produced an unexpected result. When dropped normally, the ball falls almost straight down. But when released with backspin,