Stories
News articles, interviews, press releases, and other narratives about RMBL and the Gunnison Basin.
324 stories · 2010–2019
Where Have All the Hummingbirds Gone?
ARLINGTON, Va., May 30 -- The National Science Foundation issued the following press release: The glacier lily as it's called, is a tall, willowy plant that graces mountain meadows throughout western
WHERE HAVE ALL THE HUMMINGBIRDS GONE? GLACIER LILIES AND BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRDS OUT OF SYNC
... ; Billy Barr of the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Crested Butte , Colo. ; David Bertelsen of the University of Arizona ; and Nickolas Waser, affiliated with all three institutions. "Nort
Climate change 'throwing nature's timing out of sync'
Washington, Apr 15 (ANI): Some of the relationships among blooming of flowers, emerging of insects, migration of birds, and planting and hunting seasons are falling out of sync as climate change alter
An early spring drives butterfly population declines
FORESTS: Earlier spring affecting bark beetles, butterflies
April Reese, E&E reporter The earlier arrival of spring due to climate change is having significant effects on Rocky Mountain populations of two types of insects, the mountain pine beetle and the Morm
SPECIES: Climate change threatens plants and insects in the Rockies
A growing number of studies from Colorado's Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory are illustrating the effects of climate change on species in the region, said the laboratory's president, Ian Billick,
EARLY SPRING DRIVES DOWN BUTTERFLY POPULATION, STANFORD STUDY SHOWS
The following information was released by Stanford University: Scientists say early snowmelt for two consecutive years explained more than four-fifths of the observed variation in Mormon fritillary bu
A Spring Sprung Too Soon Is a Death Blow to Butterfly
Early snow melts can throw a butterfly's life cycle out of whack, accounting for 84 percent of the
EARLY SPRING DRIVES BUTTERFLY POPULATION DECLINES "AHEAD-OF-TIME" SNOWMELT
The following information was released by the National Science Foundation: Early snowmelt caused by climate change in the Colorado Rocky Mountains snowballs into two chains of events: a decrease in th
EARLY SPRING DRIVES BUTTERFLY POPULATION DECLINES "AHEADOF-TIME" SNOWMELT TRIGGERS CHAINS OF EVENTS IN THE MORMON FRITILLARY BUTTERFLY
... available nectar. The result is decline in a population of the Mormon Fritillary butterfly, Speyeria mormonia. Using long-term data on date of snowmelt, butterfly population sizes and flower numbe
ONE DOWNSIDE OF EARLY SPRING: A DROP IN ROCKY MT. BUTTERFLIES
The following information was released by the University of Maryland - College Park: The early arrival of spring across the U.S. undoubtedly has warmed the hearts of many people, but for flowering pla
LIVE CHAT ON MARCH 15: SURPRISING ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF EARLY SPRINGS
The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: Most people consider the onset of spring and the growing season a good thing. But for nature, the trend toward earlier springs and th
Keeping our friends in the valley
What if?
Local leaders discuss bringing art and education to valley’s “brand”
RMBL ready to open new laboratory to scientists next spring
Gunnison group grapples with climate change in area
RMBL research facility going vertical with new construction
WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE? HIGH-MOUNTAIN WILDFLOWER SEASON REDUCED, AFFECTING POLLINATORS LIKE BEES, HUMMINGBIRDS
... Aldridge and William Barr of the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Jessica Forrest of the University of California at Davis, and Abraham Miller-Rushing of the USA National Phenology Network in
WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE? HIGH-MOUNTAIN WILDFLOWER SEASON REDUCED,
The following information was released by the National Science Foundation: It's summer wildflower season in the Rocky Mountains, a time when high-peaks meadows are dotted with riotous color. But for h