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- The drought has been linked to the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, a natural climate pattern. A new study finds global warming is now influencing that natural phenomenon. Read from CU expert Pedro DiNezio and a colleague on The Conversation.
- Over several white-knuckle months, an operations team at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics brought a small satellite back from the dead—just in time to explore a region of space known as Very Low Earth Orbit.
- A CU Boulder-led effort to help high-risk communities build a “violence prevention infrastructure” contributed to sharp declines in arrests for murder, assault and other youth crimes in Denver, new research shows. The program is now poised to lose its federal funding.
- During much of the last century, moose were apparently rare in Colorado, but encounters with humans are becoming more common as the population increases. Read from CU expert William Taylor and colleagues on The Conversation.
- CU Boulder researchers studied cannabis-psilocybin users and cannabis-only users to look for similarities and differences between the two groups, including drug use motivations.
- "Who Let The Dogs Out," the Baha Men hit released 25 years ago, occupies a distinctive spot in music and sports history, along with "Macarena" and other novelty "ear worms."
- RASEI Fellow Gregor Henze is a co-author and co-editor on a new report from the International Energy Agency evaluating approaches aiming to use energy more efficiently in buildings and districts.
- Through a Center for Asian Studies program, K-14 educators gained a more nuanced perspective on culture, conflict and change among three conflict-affected countries—Afghanistan, Cambodia and Vietnam.
- The Oleksy lab has taken over a 42-year-old monitoring project in Rocky Mountain National Park. The lab's investigations reveal how remote alpine watersheds are changing in the Anthropocene.
- CU Boulder researcher Emily Yeo finds that some babies may benefit from more support and resources so they can grow up to lead long, happy and healthy lives.