Climate & Environment
CIRES researchers harnessed 35 years of data to uncover responses of a high-elevation reservoir to a warming world.
The rate of Antarctic ice extent loss for December 2018 is the fastest in the satellite record, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center.
Will a longer, climate-induced growing season ultimately help coniferous forests to grow or hurt them?
Ozone layer depletion has increased snowfall over Antarctica in recent decades, partially mitigating the ongoing loss of the continent’s ice sheet mass.
New research shines a light on how rainfall shapes ridgetops, valley floors and the critical zone of Earth's surface.
The warbler hybrid suggests that bird species in sharp decline are struggling to find suitable mates.
Detailed observations of Greenland’s Jakobshavn Glacier help explain dynamic tidewater glacier speedup and slowdowns.
Deforestation and habitat fragmentation can decrease transmission of a parasitic nematode in a particular species of Australian lizard, new research shows.
Research from 27 global institutions including CU Boulder shows that extreme heat damages health and livelihood and threatens to overwhelm hospitals.
New research highlights a previously underexplored consequence: a wake effect from upwind wind farms that can reduce the energy production of their downwind neighbors.