Climate & Environment
Earth’s glaciers are shrinking at an alarming rate as the world’s climate warms. Get scientist Twila Moon’s take on why these icy rivers matter to everyone, even if you don’t have a glacier in your backyard.
As part of a major federal endeavor to combat climate change, CU Boulder is advancing marine carbon dioxide removal techniques to cut harmful greenhouse gasses by providing new methods for monitoring verification and reporting.
A new national assessment of water and climate led by Liz Payton, a water resources specialist in the CIRES-based Western Water Assessment, cites some national progress.
CU Boulder researchers attracted a record $684.2 million in fiscal year 2022–23 for studies that, among other things, elevate quantum science in Colorado, solve mysteries about the sun and provide even better data on sea ice, ice sheets, glaciers and more.
Follow CIRES scientist Audrey Gaudel and her collaborators as they walk the streets of New York City taking detailed readings of air pollutants from a simple backpack.
Atmospheric scientist Joost de Gouw tackles the public’s ‘need to know’ following the Marshall Fire with scientific evidence related to air quality in a talk at ScienceWriters 2023 at CU Boulder.
CU Boulder scientist Anne Jennings has spent the last two months on a ship off the coast of Greenland drilling samples deep below the ocean floor. Here’s what she hopes to learn.
CU Boulder researchers, funded with $2.2 million from the Centers for Disease Control, are studying whether installing simple air purifiers in Colorado classrooms can keep students from missing school.
As cities age and natural disasters escalate, the international community can play a key role in helping revise outdated infrastructure—and save lives. Associate Professor Shideh Dashti offers her take.
Geologists at CU Boulder will experiment with injecting water deep below Earth's surface in an effort to stimulate the production of hydrogen gas—a clean-burning fuel that could provide energy for the globe.