This week's top research stories consider what happens when farmers impose a well-water tax on themselves, Bruce Lee as a symbol of pride for Asians and other racial minorities, and the effects of climate change on seasonal bird migration.
When farmers must pay for groundwater, they cut use by a third
With record high temperatures scorching the Southwest, how will farmers manage increasingly scarce water when drought comes? A new CU Boulder-led study found that when San Luis Valley farmers imposed a well-pumping tax on themselves, they slashed water use by a third and farmed more sustainably.
Bruce Lee the focus of professor's next book
Bruce Lee conquered generations of unflattering stereotypes about Asian men, becoming a symbol of pride for Asians and other racial minorities. CU Boulder professor Daryl Maeda says the one-of-a-kind martial arts star is overdue for a deeper analysis than he's received in existing biographical works.
Geographer helps document changing climate's disruption of migratory birds
Stefan Leyk isn't much of an ornithologist, but the associate professor's savvy in geographical information science did help lead to a startling study in how climate change is altering green-up dates (i.e., when trees shed their leaves each year) faster than the majority of birds are adapting.