Climate & Environment
Scientists used fossil groundwater and model simulations to identify regional differences in aquifer response during the Last Glacial Termination, a period of warming, ice sheet loss and major environmental change that occurred between 20,000 and 11,000 years ago.
Ecologist Katharine Suding shares insights on the increasing risks of grassland fire across the country.
Robert Brakenridge has spent decades trying to understand how distant exploding stars may have affected Earth's atmosphere in the past. A new analysis indicates the need for continued research in the field.
At a regional plenary of the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit, co-sponsored by CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß, speakers called for action that centers human stories, local wisdom and nature-based solutions to break the cycle of environmental injustice.
A field campaign on an Oklahoma feedlot that aimed to measure aerosols in the atmosphere yielded surprising results.
American honeybee colonies have declined by more than 60% this year. A CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß entomologist is racing to find a solution.
CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß research sheds light on communities in Brazil facing ongoing marginalization despite legal land rights.
A study of the 2021 Marshall Fire in ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß 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.