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As natural disasters strike the Mountain West, rural communities face some barriers to recovery. But they can鈥檛 always get their hands on climate resilience funding.

New data on natural disasters in the U.S. reveals that 2022 was one of the costliest and deadliest years on record.

Researchers have developed a snow and rain tracker that gathers data from citizen scientists in an effort to improve the accuracy of storm warnings and water management.

The National Audubon Society kicked off its annual bird count Wednesday 鈥� a program that helps experts understand how birds respond to climate change.

A Colorado professor is studying how plants grow under solar panels on rooftops. The research highlights the growing green roof movement 鈥� and the challenges cities face in mandating rooftop green space.

Many birds are in trouble nationwide. A 2019 study published by Cornell found that bird populations have declined 30% since 1970. That's nearly three billion birds.

The National Centers for Environmental Information released its national climate report for September, indicating that the month's national average temperature was 68.1 degrees Fahrenheit 鈥� the fifth warmest September in the 128-year record.

Last week, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack was in Denver to discuss significant federal funds coming to Colorado to support Climate-Smart Agriculture 鈥� an initial investment of $2.8 billion.With all that funding coming in, 皇冠网址鈥檚 Rae Solomon wanted to get the low down on what Climate-Smart Agriculture means. She did some digging, and recently sat down with All Things Considered host Beau Baker to share what she found.

鈥淲e're trying to make it easy for non-experts to find and use decision-relevant federal data to map and understand their exposure to climate-related hazards,鈥� says Tom DiLiberto, a climate scientist at the NOAA Climate Program Office.

The Southwest Monsoon Fantasy Forecasts game has players predicting precipitation levels in five Southwest cities 鈥� and there's cash on the line.