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Native bees also facing novel pandemic

July 9, 2020

There is growing evidence that another 鈥減andemic" has been infecting bees around the world for the past two decades and is spreading鈥揳 fungal pathogen known as Nosema.

Resident parasites influence appearance, evolution of barn swallows

June 24, 2020

Researchers at CU Boulder think local parasites are influencing why barn swallows in Europe, the Middle East and Colorado are choosing their mates differently.

Joanna Lambert standing on tree limb and looking through binoculars.

As rare animals disappear, scientist faces 鈥榚cological grief鈥�

June 11, 2020

As the wilds around Joanna Lamberts research sites in Africa and North America have vanished, the conservation biologist has struggled to keep hopeful amid the losses.

An image of bleached coral as seen in the Great Barrier Reef

How climate factors combined to devastate the Great Barrier Reef

May 18, 2020

A marine heatwave, a terrestrial heatwave and climate warming joined forces to devastate the Great Barrier Reef in 2016.

A researcher seen on the MOSAIC expedition in the Arctic

Arctic research soars to new heights with drones

May 5, 2020

Students, postdocs and faculty are all contributing to an innovative atmospheric-research-by-drone project near the North Pole on Arctic sea ice.

These tiny organisms could help solve big, real-world problems

May 4, 2020

Thousands of microbes, invisible to the naked eye, make life function as we know it. With climate change threatening to tip these processes out of balance, better understanding microbial activity could help humans adapt to looming crises.

Ocean acidification prediction now possible years in advance

May 1, 2020

Researchers have developed a method that could enable scientists to accurately forecast ocean acidity up to five years in advance, which could have implications for improving economic and food security.

Scientists investigate a glacier detachment site in Alaska

Global warming may increase risk of sudden glacier detachments

April 29, 2020

A CU Boulder-led study has identified triggers of a destructive glacial process that buried kilometers of Alaskan forest.

Why are we acting like wolves at night?

April 23, 2020

Around the world, people are collectively making noise while social distancing. In Colorado, we're howling like wolves. Is this "group howl" part of a greater phenomenon?

More protections needed to safeguard biodiversity in the Southern Ocean

April 22, 2020

Current marine protected areas in the Southern Ocean need to be at least doubled to adequately safeguard the biodiversity of the Antarctic, according to a new CU Boulder study.

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