Climate & Environment
- Associate Professor Wil Srubar has co-authored a new report through the Carbon Leadership Forum examining the potential for meaningful climate impact through building materials that serve as carbon sinks.
- Life isn't always easy for small primates in the Soutpansberg Mountains of South Africa鈥撯揻oraging for food, contending with cold temperatures and fighting off rivals. A new study explores how they may weather the environmental changes ahead.
- As world leaders assemble at COP26, over 30 celebrities, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Quincy Jones and Cher, launched a social campaign aiming to mobilize over 650 million followers to push for action. CU Boulder with United Nations Human Rights will host the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit in 2022.
- Average temperatures in high-altitude areas have risen twice as fast as the global average, causing more river runoff and sediment flux, and the trend could get worse, scientists have found.
- Thousands are now gathered for what is known as COP26, a significant international conference on climate change. Countries must decide how they will act to limit global warming to no more than 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit above pre-industrial levels.
- Recent scientific flights above the Front Range will help scientists and policymakers cut unnecessary emissions, reduce greenhouse gases and help local residents breathe better.
- INSTAAR鈥橲 open access journal 鈥淎rctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research鈥 now offers Arctic Answers, science briefs to help everyone understand how climate change in the Arctic affects the Earth.
- Ben Livneh, CIRES fellow and assistant professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering, is adding a new title to his resume: director of Western Water Assessment.
- With National Science Foundation funding, CU Boulder is joining an interdisciplinary team of researchers aiming to understand the future of imperiled regions of the world.
- NOAA has awarded more than $5 million to the CU Boulder-based Western Water Assessment to advance climate resilience in Intermountain West communities facing low river flows, wildfires, heat, drought and major baby直播app transitions.