fire

The Marshall Fire, a year later: Hidden toxins and the fire next time

Jan. 3, 2023

Homes that survived the Marshall Fire harbored another disaster inside – here’s what we’ve learned about this insidious urban wildfire risk.

glacier

Runoff, sediment flux in High Mountain Asia could limit food, energy for millions

Oct. 28, 2021

Average temperatures in high altitude areas have risen twice as fast as the global average, causing more river runoff and sediment flux, and the trend could get worse, scientists find.

Wind turbines and dramatic sky

Ditching the doomsaying for better climate discourse

Dec. 18, 2019

Max Boykoff pitches strategies for more effective climate communication

Denver Union Train Station

CU scientists board the climate change train

Dec. 6, 2019

A group of Earth scientists takes the train instead of a plane to protest climate change. But can the rest of us climb aboard?

harun

DiCaprio film featuring four local scientists to be screened here

Oct. 3, 2019

Film ‘repeatedly takes the audience to the brink of despair, before pulling back with a glimmer of optimism,’ Cannes reviewer says

bunting

Geographer helps document changing climate’s disruption of migratory birds

June 20, 2017

Climate change is altering tree-leafing dates faster than birds are adapting, researchers find.

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