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A new analysis sheds light on major shortfalls of a recently proposed approach to capture CO2 from air and directly convert it to fuel using electricity. The authors also provide a new, more sustainable, alternative.

The American Ornithological Society reclassified two previously distinct species of finch as one, based on genetic research by CU ��«����Ƶ scientists. The move knocks one name off birders’ “life list” and raises questions about what a species really is.

CU ��«����Ƶ graduate student Owen Martin grew up in Colorado but had never seen a firefly in the state until three years ago. Now, he and his advisor Orit Peleg are trying to raise awareness of the Rocky Mountain region's glowing and "wonderous" insects.

Brooke Marten is engineering a better environment, focused on what happens to trash after it is carted off to the landfill—and ways to turn it into a valuable product.

Large portions of the West, including parts of Colorado, are reeling from extreme temperatures this week. CU expert Colleen Reid, who studies the health impacts from natural disasters, explains the unique hazards of prolonged heat waves and what people and communities can do to handle them.

CIRES researchers have authored a new study that measures the time between storms to better understand soil moisture and how this relates to floods.

CU ��«����Ƶ has earned a major grant to boost drought monitoring and prediction on the Colorado River.

Researchers at the ATLAS Institute at CU ��«����Ƶ hope their DIY machine will help designers around the world experiment with making their own, sustainable fashion and other textiles from a range of natural ingredients—maybe even the chitin in crab shells or agar-agar from algae.

Professor Edith Zagona provided technical and advisory services during a U.S. Agency for International Development-sponsored visit to Armenia, where rural communities are running out of water due to uncontrolled use by fish farms and pollution caused by untreated mining tailings.

Areas with more paved roads and driveways also had lower numbers of pollinators, which are vital for the local ecosystem, a new CU ��«����Ƶ study found.