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Atmospheric CO2 now at 400 parts per million – how high will it go?
Oil spill, climate and weather stories top the list
FRISCO — Out story on lingering Deepwater Horizon oil spill impacts to Gulf of Mexico aquatic ecosystems got a lot of social media love to become the most-viewed story of the week, while local weather, marked by a series of wet spring storms, also garnered reader attention. Also of note, two Summit Voice photo essays, as well as a guest post by Stan Wagon, also cracked the top 10 list:
- Environment: Study finds lingering impacts from Gulf oi spill 1,167 views
- Colorado River Basin snowpack surges surges in April 1,084 views
- Climate: New study helps illustrate how CO2 affects Arctic 803 views
- Morning photo: Horizons 789 views
- Breckenridge moisture now above average for the year 775 views
- Morning photo: Cityscapes 678 views
- Skiing at the Oasis 643 views
- Climate: How fast will Greenland’s glaciers melt? 603 views
A few more stories worth reading from the past week:
- Biodiversity: Draft wolverine plan gets mixed reviews
- Climate: Atmospheric CO2 reaches 400 ppm
- Colorado makes bid for federal drone test site
- Study: Human impacts dominant in most ecosystems
- New Forest Service cave policy faces a challenge
- Environment: Honeybee decline worsens in 2012
- Wildfires: Repeat of 2012 not likely in Colorado
- WMO: Global warming drives more climate disruption
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Commentary: Why pay for online news?
The New York Times announced Jan. 20 it will start charging some users for access to online content, based on how many stories they want to see. Some basic level of access will remain free, and the rates could change based on market conditions.
By Bob Berwyn
SUMMIT COUNTY — The Jan. 20 announcement by the New York Times that it will start charging for access to its content on the web sent a ripple through the media world, but the move was not completely unexpected. It costs money to produce quality content, and the print edition just isn’t paying the bill;
Other newspapers and web sites will try to figure out if the move marks a sea change in the way online news is offered and consumed, and whether their own content is valuable enough to charge for.
Essentially, the Times is going to use what its own media columnist David Carr called a metered model, in which some access will remain free, but consumers will have to pay if they want more. Your first 20 clicks per month won’t cost anything, but then you’ll need to pull out your credit card. Print subscribers will have free access to all the content.
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