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CWEST Director Noah Molotch spoke with The Desert Sun about preparing for a warming climate from a water management perspective. View the article here .

Alpine Stream A Recently published paper highlights that in snowy mountain regions, a warming climate is expected to (1) drive precipitation to transition from snow to rain and (2) increase land surface temperature that would then drive evapotranspiration. Using a new modeling approach, scientists separated the energy impact of phase...

The U.S. Department of the Interior recently rolled out a new, highly visual web interface highlighting the Colorado River Basin and the many issues it faces. This interface was designed by USGS computer scientists Carl Schroedl. Check out the website here: https://www.doi.gov/water/owdi.cr.drought/en/index.html#Introduction .

Grand Teton National Park The Grand Teton National Parks service is taking action to better understand the impact of both near-term and long-term climate change. Former INSTAAR Master’s student, Emily Baker, joined the seasonal glacier monitoring staff for GTNP and helped collect measurements on glacial movement. In addition to making...

Champaign powder at Steamboat Springs Ski Resort January 2016 Colorado skiers love their powder days, but these day may be limited with projected climate change. CWEST director, Noah Molotch , spoke with Boulder County’s independent newspaper, Boulder Weekly , about the impact of climate change on the Southern Rockies ski...

The AGU 2015 Fall Meeting will be held in San Francisco, CA December, 2015 The American Geophysics Union Fall Meeting (#AGU2015) will have strong CWEST affiliated representation this year. Whether presenting posters, giving talks and/or convening sessions, 16 CWEST scientists and a combination of 21 grad students and post docs...

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) organizes and coordinates international and interdisciplinary research in Antarctic regions. SCAR has just appointed Jenny Baeseman as their new Executive Director. Read SCAR's announcement about Baeseman here . As a CU-Boulder graduate student in CEAE, Baeseman worked at the USGS with Dr. Dick...

Adam Wlostowski The Horton (Hydrology) Research Grant is a prestigious and competitive grant funded by the American Geophysical Union, which aims to promote excellence through encouragement of the next generation of professionals in hydrological sciences. Up to three Ph. D. candidates receive this annual award. Adam Wlostowski is one of...

Diane McKnight CWEST’s former founding director, Diane McKnight, returns to a role with the federal government. As of June 15th, McKnight is now a full-time program director of the NSF’s Arctic Science Section within the Division of Polar Programs. In her new NSF role, McKnight co-manages the Arctic Systems Science...

LTER Schoolyard Children's Book, My Water Comes from the Rocky Mountains As the Long Term Ecological Research Schoolyard Children’s Book Series (LTER SCBS) grows, the effects of the original My Water books grow with it. A new paper explains the ongoing success of the My Water books in shaping elementary...