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Satellites reveal widespread decline in global lake water storage

More than 50 percent of the largest lakes in the world are losing water, according to a groundbreaking new assessment published today in Science. The article was coauthored by Professor Balaji Rajagopalan and Associate Professor Ben Livneh, both from CU Boulder's Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering. Fangfang Yao, a CIRES visiting scholar, was the lead author.

Kyri Baker in a leather jacket leans on a Tesla parked between two windmills.

Do You Even Decarbonize, Bro?

Assistant Professor Kyri Baker is a member of ‘Decarb bros,’ a loose affiliation of mostly young researchers, climate tech workers and policymakers who believe the best way to combat climate change is to ditch the gloom of earlier environmentalism and focus on what new technology can do.

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Brad Wham shares key findings from post-earthquake reconnaissance in Turkey

Brad Wham, assistant research professor in CU Boulder’s Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, was a member of one of the three Learning From Earthquakes (LFE) reconnaissance teams that traveled to Turkey in March to assess the impacts of the Feb. 6 Kahramanmaraş earthquake. The team specifically looked at lifeline systems, including energy, transportation, water and wastewater. Read more

Professor Mark Hernandez and doctoral graduate Marina Nieto-Caballero stand inside a bioaerosol chamber in the Environmental Engineering disinfection laboratory at the Sustainability, Energy and Environment Complex (SEEC).

Tend to get sick when the air is dry? New research helps explain why

Recent research from CU Boulder may have finally revealed why humans tend to get sick from airborne viral diseases more often in drier environments.

Published in December in PNAS-Nexus, the study, of which Professor Mark Hernandez, S. J. Archuleta Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering was the lead author, found that airborne particles carrying a mammalian coronavirus closely related to the virus which causes COVID-19 remain infectious for twice as long in drier air.

Wil Srubar holds a sample cube of concrete that contains biogenic limestone produced by calcifying macro- and microalgae.

Cities of the future may be built with algae-grown limestone

Global cement production accounts for 7% of annual greenhouse gas emissions in large part through the burning of quarried limestone.

Now, a CU Boulder-led research team has figured out a way to make cement production carbon neutral—and even carbon negative—by pulling carbon dioxide out of the air with the help of microalgae.

Engineers survey the foundations of a home burned in the Marshall Fire.

Engineers deploy drones to survey Marshall Fire, gather lessons for future disasters

Assistant Research Professor Brad Wham is part of a team surveying damage from the Marshall Fire. The effort hopes to better understand the disaster from a uniquely engineering perspective.

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Balaji Rajagopalan: Unlocking the monsoon mystery and its impact on society

Balaji Rajagopalan grew up in a small railroad town near Hyderabad, India, in a home without running water. Now a CU Boulder professor of civil engineering and an expert in hydrology, climatology and water resources, Rajagopalan was recently honored with a Fulbright-Kalam Climate Fellowship and an opportunity to make a difference in his native country. Read more

Children getting water from a Virridy thermos in Africa.

CU Boulder spinout company celebrates carbon-credit investment by Mortenson Co.

Mortenson Center Director Evan Thomas leads Virridy, which is working to connect the global carbon credit market to water treatment. Read more

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New seed grants from the Engineering Education and AI-Augmented Learning research theme will support range of topics

CEAE Professors Angela R. Bielefeldt and Amy Javernick-Will recently received seed grants for individual projects through the Engineering Education and AI-Augmented Learning Interdisciplinary Research Theme. The award is given to help spur research teaming in the college and boost early projects with the high potential for societal impact. Read more

Satellites reveal widespread decline in global lake water storage

More than 50 percent of the largest lakes in the world are losing water, according to a groundbreaking new assessment published today in Science. The article was coauthored by Professor Balaji Rajagopalan and Associate Professor Ben Livneh, both from CU Boulder's Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering. Fangfang Yao, a CIRES visiting scholar, was the lead author. Read more

CPR NEWS: Parched — The Boldest Idea of All

In this episode of "Parched," CPR's podcast about people who rely on the river that shaped the West and have ideas to save it, Research Professor Edith Zagona explains what it would take to bring more water to the Colorado River states from the Mississippi River. Read more

Abdullah Jassim (AJ) Alkhamees and Kendall Bartlein in a split screen.

Two AREN seniors honored with CEAS graduating student awards

Two graduating architectural engineering seniors earned Graduating Student Awards from the College of Engineering and Applied Science this year and shared their thoughts about their experiences at CU Boulder. Read more

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Satellites reveal widespread decline in global lake water storage

CPR NEWS: Parched — The Boldest Idea of All

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