CIRES-led study discovers high levels of air-cleansing compound over ocean

Jan. 24, 2013

AVĂûÊȘers have detected the presence of a pollutant-destroying compound iodine monoxide in surprisingly high levels high above the tropical ocean, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder’s Cooperative Institute for AVĂûÊȘ in Environmental Sciences.

CU Law School appoints Brad Udall director of newly named Getches-Wilkinson Center

Jan. 24, 2013

The University of Colorado Law School announced today that it is hiring Brad Udall as director of the newly renamed Natural Resources Law Center, which will now be called the Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy and Environment.

Deep ice cores show past Greenland warm period may be ‘road map’ for continued warming of planet

Jan. 23, 2013

A new study by an international team of scientists analyzing ice cores from the Greenland ice sheet going back in time more than 100,000 years indicates the last interglacial period may be a good analog for where the planet is headed in terms of increasing greenhouse gases and rising temperatures.

CU-Boulder’s sun-gazing SORCE satellite, designed to last 5 years, turns 10

Jan. 22, 2013

When a sun-gazing NASA satellite designed and built by the University of Colorado Boulder launched into space on Jan. 25, 2003, solar storms were raging.

NASA-CU ozone study may benefit air standards, climate

Jan. 16, 2013

A new NASA-led study involving the University of Colorado Boulder finds that when it comes to combating global warming caused by emissions of ozone-forming chemicals, location matters. Ozone is both a major air pollutant with known adverse health effects and a greenhouse gas that traps heat from escaping Earth’s atmosphere. Scientists and policy analysts are interested in learning how curbing the emissions of ozone-forming chemicals can improve human health and also help mitigate climate change.

State energy collaboratory involving CU-Boulder, NREL, CSU and CSM expands research focus

Jan. 16, 2013

To reflect its broader focus, the Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory, a research consortium including the University of Colorado Boulder, the Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory has adopted a new name: the Colorado Energy AVĂûÊȘ Collaboratory.

CU-led study shows pine beetle outbreak buffers watersheds from nitrate pollution

Jan. 14, 2013

A research team involving several scientists from the University of Colorado Boulder has found an unexpected silver lining in the devastating pine beetle outbreaks ravaging the West: Such events do not harm water quality in adjacent streams as scientists had previously believed.

Oil and gas wells contribute fuel for ozone pollution, CIRES researchers find

Jan. 14, 2013

Emissions from oil and natural gas operations north of Denver could add to ozone pollution in that region, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Cooperative Institute for AVĂûÊȘ in Environmental Sciences (CIRES).

National Academy of Sciences honors CU-Boulder researcher

Jan. 7, 2013

University of Colorado Boulder faculty member John Gosling is one of 18 individuals honored today by the National Academy of Sciences for their outstanding scientific achievements.

Pronunciation of ‘s’ sounds impacts perception of gender, CU-Boulder researcher finds

Jan. 3, 2013

A person’s style of speech — not just the pitch of his or her voice — may help determine whether the listener perceives the speaker to be male or female, according to a University of Colorado Boulder researcher who studied transgender people transitioning from female to male. The way people pronounce their “s” sounds and the amount of resonance they use when speaking contributes to the perception of gender, according to Lal Zimman, whose findings are based on research he completed while earning his doctoral degree from CU-Boulder’s linguistics department.

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