Statistical analysis of observational data reinforces modeling projections
By Bob Berwyn
SUMMIT COUNTY — If you live in the Balkans, or perhaps the southwestern U.S. and you feel like summers have been getting warming, it’s not just your imagination.
After crunching numbers from 90 years worth of observational data, scientists with the Boulder-based Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences say they’ve shown that summer climates are, for the most part, warming.
“It is the first time that we show on a local scale that there are significant changes in summer temperatures,” said lead author CIRES scientist Irina Mahlstein. “This result shows us that we are experiencing a new summer climate regime in some regions.” (more…)
Filed under: climate and weather, Environment, global warming, greenhouse gases | Tagged: CIRES, climate change, Environment, global warming, summer warming trends | Leave a Comment »


Breckenridge Destinations supports independent journalism. Click for great deals on vacation lodging in Breckenridge.






Arapahoe Basin supports independent journalism. Click to visit The Legend online.
Powder's falling at Monarch!! Have you reserved your spot yet?


Innovative energy underwrites coverage of energy stories.

