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Goodbye, El Niño, and hello, La Niña

May 24, 2024

La Niña is coming, raising the chances of a dangerous Atlantic hurricane season—an atmospheric scientist explains this climate phenomenon.

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Student undertakes global DIY climate action

Nov. 17, 2023

CU Boulder senior Runzhe Li will attend major U.N. climate conference as independent scholar.

CU Boulder campus and Flatirons

From molecule movement to coastal flooding, CU scientists push boundaries

Sept. 27, 2023

Researchers Andrés Montoya-Castillo and Julia Moriarty are named U.S. Department of Energy Early Career Researchers, receiving multiyear funding.

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Large or small, nuclear war would wreak havoc on the ocean

May 31, 2023

Study finds that the ocean could never fully recover if a nuclear war were to break out.

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Rosy-finches are Colorado’s high-alpine specialists, and researchers want to know why

Jan. 19, 2023

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

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Research & Innovation Office names newest Faculty Fellow cohort

Dec. 9, 2022

The Research and Innovation Office has announced the 2023 RIO Faculty Fellows cohort, which includes 17 faculty members from departments and research institutes spanning the campus.

Floods that cuts the Raya Bintara Rd. on 1st January, 2020

Human-caused global warming, natural climate variability in vicious cycle

Dec. 2, 2022

Scientists show how the two factors combined to cause extreme ocean events in Indonesia.

Looking down at a forest that has a cut out in the shape of the continents

Cross-campus open house will feature interdisciplinary climate change research, kick off U.N. Summit events

Nov. 10, 2022

The College of Engineering and Applied Science, the College of Arts and Sciences and the Leeds School of Business are teaming up to highlight CU Boulder-led research to address climate change from 3-5 p.m. on Nov. 30 in the Olson Atrium of the Rustandy Building.

2022 cohort of the REU students in front of a weather balloon

CU Boulder researchers stoke a passion for science in tomorrow’s scholars

Aug. 16, 2022

Undergrad students from minority-serving institutions get hands-on research experience and mentoring from faculty and grad students.

Vanderford Glacier reflection

Unlocking the secrets of the East Antarctic ice sheet

Aug. 11, 2022

Climate change may soon cause the sleepy giant to evolve, new research finds.

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