Climate & Environment

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River reporting reaps rewards

Sept. 17, 2024

Luke Runyon, co-director of CMCI鈥檚 Water Desk, earned a national Murrow Award for an in-depth podcast series on the declining baby直播app River.

CU Boulder among co-hosts of global climate summit in Oxford

Sept. 16, 2024

After hosting the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit on campus in 2022, CU Boulder remains a committed educational partner and will be a co-host of the 2025 event in Oxford, England.

Discovery could lead to longer-lasting EV batteries, hasten energy transition

Sept. 12, 2024

CU Boulder researcher and team have discovered why lithium-ion batteries, which power most electronic devices, lose capacity over time. The findings could enable the development of electric vehicles that go far longer without needing a charge.

Increased krill fishing threatens whale comeback

Sept. 11, 2024

New research reveals that current krill populations in the Southern Ocean may be insufficient to support the full recovery of whale species if krill harvesting continues at current rates.

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Lemur CSI: Researchers ID predators threatening Madagascar鈥檚 iconic primates

Sept. 10, 2024

Predators not native to Madagascar, such as feral dogs and cats, may pose a serious threat to lemur species鈥攎any of which are already facing extinction on this African island.

The Wilderness Act turns 60

Sept. 6, 2024

CU Boulder鈥檚 Paul Sutter looks back on the history of the Wilderness Act as it approaches its diamond jubilee.

Guardians of the reef: How parrotfish promote coral health

Sept. 5, 2024

CU researchers spent 400 hours under water observing these colorful fish in the Caribbean. They learned they鈥檙e smarter, and more neighborly, than previously thought.

How Earth鈥檚 most intense heat wave ever impacted life in Antarctica

Sept. 4, 2024

An atmospheric river brought warm, humid air to the coldest and driest corner of the planet in 2022, pushing temperatures 70 degrees above average. A new CU Boulder-led study reveals what happened to Antarctica鈥檚 smallest animals.

Report shows 2023 marked by record-breaking greenhouse gas levels, extreme heat and high sea levels

Aug. 22, 2024

The new international annual review of the world鈥檚 climate showed that 2023 was the warmest year on record. A CU Boulder scientist weighs in on how the rising global greenhouse gas concentration is driving climate change and what we can do.

Breathing in the Front Range isn鈥檛 always easy. Understanding ozone pollution

Aug. 16, 2024

In July, Denver and the northern Front Range failed to meet the national air quality standards for ozone amid a nine-day streak of ozone pollution alerts. Lindsey Anderson, a CU Boulder atmospheric chemist, offers her perspective on why this is important.

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