Climate & Environment
- CIRES-led research used big data to analyze more than 500 river basins—burned and unburned—to create and analyze the first large-scale dataset of post-fire water quality.
- Rock glaciers are everywhere—at least in the Colorado Rockies. New research from Robert and Suzanne Anderson investigates how they formed and what benefits they might provide for alpine ecosystems.
- ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ's Mortenson Center in Global Engineering & Resilience is building a new model for global water access, one that is grounded in a deep understanding of why so many past efforts have fallen short.
- ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµâ€™s Zia Mehrabi is one of three researchers named international champions of the Frontiers Planet Prize for research that finds environmental and social benefits of agricultural diversification.
- For six weeks this summer, scientists from across the country, including researchers at ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ, are criss-crossing the Great Plains to investigate how hailstorms form—and how homeowners and builders can protect their properties.
- This summer marks the 50th anniversary of the movie "Jaws," which made generations of audiences afraid to go in the water again. It also created a lot of misconceptions about sharks, says ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ biologist Andrew Martin.
- With a RIO seed grant, the Emergent Nanotechnology Lab team has begun research to develop new bioplastics made to be used as fertilizer at end of life.
- Scientists used fossil groundwater and model simulations to identify regional differences in aquifer response during the Last Glacial Termination, a period of warming, ice sheet loss and major environmental change that occurred between 20,000 and 11,000 years ago.
- Ecologist Katharine Suding shares insights on the increasing risks of grassland fire across the country.
- Robert Brakenridge has spent decades trying to understand how distant exploding stars may have affected Earth's atmosphere in the past. A new analysis indicates the need for continued research in the field.