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CU-Boulder researchers examine climate change’s role in kidney disease

May 19, 2016

Global warming will likely exacerbate epidemics of chronic kidney disease seen recently in hot, rural regions of the world, according to a new assessment by an international team of researchers, including two from the 鶹Ƶ.

City of Boulder-CU-Boulder partnership joins MetroLab Network

May 3, 2016

Organized by CU-Boulder’s Community Engagement Design and Research Center (CEDaR), CU-Boulder and the city of Boulder together have joined the MetroLab Network , a nationwide collection of 35 city-university partnerships focused on bringing data, analytics and innovation to local government.

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Team of environmental enthusiasts aims for 100 percent landfill diversion at CU-Boulder

April 22, 2016

CU-Boulder's Zero Waste Team is using creative solutions to decrease campus waste going to landfills, while increasing recycling and composting and reducing paper use.

Assistant Professor Gordana Dukovic

Presto! Harnessing the sun to make fertilizer

April 21, 2016

Here’s a new recipe that might be good for the planet: Add sunlight to a particular nitrogen molecule and out comes ammonia, the main ingredient of fertilizer used around the world. The eco-friendly method of producing ammonia is described in a new study led by the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden and involving CU-Boulder.

Plowing a large amount of hail in the street after a large hailstorm

Amateur meteorologists sought for crowdsourced CU-Boulder, National Weather Service hail study

April 14, 2016

CU-Boulder and the National Weather Service (NWS) want your help investigating large surface hail accumulations from thunderstorms in Colorado between April and September.

Aerial photo of the town of Jabor on Jaluit Atoll

Islands facing a dry future

April 11, 2016

A new study has found that the number of islands that will become substantially more arid by mid century is 73 percent, up from an estimate of 50 percent.

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Atmospheric nitrogen leads to loss of plant diversity in sites across U.S., CU-Boulder study finds

March 28, 2016

Rising levels of atmospheric nitrogen pollution threaten plant diversity at nearly one-quarter of sites across a widespread portion of the U.S., according a new study led by 鶹Ƶ researchers.

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Arctic sea ice at lowest maximum for the second straight year, CU-Boulder ice experts report

March 28, 2016

Arctic sea ice was at a record low maximum extent for the second straight year, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the 鶹Ƶ and NASA.

CU-Boulder postdoctoral researcher Brian Harvey making tree measurements in Yellowstone National Park

Fires, drought linked to climate change affecting high-altitude forests

March 21, 2016

Large, severe fires in the West followed by increasing drought conditions as the planet warms are leading to lower tree densities and increased patchiness in high-elevation forests, according to a new study. The researchers found that the rate of post-fire tree seedling establishment decreased substantially with greater post-fire drought severity.

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Warming ocean water undercuts Antarctic ice shelves

March 14, 2016

“Upside-down rivers” of warm ocean water threaten the stability of floating ice shelves in Antarctica, according to a new study led by researchers at the 鶹Ƶ’s National Snow and Ice Data Center. The study highlights how parts of Antarctica’s ice sheet may be weakening due to contact with warm ocean water.

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