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Congratulations to Geography Professor Peter Blanken for being elected as a 2027 American Meteorological Society (AMS) Fellow. AMS fellows are "elected by the AMS Council based on outstanding contributions to the atmospheric or
Out of 31 days in July, Denver temperatures hit 90°F or higher during 28 of them. So far this summer, the city has seen six days with temperatures above 100°F and one of the hottest Julys in recorded history.
Wildfire smoke from fires burning in Canada and northern Minnesota has been pouring across the Great Lakes and northeastern U.S. states, turning skies an eerie shade of orange...
Dr. Jennifer Balch, Director of the Environmental Data Science Innovation & Impact Lab (ESIIL), CIRES Fellow, and Professor of Geography at the University of Colorado Boulder, is leading an NSF-funded FIRE-NET project to create the Fast Fire
U.S. President Donald Trump lauded the “very good relationship” he has developed with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, at the NATO summit in Turkey on July 8, 2026...
Congratulations to our Geography Ph.D. Student, Esmee Mulder, for receiving the Society of Woman Geographers' Evelyn L. Pruitt Fellowship for 2026-2027!Esmee's project is titled, "Seeing like a Satellite, Knowing Like a
Geography Professor John O'Loughlin embarked on his second 'Mad Journey' on June 20th, 2026. This time he is biking from New Orleans to the Canada border. You can follow in his journey and commentary on his blog, Johno's 'mad
New research led by CIRES Fellow Ellen Considine shows that air pollution in Indonesia worsened in 2018 and 2019, when the country began receiving some of the plastic waste that previously went to China. Municipal waste collection is limited in Indonesia and open burning of solid waste is common.
Congratulations our Geography Assistant Professor, Isaac Rivera, for receiving one of the Research & Innovation Office's (RIO) Arts & Humanities Grants! Dr. Rivera's project is titled, "Grounded Relations & Repair
Annika is a PhD candidate in the doctoral program of Geography at CU Boulder working with Prof. Jill Harrison and Prof. Joe Bryan. Her dissertation project titled “Solar Possibilities: Community Solar Against Monopoly Power” investigates the