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Greenland Melting

Record melting on the Greenland ice sheet is causing concern for many climate scientists, including CU-Boulder's Konrad Steffen, director of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, who has maintained a battery of sensitive climate stations on the ice for nearly two decades.


The Disappearing Ice: Arctic research on the melting of the Greenland ice sheet and its impact on public policy.

Living on the Ice: Watch how researcher live in the harsh conditions of the Greenland ice sheet.

Into Thin Ice: See the specialized instruments used to capture data.

Dr. Steffan talks about the importance of a cross disciplinary education

Greenland Ice Melt

Ice CapsListen to Konrad Steffen, director of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, describe the changes he is seeing on Greenland and how he and his resesarch team -- which includes CU-Boulder undergraduate and graduate students -- are trying to better understand ice sheet and glacier dynamics and their impact on global sea-level rise.

Research on Campus

In the 21st century we're moving into the future, reexamining the past, and bringing innovations and new ideas into the educational, scientific, business, and service sectors. At the University of Colorado at Boulder, research is fully integrated into our educational mission to create a fertile environment that generates knowledge, educates inquisitive minds, and trains future leaders.

As an AAU Tier I research university, and the only such research university in the Rocky Mountain region, CU-Boulder supports an impressive research enterprise that contributes to the global and national researc

CU-Boulder's research and creative work contribute new ideas, state-of-the-art technology and procedures, and highly educated experts to the marketplace.