U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service worker surveys grass

Grim drought outlook for western USÌýoffers warnings for the future

May 19, 2022

As climate change brings a hotter, thirstier atmosphere, much of the western U.S. has seen record-breaking wildfires, intense heat waves, low stream flows and dwindling water supplies. CIRES researcher Imtiaz Rangwala shares on The Conversation.

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What’s in your weed? The label doesn't tell you much, study suggests

May 19, 2022

A new CU Boulder study of nearly 90,000 samples across six states found cannabis labels don’t adequately reflect the underlying chemical makeup of products. The study authors are now calling for a weed labeling system.

A winding valley on the surface of the moon

Astronauts may one day drink water from ancient moon volcanoes

May 18, 2022

If any humans had been alive 2 to 4 billion years ago, they may have looked up and seen a sliver of frost on the moon's surface. Some of that ice may still be hiding in craters on the moon today.

Space shuttle

LASP-led mission to continue crucial climate record passes major milestone

May 18, 2022

NASA’s next mission to measure Earth’s outgoing energy will now proceed to the final design and fabrication phase.

CU Boulder student Aniya Khalili

Faces of community engaged scholarship: Aniya Khalili

May 16, 2022

Doctoral student Aniya Khalili was looking for a research lab that would match her values. She found that match in 2019 with Professor Shelly Miller and was introduced to the practice of community-engaged scholarship.

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Smead Aerospace houses new partnership on autonomous air mobility and sensing

May 13, 2022

A major research center on autonomous air mobility and sensing has been founded at CU Boulder, in partnership with the National Science Foundation.

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CU Boulder receives NASA grant to develop new technology to monitor space weather

May 13, 2022

LASP and aerospace engineering researchers will use new grant funding to advance their concept of a futuristic swarm of satellites to shed new light on how the solar wind affects Earth’s upper atmosphere.

A U.S. flag blows in the wind. (Glenn Akasawa)

It’s been unusually windy this spring. Here’s why you should care

May 12, 2022

It's not just you—it was extra windy this April along the Front Range. Learn more from experts in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences about the windy spring, what the conditions could mean for the upcoming fire season and why wind is hard to predict.

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Beyond honey: 4 essential reads about bees

May 11, 2022

Bees play an essential role pollinating plants, but scientists study bees to learn about their intricate social networks, learning patterns and adaptive behaviors. These four stories from The Conversation’s archive, featuring CU expert Orit Peleg, offer diverse views of life in the hive.

Goats near a village

For East Africa’s pastoralists, climate change already fueling violence, hunger

May 10, 2022

For centuries, East African peoples like the Maasai and Turkana have survived by herding cattle, moving these animals across miles of wide-open grasslands to keep them fed. Now, worsening droughts and a host of other challenges are threatening that nomadic existence.

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