The Outdoor State is educated, motivated, and engaged when it comes to trail maintenance, weather forecasting, public policy, and a host of other issues related to the environment. And yet we all could probably use a refresher course now and again, be it brushing up...
Defined by their immense size and slow, steady flow, glaciers hold stories of Earth’s past—and warnings for its future.2025 is the United Nations International Year of Glacier Preservation, a global call to understand and address the rapid loss of glaciers and its...
Photo by Steven Gnam cli·mate change noun a change in global or regional climate patterns, in particular, a change apparent from the mid to late 20th century onwards and attributed largely to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) produced by the use...
Photo by Creative Alliance member Jake Burchmore Every day, every hour, sometimes every minute, it feels like there is a new shocking headline rolling through our news feeds. A disruptive policy change or a statement so absurd it dominates social media for 48 hours....
How a Changing Climate Is Erasing the Southernmost Ski Area in North America “Skiing began early in November this year,” reported The New York Times in 1961, describing a surprising winter scene—skiers carving turns on snowy slopes just 40 miles...
Photos by Ming T. Poon Jenny Watts says that when people learn that she works in the Arctic, they tell her they picture her on an all-white sheet of ice, a bleak frozen mass. She tells them that’s not true at all. It’s actually one of the most complex, dynamic,...
