Climate & Environment
Ozone layer depletion has increased snowfall over Antarctica in recent decades, partially mitigating the ongoing loss of the continent’s ice sheet mass.
New research shines a light on how rainfall shapes ridgetops, valley floors and the critical zone of Earth's surface.
The warbler hybrid suggests that bird species in sharp decline are struggling to find suitable mates.
Detailed observations of Greenland’s Jakobshavn Glacier help explain dynamic tidewater glacier speedup and slowdowns.
Deforestation and habitat fragmentation can decrease transmission of a parasitic nematode in a particular species of Australian lizard, new research shows.
Research from 27 global institutions including CU Boulder shows that extreme heat damages health and livelihood and threatens to overwhelm hospitals.
New research highlights a previously underexplored consequence: a wake effect from upwind wind farms that can reduce the energy production of their downwind neighbors.
A CIRES-led study uncovers a surprisingly strong connection between climate and U.S. crime rates.
As humans evolved and expanded, so too did barn swallows, new research suggests.
While synonymous with death, tombstones host microbial life in profusion, new CU Boulder research finds.