Climate & Environment
- CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ economist Alessandro Peri makes the case that empowering the young can meaningfully affect climate policy and climate outcomes.
- Michael Gooseff and collaborators are gathering the first-ever continuous, long-term water quality sample of the Colorado River’s upper basin. INSTAAR Senior Communication Specialist Gabe Allen joined them for three days on the river.
- As intense wildfires spread around Los Angeles, atmospheric scientist Andrew Winters explains the conditions that have led to the devastating disaster.
- A refined mathematical model is now capable of predicting carbon inputs and outputs for freshwater lakes around the world, according to new research from INSTAAR’s Isabella Oleksy and collaborators. Their work could help scientists understand the role of freshwater lakes in the global carbon cycle.
- Biologist Jingchun Li shares her research in marine animals and the unique ways they illuminate the sea.
- Ancient gases trapped in Antarctic ice reveal wildfire activity during the last glacial period tracked with changes in rainfall and temperature.
- Professor Emeritus Marc Bekoff shares his decades of research on the emotional lives of animals and how it could influence wildlife management.
- In a CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ-led study, scientists describe how different traits used to choose mates in barn swallow populations are driving the bird to diverge, which could eventually lead to the formation of new species.
- A high-tech laser measured gases produced by cattle on a Kansas feedlot. The results may help mitigate future cattle emissions.
- From Dec. 9 to 13, tens of thousands of people from more than 100 countries will gather in Washington D.C. for the 2024 meeting of the American Geophysical Union.