A University of Colorado at Boulder study indicates meltwater periodically overwhelms the interior drainpipes of Alaska's Kennicott Glacier and causes it to lurch forward, similar to processes that may help explain the acceleration of glaciers observed recently on the Greenland ice sheet that are contributing to global sea rise.
Officials from the University of Colorado at Boulder and the city of Boulder will gather on campus on Wednesday, Jan. 16, for an annual torch-passing ceremony to mark the state celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
The University of Colorado at Boulder ranks third in the nation for the number of graduates currently serving as Peace Corps volunteers, according to 2008 rankings released today.
A University of Colorado at Boulder student has won first place in the features category for broadcast news reporting in the William Randolph Hearst Foundation's annual journalism awards program.
The University of Colorado at Boulder physics department will continue its Saturday Physics Series on Jan. 19 with an examination of some of the tools used in the nanotechnology field and where breakthroughs in the field may lead.
Four University of Colorado at Boulder professors who teach dance, theater, music and computer science will stage two unique, collaborative performances that blend art and technology.
NASA will point a power-packed $8.7 million University of Colorado at Boulder space instrument at some of the last unexplored terrain in the inner solar system when the MESSENGER spacecraft whips within 125 miles of Mercury's surface Jan. 14 at a mind-boggling 141,000 miles per hour.
A new study by University of Colorado at Boulder researchers indicates older, multi-year sea ice in the Arctic is giving way to younger, thinner ice, making it more susceptible to record summer sea-ice lows like the one that occurred in 2007.
University of Colorado at Boulder Professor Konrad Steffen, who has conducted climate research in Greenland annually since 1990, says dynamic processes on the massive Greenland ice sheet as a result of warming temperatures may affect estimates for global sea rise during the 21st century and beyond.
In the aftermath of America's poor infrastructure report card on dams, as well as the levee failures in New Orleans and the August bridge collapse in Minnesota, a group of dam experts is calling for more research funding to develop better investigative and inspection techniques to identify unsafe dams.