Climate & Environment
In a new investigation for Science, INSTAAR fellow Giff Miller and collaborators documented the remnants of a "failed ice age." Researchers found that Arctic ice had been expanding for more than a thousand years before greenhouse warming abruptly reversed the trend.
Doctoral student Abby Eckland and collaborators have published a new analysis of more than 57,000 U.S. reservoirs. The study found that trapped sediment decreases reservoir storage capacity and reduces resiliency of coastal deltas to sea-level rise.
As one of the strongest El Niño events in recorded history approaches its peak, climate scientist Kris Karnauskas explains what may be in store for Colorado and beyond.
As Rocky Mountain National Park prepares to end its timed entry system for the season, a new study shows that higher-income people are more likely to secure permits.
Can state courts decide who pays for damage from climate change? As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to consider the question, an environmental law expert explains the case's far-reaching implications.
CU Boulder researchers have developed a tool that can model phytoplankton biomass extremes in the ocean in ways that conventional satellites often can't.
CU Boulder sociologist Robert Scott highlights an understudied area of wildfire research: How wildland firefighting fatalities affect the people on the front lines.
A CU Boulder mountain geographer explains how rising temperatures are destabilizing mountains and increasing the risk of landslides, glacial floods and other potentially catastrophic hazards around the world.
As climate change drives more frequent and prolonged heat waves, CU Boulder and CU Anschutz researchers are working with formerly incarcerated people to understand conditions inside prisons and develop ways to reduce health risks.
The federal government just unveiled an aggressive plan to help conserve the mighty Colorado. Will it work? And if not, what will? Water policy veteran Doug Kenney offers insight.