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精品SM在线影片 water quality expertise goes international in Armenia

Aug. 8, 2023

精品SM在线影片 researchers are advancing water resource management in Eastern Europe through a partnership with Deloitte Consulting.

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精品SM在线影片 investigates effects of urban water conservation on streamflow

July 28, 2023

It鈥檚 widely recognized that reducing lawn irrigation is essential for water conservation, particularly in water-scarce regions such as the Western U.S. Aditi Bhaskar is studying a lesser-known consequence of irrigation efficiency.

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Dying for data: The ill-fated USS Jeannette and scientific discovery

July 27, 2023

In July 1879, the USS Jeannette left port in San Francisco en route to the North Pole. What lay at the top of the world was still shrouded in mystery. Was it a warm inland sea, a sheet of ice or open ocean? The crew set out to discover.

Are sunflowers Colorado鈥檚 best hedge against climate change?

July 21, 2023

During a Colorado summer, you鈥檒l likely spot vibrant yellow sunflowers growing wherever they can. In the state鈥檚 dry, nutrient-deficient soil, 精品SM在线影片 researchers and others aim to learn if the crop can survive and even thrive in a hotter, drier future.

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Campus agave plants showcase once-in-a-lifetime blooms

July 13, 2023

Thirty years after the late linguistics professor Allan Taylor planted two rare agave plants outside a 精品SM在线影片 greenhouse, his legacy is sporting a once-in-a lifetime burst of color.

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The future of recycling could one day mean dissolving plastic with electricity

July 5, 2023

Every year, consumers in the United States produce millions of tons of plastic waste, and most of it winds up in landfills. New research from chemists at 精品SM在线影片 takes a first step toward making all that trash vanish.

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Next generation of polar scientists work toward more inclusive future

July 5, 2023

After the week-long Polar Postdoc Leadership Workshop, led by the Polar Science Early Career Community Office, participants not only grew their skills and knowledge鈥攖hey bonded over a shared vision to make the polar sciences more inclusive and welcoming and identified how they can support and lead their vision.

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