Climate & Environment
After a year of fire, heat, floods and droughts across the world, Pedro DiNezio shares predictions on what could happen next year—and what we can do about it.
Across the university, researchers are racing to find solutions to slow the rate of climate change and potentially reverse its course.
Get Associate Professor Amanda Carrico’s take on actions that can have meaningful impacts on reducing one’s carbon footprint, from changing diet habits to reducing food waste and more.
With the holiday season upon us and the United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP28, kicking off this month, researchers launched Food Twin to show where crops come from—and how climate change could impact this fragile network.
Ensuring a fully inclusive transition toward a low-carbon society is an essential part of the agenda at this month’s United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai. CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß researcher Clint Carroll offers his take on why Indigenous Peoples must be part of the conversation.
Earth’s glaciers are shrinking at an alarming rate as the world’s climate warms. Get scientist Twila Moon’s take on why these icy rivers matter to everyone, even if you don’t have a glacier in your backyard.
As part of a major federal endeavor to combat climate change, CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß is advancing marine carbon dioxide removal techniques to cut harmful greenhouse gasses by providing new methods for monitoring verification and reporting.
A new national assessment of water and climate led by Liz Payton, a water resources specialist in the CIRES-based Western Water Assessment, cites some national progress.
CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß researchers attracted a record $684.2 million in fiscal year 2022–23 for studies that, among other things, elevate quantum science in Colorado, solve mysteries about the sun and provide even better data on sea ice, ice sheets, glaciers and more.
Follow CIRES scientist Audrey Gaudel and her collaborators as they walk the streets of New York City taking detailed readings of air pollutants from a simple backpack.