Climate & Environment
Dozens of CU Boulder researchers will take part in the MOSAIC expedition, which will send an icebreaker ship into the winter pack ice to drift for an entire year.
Wildfire smoke can persist for months in the stratosphere, giving scientists an opportunity to fine-tune models of climate change, nuclear winter and geoengineering.
Improvements in satellite imaging and remote sensing equipment have allowed scientists to measure ice mass in greater detail than ever before.
High in the Andes Mountains, dagger-shaped ice spires house thriving microbial communities and an oasis for life in one of Earth鈥檚 harshest environments.
Your house may be worth less. Your stuff might take longer to deliver. Whether you believe in it or not, climate change is changing the world around you. That and more on this episode of the Brainwaves podcast.
CU Boulder geology graduate student research聽argues that聽boulders聽play a major role in聽the geologic evolution of聽river canyons across vast spans of time.
In this episode of Brainwaves, we鈥檒l hear聽from experts on the explosion of 鈥渕egafires鈥 across the West, the rising cost of fighting wildfires and we鈥檒l get an update on what wildfire season will look like this year.
A CIRES study reveals the fate of indoor chemical emissions, including the unexpected buildup of lactic acid from human sweat.
Worried about water shortages in the western United States? This episode of the Brainwaves podcast dives into the effort to protect rivers and reservoirs by recycling toilet water.
A species of rainbow-colored finch from Australia seems to break all of the rules of avian evolution, scientists say.