Climate & Environment
A CU Boulder study finds that the symbiotic relationship between alpine plants and underground fungi stays robust to earlier snowmelt driven by warming temperatures.
As climate change drives more intense droughts, new research shows shrinking water supplies can give pathogens such as West Nile virus an edge.
A woeful winter and searing spring have thrust a spotlight on climate journalism. The Water Desk, an initiative of CU Boulder's College of Communication, Media, Design and Information, helps reporters throughout the West cover complex water issues.
Across political ideologies, people in the U.S. overwhelmingly gravitate toward technologies presented as natural and reject those that seem unnatural. The findings offer insight on why some proposed climate solutions fail.
Extreme heat is no longer a rare event, and protecting communities will require coordinated efforts, says geography professor Sara Meerow.
Sammy Ramsey, your friendly neighborhood entomologist, explains why mosquitoes can't resist certain people.
CU Boulder Natural Hazards Center Director Lori Peek says there are still lessons to be learned from the devastating flash flood, 50 years later.
As dozens of wildfires continue to burn across Colorado and the American West, a CU Boulder fire ecologist shares her insight on what's to come.
A new honeybee-inspired analysis suggests that central control isn't necessary for group success, as long as there's good communication and just the right mix of risk-takers and cautious followers.
A new partnership between CU Boulder's NEST Studio for the Arts and the Mountain Research Station makes interdisciplinarity a daily practice, bringing artists and scientists together to witness environmental change from new perspectives.