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$68M NASA contract awarded to National Snow and Ice Data Center

March 30, 2023

Under a contract valued at $68 million, the NSIDC will provide data management services focused on preserving, documenting and providing access to cryospheric data and related geophysical data. This is the seventh time the NSIDC has been selected for the work.

Group of people pose for a photo in the City of Boulder Reservoir, 1875

Beleaguered forests are losing ground

March 28, 2023

Distinguished Professor Emeritus Tom Veblen's 40-year census research finds that climate change has tripled tree mortality and forestalled regeneration.

Latest international climate report calls for adaptation, rapid action

March 22, 2023

A report released this week by the United Nations鈥� Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns the world of dire consequences if rapid action to reduce emissions and adaptation are not prioritized. A CU expert shares his take on economic and political impacts of this latest report.

When someone sneezes on Everest, their germs can last for centuries

March 14, 2023

Thanks to technological advances in microbial DNA analysis, CU researchers have discovered that mountaineers鈥� boots aren鈥檛 the only things leaving footprints on the world鈥檚 tallest mountain.

Historic high seas treaty brings new hope to global marine conservation

March 10, 2023

精品SM在线影片 experts explain why the high seas matter to all of us, and how a recent United Nations agreement aims to protect marine biodiversity in international waters.

鈥楤ruiser鈥� the bushbaby was killed by a dog in South Africa. He isn鈥檛 alone

Feb. 9, 2023

A surprising number of primates may be dying on roads and around power lines or from dog attacks in Sub-Saharan Africa. A few simple solutions, such as not leaving food out at night, may help.

$7.65M grant to extend study of how climate change shapes life at 10,000 feet

Feb. 3, 2023

Through the Niwot Ridge Long Term Ecological Research Project, housed at 精品SM在线影片's Mountain Research Station, scientists will continue to examine the impacts of a warming world on the university's highest campus.

Rosy-finches are Colorado鈥檚 high-alpine specialists鈥攔esearchers want to know why

Jan. 26, 2023

Birds that can live at 14,000 feet and also breed at sea level might have evolved more quickly than previously thought.

Congressman Joe Neguse, left, and US House of Representatives Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi

Why does climate policy lag science?

Jan. 26, 2023

Despite the Inflation Reduction Act, U.S. progress on climate change remains stuck in a climate conundrum, 精品SM在线影片 experts say, hampered by politics, complexity and the scope of the problem.

When Indigenous communities have legal land rights, this Brazilian forest benefits

Jan. 26, 2023

A 精品SM在线影片-led study shows that between 1985 and 2019 in Brazil鈥檚 Atlantic Forest, deforestation decreased and reforestation increased on lands where Indigenous communities had been able to complete a legal process to receive formal recognition of their ancestral lands.

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