Increased Temperatures Climate change is becoming a major driver of rising temperatures in the Great Plains. Summers are ...

“The existence of winter doesn't disprove climate change,” says Stuart Evans, assistant professor of geography at the University of Buffalo. “Climate change is a long term trend that makes winter ...

Prescribed burns are a land management tool that can help prevent wildfires and manage invasive plants and trees. Wildfires have become more frequent, burning bigger areas during longer seasons thanks ...

Before 1860, few people moved west to try to settle on the Great Plains. The poor soil and harsh climate discouraged them - along with the fact that the Plains were officially Indian territory ...