Climate & Environment
- New research could help California farmers fine-tune their use and application of agricultural sulfur to sustain the wine industry and minimize unintended environmental impacts.
- NASA’s next mission to measure Earth’s outgoing energy will now proceed to the final design and fabrication phase.
- It's not just you—it was extra windy this April along the Front Range. Learn more from experts in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences about the windy spring, what the conditions could mean for the upcoming fire season and why wind is hard to predict.
- For centuries, East African peoples like the Maasai and Turkana have survived by herding cattle, moving these animals across miles of wide-open grasslands to keep them fed. Now, worsening droughts and a host of other challenges are threatening that nomadic existence.
- Low-cost “tree Fitbits” can pinpoint the precise timing of tree activities, like spring bloom or autumn leaf change, and more, according to a new CU Boulder study.
- The two lawmakers discussed shared motivations, opportunities for consensus-building and how to reduce political polarization around climate change to an audience of more than 150 people.
- The new standard, endorsed by the international Committee on Earth Observation Satellites, will reduce uncertainty in global climate models and many more Earth Science applications.
- In celebration of our amazing planet, for Earth Week we’re featuring 10 ways LASP contributes to crucial Earth and climate science research.
- CU Boulder Today spoke with Mark Squillace of Colorado Law about the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, and what the present and future may hold for water quality in the United States.
- The new Climate Innovation Collaboratory based at CU Boulder will drive critical research and application of climate solutions for government agencies.