Forest

Protecting trees to save people from climate disaster

Dec. 4, 2023

Professor Colleen Lyons shares her take on a loss and damage fund to support forest health around the world as a critical climate change mitigation strategy. She is presenting a related call to action at COP28.

A Texas village after tornado

Climate scientist reflects on year of disastrous weather—and what’s to come

Nov. 27, 2023

After a year of fire, heat, floods and droughts across the world, Pedro DiNezio shares predictions on what could happen next year—and what we can do about it.

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5 ways CU Boulder researchers are working to address climate change

Nov. 27, 2023

Across the university, researchers are racing to find solutions to slow the rate of climate change and potentially reverse its course.

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Fighting climate despair: What to do to make a difference

Nov. 27, 2023

Get Associate Professor Amanda Carrico’s take on actions that can have meaningful impacts on reducing one’s carbon footprint, from changing diet habits to reducing food waste and more.

Buffalo national river

How Indigenous knowledge can help solve the climate crisis

Nov. 20, 2023

Ensuring a fully inclusive transition toward a low-carbon society is an essential part of the agenda at this month’s United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai. CU Boulder researcher Clint Carroll offers his take on why Indigenous Peoples must be part of the conversation.

Alaska glacier

To save the planet’s glaciers, human actions still matter

Nov. 20, 2023

Earth’s glaciers are shrinking at an alarming rate as the world’s climate warms. Get scientist Twila Moon’s take on why these icy rivers matter to everyone, even if you don’t have a glacier in your backyard.

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How animals get their stripes and spots

Nov. 8, 2023

New CU Boulder research helps explain how sharp patterns form on zebras, leopards, tropical fish and other creatures. Their findings could inform the development of new high-tech materials and drugs.

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Harsh workplace climate is pushing women out of academia

Oct. 20, 2023

In the largest-ever review of faculty retention in the U.S., CU Boulder researchers reveal how harassment, a sense of not belonging and other factors contribute to a lack of gender diversity among senior faculty.

A view of a burned neighborhood in Superior, CO

Air quality analysis ongoing 2 years after Marshall Fire

Oct. 10, 2023

Atmospheric scientist Joost de Gouw tackles the public’s ‘need to know’ following the Marshall Fire with scientific evidence related to air quality in a talk at ScienceWriters 2023 at CU Boulder.

Greenland ice sheet

What 25-million-year-old ocean sediment can teach us about our planet’s future

Oct. 9, 2023

CU Boulder scientist Anne Jennings has spent the last two months on a ship off the coast of Greenland drilling samples deep below the ocean floor. Here’s what she hopes to learn.

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