Environment

  • group working on Climate change research
    Human activity is gradually increasing Earth’s temperature and causing more frequent natural disasters.
  • young person looking up at a truck producing smog
    Human activity is gradually increasing Earth’s temperature and causing more frequent natural disasters. These stories examine the ways CU is researching the impacts of climate change on human life and human rights.
  • Wil Srubar with a student and holding a living brick
    CU Boulder’s Wil Srubar found the bacteria to create buildings that grow, fix themselves and clean the air.
  • NASA photo
    Forty-five years ago, Vance Brand made history when he and his Apollo crew members met with Soviet cosmonauts in space, only to narrowly survive a near-fatal landing back on Earth.
  • Pine Tree
    CU was named to the top 100 in the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change Competition.
  • list of 10 logo
    The first Earth Day was held across the United States on April 22, 1970. It motivated student organizers at CU Boulder to push for an institution dedicated to sustainability and later that year the Environmental Center was born.
  • Old CU photo on Farrand Field
    Fifty years ago, on April 22, 1970, CU Boulder became the first university in the nation to open a student-led Environmental Center. The day coincided with the nation’s inaugural Earth Day.
  • Warren County Protests without background
    Low-income and minority families still bear the brunt of toxic pollutants. Jill Harrison wants to know why.
  • Photograph of the Green River
    The Southwest is drying. During a 730-mile rafting trip down the babyÖ±²¥app River's main tributary, Heather Hansman saw water scarcity up close.
  • lionfish
    A CU alum takes on an invasive fish.
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