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To see a dated, but comprehensive list of the environmental disasters and radical seasonal changes we have experienced during the last few decades, see the

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Science in the High Sierras

Butterfly Science

Authur Shapiro

essays

Compounded effects of climate change and habitat alteration shift patterns of butterfly diversity. Arthur M. Shapiro, Center for Population Biology, University of California, Davis. (abstract)

Status of Butterflies, Arthur M. Shapiro, Center for Population Biology, University of California, Davis. (pdf)

Butterfly Identification

Butterfly Listing by Latin Name page, for identification of Sierra Butterflies.

Sierra Butterfly Website

Art Shapiro's Butterfly Site

Butterfly Images

Carson Gap

Insects, General

High Sierra Insect Photography, by Rollin Coville

Rollin's fine photos will give you a fine introduction to Sierra Insects.

Sierra Science, '10

UWV Master's Research; conflicts between wilderness users, Kennedy Meadows

Stanislaus NF Frog Counting Team, Summit Creek, Emigrant Wilderness

Scientist Backpackers

mathamatican, hiking a section of the PCT

Sierra Science, '09

UCSB Geology Team, Kennedy Meadows

USGS Small Mammal Count Team, Latopie Lake

Yosemite Archology Team, Historic Tree Blazes, on loan to Sequoia Wilderness

Scientist Backpackers

Rocket Scientist, hiking a long cross country loop along parts of the JMT

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National Weather Info

NCDC Climate Monitoring Reports and Products

Current Drought Information

Weekly Palmer Drought Indices

California

Cal Dept of Water Resources: Drought Page

Cal Dept of Water Resources: Reservoir Levels

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Committee for Democracy

BorderFire.Net

NOAA: 2009 Global Temperatures Well Above Average; Slightly Above-Average for U.S, NOAA, 12-8-09

Tree deaths have doubled across the western US, usgs, 1-22-09

Study: Warming threatens Tahoe ecosystem, clarity, ap, March 24, 2008

Projected California warming promises cycle of more heat waves, energy use for next century, eurekalert, 7-10-08

Our water, our fish, and our rights are gone, cd, 4-08

Study: Contaminent Levels High in Parks, ap, 2-27-08

Springtime ozone increases over western North America linked to emissions abroad, NOAA in Nature, Jan. 20, 2010

Growing into a water disaster in the west, lat, 2-1-08

Unholy alliance: Corporate Dems, Crimigrants, and Hippies: growing us to environmental disaster while feeding the beast of irresponsible corporate growth/consumption, cd, 11-07

UC team believes deadly fungus may be killing frogs, chron, aug 7, '07

Record highs far outpace record lows across US, National Science Foundation, 11-12-09

List of 'unsung' wildlife affected by climate change released, Wildlife Conservation Society, 12-7-09

Classics

Hansen: Past the tipping point, national geographic, December 14, 2007

Dramatic expansion of dead zones in the oceans, U copen, 1-25-09

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