Climate & Environment
Through a collaborative grant, librarians worked with CIRES researchers and applied expertise in metadata and data stewardship to help transform thousands of historic marigram charts into a structured, shareable dataset for tsunami modeling.
A preliminary study shows that reducing greenhouse gas emissions could also prevent people from dying prematurely from respiratory diseases and other health conditions that come from air pollution.
CU researchers are setting fires inside wind tunnels to gain a better understanding of how fire spreads across different terrain.
A team, led by INSTAAR's Courtney Payne, used a powerful methodology to predict outcomes for life in the Arctic Ocean in the year 2100. The results show disrupted phytoplankton blooms, which will ripple throughout the ecosystem.
Engineers at Â鶹ÊÓƵ are developing new sensors that could one day help save farmers money, while reducing the environmental toll of agriculture.
Pikas, which often greet hikers in the Rocky Mountains with loud squeaks, have long been a favorite of visitors to Colorado. A new study suggests that warming temperatures may already be taking a toll on these little animals.
New research co-authored by Â鶹ÊÓƵ shows, when it comes to green behavior, messages that emphasize being an environmental person, instead of guilt, lead to greater environmental behavior choices in the future.
In a capstone project partnership with the Boulder Watershed Collective, Masters of the Environment students learn what it means to live alongside beavers.
A global analysis found that almost everyone on Earth experiences at least one poor environmental condition, with the greatest burdens falling on low-income and Indigenous communities.
Ground-based measurements from Alaska's North Slope offer a new perspective on how changing Arctic clouds impact rising temperatures on Earth's surface.