Colton Poore

Bio

I am currently finishing my MS at Iowa State University, where I am studying the physiology of native bumble bees to understand how they might respond to future climate warming. I am also involved with a project focused on undergraduates to investigate how well their coursework has prepared them to address challenges in sustainability. Science and writing have always gone hand-in-hand for me. While I was an undergraduate, I was a Student Writer for Cornell Research and an Opinion Columnist for the Cornell Daily Sun. I am excited to be working with the Las Vegas Review-Journal this summer to be covering scientific and environmental topics in the western U.S! In my free time, I like being outdoors, hiking, and taking pictures of all the little critters that we often take for granted.

@colty_poore

Clips

• Stargazers: June brings a supermoon and rare planet alignment

• Nevada workers at risk for heat illness get new protections

• Has Las Vegas been abnormally windy this year? See what experts say.

• 122 degrees on the street: NASA records blistering surface temps in Las Vegas

• She lived through Nevada’s nuclear tests: a flash, eerie quiet – then a radiation cloud

• At 17, he’s studying asteroids and helping NASA scientists

• Zion National Park warns of traffic delays, road closures for holiday

• New funds will help protect the water supply in the Las Vegas Valley

• 2022 among the driest years on record in southern Nevada

• Sink or swim: Water district eyes limits on pool size

• County Commission votes unanimously in favor of pool size limits

• Water authority endorses limits to residential pool size

• Highly pathogenic strain of bird flu now detected in Nevada

• Lake Mead marinas keep moving as water drops – some do it weekly

• East Las Vegas air quality plan hopes to bring ‘good air for all’

• Workers battle the heat — no A/C, no shade, no water breaks