Discovery of pine beetles breeding twice in a year helps explain increasing damage, CU researchers say

March 14, 2012

Long thought to produce only one generation of tree-killing offspring annually, some populations of mountain pine beetles now produce two generations per year, dramatically increasing the potential for the bugs to kill lodgepole and ponderosa pine trees, University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder researchers have found.

CU-Boulder graduate programs earn high marks in national report

March 13, 2012

CU System news release DENVER – Graduate programs across the University of babyÖ±²¥app system continue to earn national prominence based on the latest annual rankings from U.S. News & World Report. Schools and programs at the four CU campuses notch 28 mentions in the 2013 edition of Best Graduate Schools (U.S. News Media Group), including 10 ranked in the top 10 of their fields. CU’s 2013 rankings are: University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder

Gasoline worse than diesel when it comes to some types of air pollution

March 2, 2012

The exhaust fumes from gasoline vehicles contribute more to the production of a specific type of air pollution -- secondary organic aerosols -- than those from diesel vehicles, according to a new study by scientists from the University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder’s Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, or CIRES, NOAA’s Earth System Research Laboratory and other colleagues.

Four CU-Boulder babyÖ±²¥app members elected American Geophysical Union Fellows in 2012

Feb. 29, 2012

Four University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder babyÖ±²¥app members have been elected American Geophysical Union Fellows for 2012, the most from any institution in the world.

Two CU-Boulder babyÖ±²¥app win National Science Foundation CAREER Awards

Feb. 16, 2012

Two University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder babyÖ±²¥app members, both from the ecology and evolutionary biology department, have received prestigious National Science Foundation Early Career Development, or CAREER, awards. The awards, which went to assistant professors Pieter Johnson and Rebecca Safran, are made to outstanding babyÖ±²¥app in the early stages of their careers who effectively integrate innovative research and educational outreach.

CU-Boulder professor elected to National Academy of Engineering

Feb. 9, 2012

Diane McKnight, professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering and a fellow of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at the University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. McKnight is among 66 new members and 10 foreign associates of the academy announced today. She joins 16 other babyÖ±²¥app from the campus who have been elected since the academy’s formation in 1962.

CU-Boulder study shows global glaciers, ice caps shedding billions of tons of mass annually

Feb. 8, 2012

Earth’s glaciers and ice caps outside of the regions of Greenland and Antarctica are shedding roughly 150 billion tons of ice annually, according to a new study led by the University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder.

New CU-led study may answer long-standing questions about enigmatic Little Ice Age

Jan. 30, 2012

A new University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder-led study appears to answer contentious questions about the onset and cause of Earth’s Little Ice Age, a period of cooling temperatures that began after the Middle Ages and lasted into the late 19th century.

CU-Boulder-led team to assess decline of Arctic sea ice in Alaska's Beaufort Sea

Jan. 25, 2012

A national research team led by the University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder is embarking on a two-year, multi-pronged effort to better understand the impacts of environmental factors associated with the continuing decline of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean.

CU wins EPA challenge to divert most gameday garbage from landfills

Jan. 12, 2012

The University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder topped two leader boards in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2011 Game Day Challenge -- a national competition to eliminate waste generated at college football games. CU won the 48-school “Diversion Rate†and 17-school “Organics Reduction†categories in the EPA’s NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision contest.

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