CU Boulder at AGU 2023: From Earth to space

Published: Dec. 7, 2023

From Dec. 11 to 15, tens of thousands of听people from more than 100 countries will gather in San Francisco for the . Scientists from across CU Boulder will attend the event to share their research about the search for life on Mars, small satellites viewing distant planets, how beavers transform landscapes,听the fate of Antarctic ice sheets and more.

Check out new research findings, or learn more about our experts in earth and planetary sciences.

For attendees

CIRES highlights at AGU

See research from scientists at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) about glaciers, water and climate, air quality and more.

LASP highlights at AGU

See research from scientists at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) about the solar wind, Mars, exoplanet atmospheres, astrobiology and more.

Research news

How an overlooked study over a century ago helped fuel the baby直播app River crisis

Study suggests boosting beaver populations could have toxic consequences

14-inch spacecraft delivers new details about 鈥榟ot Jupiters'

Aerial view of a green lagoon surrounded by salt flats

Deep within an inhospitable desert, a window to first life on Earth

Faculty experts

Faculty experts from CU Boulder are available to discuss topics from melting ice sheets to the search for life on Mars. To arrange an interview,听contact CU Boulder media relations听at听cunews@colorado.edu:

Space & Planetary Science

Senior Research Scientist, LASP; Professor Emerita Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences
Expertise: Outer solar system, co-investigator for New Horizons mission to Pluto and Juno mission to Jupiter

Director, LASP; Professor, Physics and Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences
Expertise: Space physics, space weather, spacecraft instrumental design

Assistant Professor, LASP, Astophysical & Planetary Sciences
Expertise: Solar physics and impacts on planetary atmosphere, field measurements from satellites, balloons and ground stations

Professor, LASP, Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences
Expertise: Atmospheres and plasma environments of rocky planets, including Mars, Venus and exoplanets.

Kevin France

Asssociate Professor, LASP, Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences
Expertise: Space-based astrophysics, formation and evolution of exoplanetary systems
*France will participate in a media availability Monday, Dec. 11 to discuss results from the CUTE mission

Professor, LASP, Geological Sciences
Expertise: Astrobiology, geologic, hydrologic and climatic history of Mars, modern Earth analogs for early Mars