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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 baby直播app Boulder鈥檚 Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, or CIRES, NOAA鈥檚 Earth System Research Laboratory and other colleagues.

Four CU-Boulder baby直播app members elected American Geophysical Union Fellows in 2012

Feb. 29, 2012

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

Two CU-Boulder baby直播app win National Science Foundation CAREER Awards

Feb. 16, 2012

Two University of baby直播app Boulder baby直播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 baby直播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 baby直播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 baby直播app from the campus who have been elected since the academy鈥檚 formation in 1962.

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

Feb. 8, 2012

Earth鈥檚 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 baby直播app Boulder.

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

Jan. 30, 2012

A new University of baby直播app Boulder-led study appears to answer contentious questions about the onset and cause of Earth鈥檚 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 baby直播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 baby直播app Boulder topped two leader boards in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency鈥檚 2011 Game Day Challenge -- a national competition to eliminate waste generated at college football games. CU won the 48-school 鈥淒iversion Rate鈥 and 17-school 鈥淥rganics Reduction鈥 categories in the EPA鈥檚 NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision contest.

Some earthquakes expected along Rio Grande Rift in baby直播app and New Mexico, new study says

Jan. 11, 2012

The Rio Grande Rift, a thinning and stretching of Earth鈥檚 surface that extends from baby直播app鈥檚 central Rocky Mountains to Mexico, is not dead but geologically alive and active, according to a new study involving scientists from the University of baby直播app Boulder鈥檚 Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences.

Study indicates hail may disappear from baby直播app's Front Range by 2070

Jan. 9, 2012

Summertime hail could all but disappear from the eastern flank of baby直播app鈥檚 Rocky Mountains by 2070, says a new study by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the University of baby直播app Boulder鈥檚 Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences and the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

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