Climate Change

Hidden beneath layers of insulation at Heber Valley’s Soldier Hollow Nordic Center is a bounty of snow protected from Utah’s glaring summer heat. Hopefully, the gift-wrapped package will pay off for the 2034 Winter Olympics.

Utah is the second-largest producer of tart cherries in the country, growing 20 to 40 million pounds annually. But this year, farmers are stuck with no cherries and few financial solutions.

The National Weather Service has issued a weekend extreme heat watch. Utahns should expect temperatures up to 15 degrees above the norm.

Bigger fires require more firefighters and more money. And the latest outlook expects Utah’s bad fire conditions to continue through August.

Getting outside during summer break offers big benefits for kids. But as climate change warms Utah, it can be tricky for parents to balance safety and outdoor play.

The only place to find the Coral Pink Sand Dunes tiger beetle is in a tiny sliver of the southern Utah desert. So as climate change and recreation threaten its fragile habitat, it has nowhere else to go.

In conservative Utah, a coalition of cities and towns shows other communities how to bring new renewable energy to the electric grid in a unique way.

Forecasters expect an El Niño weather pattern to emerge this summer, which could influence how hot or wet Utah’s weather gets.

'Cute and charismatic' pikas live in isolated habitats like Utah’s La Sal Mountains. They’re built for the cold, and new research suggests warming temperatures are putting them at risk.

With record-low snow this winter, Utah trees and grasses are drying out early. That could set up the state’s forests and communities for a long, dangerous wildfire year.

The March heat wave decimated Utah’s already-poor snowpack. That’s bad news for a region that depends on snow for its water supply.

“Basically, the entire U.S. is going to be hot,” said National Weather Service meteorologist Gregg Gallina on Monday — and the heat isn't going away for a while.