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Reservoir evaporation a big challenge for water managers in West

Dec. 28, 2015

Water managers in baby直播app and the West scrambling to meet the growing demand for increasingly scarce water supplies caused by large populations far from water resources, climate change and drought need to focus more effort on conserving water, including addressing reservoir evaporation, say University of baby直播app Boulder researchers.

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CU-Boulder awarded $4 million for novel energy-saving technology

Dec. 3, 2015

A research effort led by the University of baby直播app Boulder to develop an inexpensive, 鈥渄o-it-yourself鈥 coating to retrofit energy-inefficient windows in residential and commercial buildings has been given a $4 million boost over three years by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

NASA mission reveals speed of solar wind stripping Martian atmosphere

Nov. 5, 2015

Scientists involved in NASA鈥檚 Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission, which is being led by the University of baby直播app Boulder, have identified the process that appears to have played a key role in the altered Martian climate.

CU-Boulder-based AirWaterGas Sustainability Research Network invites community groups to apply for grants

Nov. 4, 2015

Community, tribal and K-12 groups are invited to submit project proposals that explore impacts of oil and gas development on their local communities with support from the AirWaterGas Sustainability Research Network based at the University of baby直播app Boulder. The grants of up to $5,000 each aim to improve understanding of the risks and benefits of oil and gas development as identified by community organizations. Grant recipients will work with AirWaterGas researchers for the duration of their one-year projects.

NOAA funds CU-Boulder-based Western Water Assessment for another five years

Oct. 8, 2015

In 2013, the torrents of water that poured out of the mountains, ripping up roads and inundating Boulder, Lyons, Longmont and other Front Range communities, also resulted in a deluge of questions. Both the general public and local officials wondered just how unusual this rainfall and flooding had been. Had something like it happened before? Was anthropogenic (human-caused) climate change responsible?

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Historic 2013 baby直播app Front Range storm accomplished up to 1,000 years of erosion, CU-Boulder study finds

Aug. 26, 2015

The historic September 2013 storm that triggered widespread flooding across baby直播app鈥檚 Front Range eroded the equivalent of hundreds, or even as much as 1,000 years worth of accumulated sediment from the foothills west of Boulder, researchers at the University of baby直播app Boulder have discovered.

Ronggui Yang and Co-Principle Investigator Xiaobo Yin

CU-Boulder awarded $3 million for transformational power plant cooling technology

Aug. 25, 2015

The University of baby直播app Boulder has received a $3 million federal grant to develop cooling technology that will enable efficient, low-cost supplementary cooling for thermoelectric power plants.

University of baby直播app tallies $878.3 million in sponsored research funding

Aug. 20, 2015

University of baby直播app baby直播app research merited $878.3 million in research awards during the 2014-15 fiscal year, based on preliminary figures, representing a near-record year for the four-campus system.

Indoor air quality to be tested in low-income, energy retrofitted Denver area homes

July 21, 2015

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the University of baby直播app Boulder $1 million to evaluate the impacts of climate change, including increased wildfires, on indoor air quality and health in low-income Denver area neighborhoods.

New study identifies organic compounds of potential concern in fracking fluids

June 30, 2015

A new University of baby直播app Boulder framework used to screen hundreds of organic chemical compounds used in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, shows that 15 may be of concern as groundwater contaminants based on their toxicity, mobility, persistence and frequency of use.

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