Peer Reviewed

Barnett, T., Malone, R., Pennell, W., Stammer, D., Semtner, B., & Washington, W. (2004). The Effects of Climate Change on Water Resources in the West: Introduction and Overview. Climatic Change, 62, 1-11.

Clow, D. W. (2009). Changes in the Timing of Snowmelt and Streamflow in Colorado: A Response to Recent Warming. Journal of Climate, 23, 2293-2306.

Cook, E. R., Woodhouse, C. A., Eakin, C. M., Meko, D. M., & Stahle, D. W. (2004). Long-Term Aridity Changes in the Western United States. Science, 306, 1015-1018.

Field, Jason P, Jayne Belnap, David D Breshears, Jason C Neff, Gregory S Okin, Jeffrey J Whicker, Thomas H Painter, Sujith Ravi, Marith C Reheis, and Richard L Reynolds. In press (2009). The ecology of dust. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. [doi:10.1890/090050]

Neff, J. C., Ballantyne, A. P., Farmer, G. L., Mahowald, N. M., Conroy, J. L., Landry, C. C., et al. (2008). Increasing eolian dust deposition in the western United States linked to human activity. Nature Geoscience, 1, 189-195.

Neff, J. C., Reynolds, R. L., Belnap, J., & Lamothe, P. (2005). Multi-decadal impacts of grazing on soil physical and biogeochemical properties in southeast Utah. Ecological Applications, 15, 87-95.

Painter, T. H., Barrett, A. P., Landry, C. C., Neff, J. C., Cassidy, M. P., Lawrence, C. R., et al. (2007). Impact of disturbed desert soils on duration of mountain snow cover. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L12502.

Reynolds, R., Belnap, J., Reheis, M., Lamothe, P., & Luiszer, F. (2001). Aeolian dust in Colorado Plateau soils: Nutrient inputs and recent change in source. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 98, 7123-7127.

Steltzer, H., Landry, C., Painter, T. H., Anderson, J., & Ayres, E. (2009). Biological consequences of earlier snowmelt from desert dust deposition in alpine landscapes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106, 11629-11634.

Mass Media

Arizona Hopes Dust Storms Shutting I-40 Have Ended by Michele Fuetsch. http://www.ttnews.com/articles/printnews.aspx?storyid=24594. June 14, 2010.

Climate change, water shortages conspire to create 21st century Dust Bowl by Scott Streater. http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/05/14/14greenwire-climate-change-water-shortages-conspire-to-cre-12208.html. May 14, 2009.

Desert Dust Alters Ecology of Colorado Alpine Meadows by NSF. http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115053&org=NSF&from=news. June 29, 2009.

Dust in the wind and the water by Paul Larmer. http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.10/dust-in-the-wind-and-the-water. June 7, 2010.

Dust in West up 500 percent in past 2 centuries, says CU-Boulder study. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-02/uoca-diw022208.php#. February 24, 2008.

Dust Reduces Snow Cover in the San Juans. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=7842. July 7, 2007.

Dust speeds Colorado snow melt, shortens ski mountaineering season by Colorado Daily Staff. http://www.coloradodaily.com/outdoor-recreation/ci_12962868?source=rss#axzz0tUlizOJT. June 17, 2009.

Dust Storms Escalate, Prompting Environmental Fears by Juliet Eilperin. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/22/AR2009042203685.html. April 22, 2009.

Dust storms speed snowmelt in Colorado by Nicholas Riccardi. http://articles.latimes.com/2009/may/24/nation/na-pink-snow24. May 24, 2009.

Dust, snow make for problematic mix for skiers by Scott Willoughby. http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_14917371. April 21, 2010.

Dusting off the Backcountry by Jesse Huffman. http://espn.go.com/action/snowboarding/blog/_/post/5148408. April 29, 2010.

Dusting off wilderness by Will Sands. http://www.durangotelegraph.com/telegraph.php?inc=/10-04-22/coverstory.htm. April 22, 2010.

Dust-on-Snow: On Spring Winds, Something Wicked This Way Comes by Cheryl Dybas. http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=116707. April 2, 2010.

Dust-storm spawned pileup on I-70 kills two by Howard Pankratz. http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_11491639. January 19, 2009.

Group studies dust effects by Dale Rodebaugh. http://www.durangoherald.com/sections/News/2010/06/24/Group_studies_dust_effects/. June 24, 2010.

High Peaks, Dirty Snow by Allen Best.http://www.fseee.org/component/content/article/200240. Winter 2008.

Scientists explore link between dust, snowpack by Bob Berwyn. http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20090924/NEWS/909239989/1078&ParentProfile=1055. September 24, 2009.

Study shows desert dust impacts snowpack, plant life by Amy Joi O’Donoghue. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/print/705313732/Study-shows-desert-dust-impacts-snowpack-plant-life.html. June 30, 2009.

Study shows desert dust impacts snowpack, plant life by Amy Joi O’Donoghue. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/print/705313732/Study-shows-desert-dust-impacts-snowpack-plant-life.html. June 30, 2009.

Team Devises Technique to Predict Dust Storms with Infrared Satellite by the University of Pittsburgh. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100706103414.htm. July 6, 2010.

That dust on the snow around Aspen is bad, researchers say by Carolyn Sackariason. http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20100413/NEWS/100419966. April 13, 2010.

Valley Fever sweeping through Arizona by Steve Kuzj. http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/health/valley-fever-sweeping-through-arizona. July 8, 2010.