ATOC in the News

ATOC understands that the application fee presents a challenge for some applicants. The department is committed to providing educational opportunities for a diverse range of applicants regardless of their financial situations.

CU Boulder is ranked #1 in Atmospheric Science by ShanghaiRanking Consultancy's 2020 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) for the 3rd year in a row!

The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (OPA) is excited to announce the 2021 recipients of the Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship for Diversity.

The ocean has absorbed the equivalent of 39% of industrial‐age fossil carbon emissions, significantly modulating the growth rate of atmospheric CO2 and its associated impacts on climate.

The Graduate School is pleased to recognize our dedicated faculty members who received this year’s outstanding faculty mentor awards.

Radiance Calmer holds the wide wings of a drone in place on its launcher, scanning the blue Boulder sky for potential obstacles.

Remy Zimmerman (CU Major in Sociology with minors in ATOC and Communications) first learned about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in Dr. Kris Karnauskas’ ATOC oceanography course.

CU Boulder researchers have developed a method that could enable scientists to accurately forecast ocean acidity up to five years in advance.

Hail accumulation can be a couple inches or a couple feet deep in Colorado.

Rising CO2 causes more than a climate crisis—it may directly harm our ability to think