Climate & Environment
- A new analysis from 2,655 farms on five continents suggests that moving away from industrial, monoculture farming could benefit both the planet and people.
- A new paper co-authored by CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ professors lays out a blueprint for mandating indoor air quality standards for public buildings.
- A paper co-authored by CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ doctoral candidate Claire Powers offers a potential solution to a pesky problem, clustering similar farming practices together.
- A new report from CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ’s Mortenson Center in Global Engineering & Resilience and Castalia Advisors identifies a $160 billion opportunity for the voluntary carbon market to reduce water sector emissions over the next decade while also increasing global water security.
- A CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ engineer and his international colleagues have discovered a new way to manufacture solar cells using perovskite semiconductors. It could lead to lower-cost, more efficient systems for powering homes, cars, boats and drones.
- RJ Sangosti and Elliot Ross, former and current Ted Scripps Fellows at CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ’s Center for Environmental Journalism, use photography to show immediate and long-term water concerns through the rapidly changing Western landscape.
- The Securities and Exchange Commission approved new climate risk disclosure rules, requiring some of the country’s biggest companies to report emissions data and other climate-related risks. Asaf Bernstein, a former adviser to the SEC, gives his take.
- While summer sea ice loss in the Arctic is inevitable, it can be reversed if the planet cools down, CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ researchers say.
- These reptiles move around tree trunks to seek warmth or shade. With trees disappearing, they would have trouble controlling their body temperature, a new study shows.
- A new CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ study found metal contamination in the soil near homes destroyed by the Marshall Fire didn’t reach dangerous levels.