Plowing a large amount of hail in the street after a large hailstorm

Amateur meteorologists sought for crowdsourced CU-Boulder, National Weather Service hail study

April 14, 2016

CU-Boulder and the National Weather Service (NWS) want your help investigating large surface hail accumulations from thunderstorms in baby直播app between April and September.

Aerial photo of the town of Jabor on Jaluit Atoll

Islands facing a dry future

April 11, 2016

A new study has found that the number of islands that will become substantially more arid by mid century is 73 percent, up from an estimate of 50 percent.

a subalpine meadow with wildflowers

Atmospheric nitrogen leads to loss of plant diversity in sites across U.S., CU-Boulder study finds

March 28, 2016

Rising levels of atmospheric nitrogen pollution threaten plant diversity at nearly one-quarter of sites across a widespread portion of the U.S., according a new study led by University of baby直播app Boulder researchers.

Closeup of arctic sea ice

Arctic sea ice at lowest maximum for the second straight year, CU-Boulder ice experts report

March 28, 2016

Arctic sea ice was at a record low maximum extent for the second straight year, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of baby直播app Boulder and NASA.

CU-Boulder postdoctoral researcher Brian Harvey making tree measurements in Yellowstone National Park

Fires, drought linked to climate change affecting high-altitude forests

March 21, 2016

Large, severe fires in the West followed by increasing drought conditions as the planet warms are leading to lower tree densities and increased patchiness in high-elevation forests, according to a new study. The researchers found that the rate of post-fire tree seedling establishment decreased substantially with greater post-fire drought severity.

Antarctica sketch

Warming ocean water undercuts Antarctic ice shelves

March 14, 2016

鈥淯pside-down rivers鈥 of warm ocean water threaten the stability of floating ice shelves in Antarctica, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of baby直播app Boulder鈥檚 National Snow and Ice Data Center. The study highlights how parts of Antarctica鈥檚 ice sheet may be weakening due to contact with warm ocean water.

An albatross in flight

Hop, skip and a jump: CU-Boulder researchers reveal molecular search patterns

March 6, 2016

Like an albatross scanning for pods of squid in a vast ocean, molecules on solid surfaces move in an intermittent search pattern that provides maximum efficiency, according to new research from the University of baby直播app Boulder.

Aerial view of the Mississippi Delta

The Delta Blues: Human activity harming world鈥檚 major river systems

Feb. 23, 2016

For the half billion people living on the world鈥檚 river deltas and the hundreds of millions of others who rely on them for water, food, shelter, transportation and energy, the news is not good. More than two-thirds of the the world鈥檚 33 major river deltas are sinking and the vast majority have experienced flooding in recent years, primarily a result of human activity.

a clear-cut forest near Eugene, Oregon.

Temperature changes wreak ecological havoc in deforested areas, CU-Boulder study finds

Feb. 21, 2016

The newly-exposed edges of deforested areas are highly susceptible to drastic temperature changes, leading to hotter, drier and more variable conditions for the forest that remains, according to new research from the University of baby直播app Boulder.

Gijs de Boer

CIRES researcher Gijs de Boer receives Presidential honor

Feb. 18, 2016

Boulder鈥檚 Gijs de Boer, 36 is one of 106 recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers. The CIRES/NOAA scientist works on remote sensing of environmental changes.

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