- Rocky Mountain Forests Now Burning More Than Any Point in Past 2,000 Years. The study is another indication that extreme fire seasons like 2020 -- or like 2017 in Montana -- will become increasingly common as summers continue to become warmer and drier than in past centuries. https://www.umt.edu/news/2021/06/061421fire.php 129 comments science
- Tropical songbirds in both the Old and New Worlds reduce reproduction during severe droughts. Not only did reductions in breeding activity mitigate costs to survival, many long-lived species actually experienced higher survival rates during the drought year than during non-drought years. https://www.umt.edu/news/2020/08/082620bird.php 9 comments science