Climate & Environment
- American honeybee colonies have declined by more than 60% this year. A CU Boulder entomologist is racing to find a solution.
- CU Boulder research sheds light on communities in Brazil facing ongoing marginalization despite legal land rights.
- A study of the 2021 Marshall Fire in Boulder County shows that community policies are as important, if not more so, than homeowner actions.
- In a new paper, Alton Byers and his coauthors identified a rapidly forming glacial lake in the Kanchenjunga Conservation Area. The researchers model potential flood scenarios and suggest mitigation measures.
- Climate change is increasing sulfate runoff, likely causing soil microbes to produce the most toxic form of mercury.
- A CIRES and CU Boulder-led team detected tsunami waves caused by a landslide using satellite data from a ship for the first time, demonstrating the potential for the approach to improve tsunami detection and warning in coastal communities.
- A new investigation, led by INSTAAR affiliate David Harning, uncovers a story of ecosystem resilience at a lake in coastal Iceland. The analysis could aid future conservation and climate modeling efforts.
- Researchers at CU Boulder and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a new method to identify genetic changes that help oxygen-producing microbes survive in extreme environments.
- The latest study finds that emissions of the potent greenhouse gas might be higher than previously estimated.
- A new discovery by a CU Boulder researcher shows why global climate models overestimate warming in the tropical Pacific Ocean.