Climate & Environment
On the North Slope of Alaska, snow is melting earlier in the spring, and the snow-in date is happening later in the fall, according to a new study by CIRES and NOAA researchers.
Michelle Sauther is using high-tech thermal imaging cameras to study the iconic African bushbaby and how challenging environments impact primates.
Even if humans could instantly turn off all greenhouse gas emissions, Earth would continue to heat up about two more degrees Fahrenheit by the turn of the century, according to new research.
CU Boulder engineers, scientists and students are teaming up with Black Swift Technologies to use unmanned aircraft to measure water moisture at a test irrigation farm in Yuma, Colorado.
CIRES scientist's innovative framework could improve the way weather and climate models represent the detail needed to make thin, layered clouds behave realistically.
An automated emissions monitoring system at Boulder Reservoir tracks methane and other harmful atmospheric gases in real time. Read more, listen to the podcast or watch the video.
Beginning July 1, Earth Lab will become part of CIRES, a longstanding leader in Earth system research.
A new INSTAAR study shows significant amounts of dissolved black carbon can persist in both pristine and non-pristine areas of snow around the world.
Stefan Leyk isn't much of an ornithologist, but the associate professor's geographical savvy did help lead to a startling study in how climate change is altering tree-leafing dates faster than birds are adapting.
Researchers from NIST and CU Boulder have demonstrated a new mobile, ground-based system that could scan and map atmospheric gas plumes.