Climate & Environment
On Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina tore through New Orleans, killing more than 1,800 people and displacing 1.2 million. Natural Hazards Center Director Lori Peek reflects on what we learned—or should have.
A study led by doctoral student Daniel Donado-Quintero shows that setting carbon benchmarks can encourage asphalt producers to lower emissions and optimize production processes—supporting Colorado’s Buy Clean Act and other efforts.
Across the globe, deserts are spreading, engulfing homes, roads and even entire villages in sand. Engineers at CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß are exploring how humans can shift the paths of these towering formations.
INSTAAR doctoral student Advyth Ramachandran is presenting preliminary findings at a conference in Baltimore. His work seeks to understand the cooling effects of various urban tree species in ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß.
CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß engineer Nicole Xu fits moon jellyfish with microelectronic devices that enhance their natural swimming ability and will one day be able to gather data.
New research revealed that changes in the Pacific Ocean are driving the unrelenting dry spell in the American Southwest, and it might not let up for the next three decades.
RASEI Fellow Gregor Henze is a co-author and co-editor on a new report from the International Energy Agency evaluating approaches aiming to use energy more efficiently in buildings and districts.
The Oleksy lab has taken over a 42-year-old monitoring project in Rocky Mountain National Park. The lab's investigations reveal how remote alpine watersheds are changing in the Anthropocene.
New work, led by former CIRES and CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß doctoral student Alex Bradley, shows that modern pollution patterns and the burdens they place on communities in Denver depend heavily on historical changes, including city planning, industry and discriminatory redlining practices.
New research warns that global rainfall patterns could shift dramatically as a result of climate change.