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On October 25th, NSF released a new solicitation for research proposals called Navigating the New Arctic (NNA), one of the agencies Big 10 Ideas. Proposals are due on February 14th, 2019. CWEST believes this solicitation overlaps with expertise both on and off CU’s campus, particularly with collaborators at the U.S...

Flooding caused by rain falling on snowpack could more than double by the end of this century in some areas of the western U.S. and Canada due to climate change, according to recent research from INSTAAR Research Associate Keith Musselman and collaborators at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)...

Please join CWEST for a Distinguished Seminar by Dr. Ellen Wohl on Wednesday, November 28th, 11am-12pm in SEEC’s Sievers Room S228 . Her talk is titled Rivers of Carbon: Using River Corridor Science to Understand Carbon Dynamics . Read her abstract for more information. Dr. Wohl is a fluvial geomorphologist...

Dr. Oliver Wigmore, a Research Associate of INSTAAR and Research Scientists at Earth Labs, was awarded a two-year New Zealand Postdoctoral Fellowship by The Royal Society Te Apārangi Rutherford Foundation Trust. Wigmore will be going to Victoria University of Wellington to complete research entitled, “Improving understanding of debris-covered glacier dynamics,...

Please join CWEST for a Distinguished Seminar by Dr. Diane McKnight on Wednesday, October 31st, 11am-12pm in SEEC’s Sievers Room S228 . Her talk is titled Trouble ahead, trouble behind: Acid rock drainage & Climate Change in the Rocky Mountains. Read her abstract for more information. Dr. McKnight is a...

With the beginning of the new water year on October 1 st , the California Department of Water Resources (CA DWR) released its annual recap, “ Water Year 2018: Hot and Dry Condition Return .” The review highlights Sierra Nevada snow water equivalent (SWE) maps developed by Noah Molotch and...

Please join CWEST for a Distinguished Seminar by Dr. Isabelle Cozzarelli on Wednesday, October 3rd, 11am-12pm in SEEC’s Sievers Room S228 . Her talk is titled Geochemical and Biological Effects of Oil and Gas Wastewater Release to Surface Water . Read her abstract for more information. Dr. Cozzarelli is a...

Flooding caused by rain falling on snowpack could more than double by the end of this century in some areas of the western U.S. and Canada due to climate change, according to new research from INSTAAR researcher Keith Musselman and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). Aerial photo of...

The USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded Katharine Suding, CU Boulder Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Professor, a $1.2 million research grant. This Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) grant is part of NIFA’s $13.3 million investment toward improving agroecosystems resilience in a changing climate. Her four-year project...

The Fall 2018 CWEST Graduate Research Fellowship is now open and accepting proposals for funding. This fellowship seeks collaborative water-related research proposals between CU Boulder and the U.S. Geological Survey in the greater Denver/Boulder area. The program anticipates awarding up to two $6000 awards to eligible applicants for a project...