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INSTAAR conducts interdisciplinary research and education on the past, present, and future of Earth systems in service of a just and thriving world.

With deep roots in polar regions, alpine environments, and Quaternary history, today we embrace a global perspective on bellwethers of environmental change.

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Artwork for INSTAAR's 75th anniversary 1951-2026 showing the aurora over mountains with water in the foreground

75 years of discovery on top of the world

Join us in celebrating INSTAAR's 75 year history of groundbreaking research and education, plus all the amazing people who make it happen.

We also need your help to launch our next 75 years. Please consider donating, in any form or amount, to the people, equipment and resources behind our work.

INSTAAR's 75th anniversary (1951-2026)

Greenhouses gases up close, in SEEC on Thurs. Oct. 15th

Meet the scientists and explore the labs behind INSTAAR's greenhouse gas research. Posters and refreshments at 5pm, talk at 6pm, and then guided tours of the radiocarbon and stable isotope labs.

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New website for the MRS

The Mountain Research Station is INSTAAR's field research facility dedicated to the advancement of mountain environmental science.

MRS website

Spruce Gulch Wildlife and Research Reserve

A 476-acre foothills watershed near Boulder, gifted to CU by Linda Holubar Sanabria, is managed by INSTAAR as a living lab for research, education, and community groups.

The reserve The gift