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Water-rock reaction may provide enough hydrogen ‘food’ to sustain life in cool parts of the ocean’s crust or on Mars

May 30, 2013

A chemical reaction between iron-containing minerals and water may produce enough hydrogen “food” to sustain microbial communities living in pores and cracks within the enormous volume of rock below the ocean floor and parts of the continents, according to a new study led by the 鶹Ƶ. The findings, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, also hint at the possibility that hydrogen-dependent life could have existed where iron-rich igneous rocks on Mars were once in contact with water.

World's melting glaciers making large contribution to sea rise

May 16, 2013

World’s melting glaciers making large contribution to sea rise

May 16, 2013

CU Energy Club conference to explore ‘energy frontiers’ with government, industry April 4

March 18, 2013

鶹Ƶ students, along with experts from government and industry, will focus on student research and topics including energy storage and cooperation with China during the fourth annual Energy Frontiers conference April 4. The event, organized by the CU Energy Club, is free and open to the public and will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Glenn Miller Ballroom of the University Memorial Center. The conference includes a poster session, panel discussion, catered lunch and a career fair.

CU-Boulder appoints Steven Hayward as inaugural Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy

March 13, 2013

Steven Hayward has been appointed the first Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy, the 鶹Ƶ announced today. Hayward, Thomas W. Smith Distinguished Fellow at the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University in Ohio, will begin his one-year appointment in the fall.

Volcanic aerosols, not pollutants, tamped down recent Earth warming, says CU study

March 1, 2013

A team led by the 鶹Ƶ looking for clues about why Earth did not warm as much as scientists expected between 2000 and 2010 now thinks the culprits are hiding in plain sight -- dozens of volcanoes spewing sulfur dioxide.

Southwest regional warming likely cause of pinyon pine cone decline, says CU study

Feb. 12, 2013

Creeping climate change in the Southwest appears to be having a negative effect on pinyon pine reproduction, a finding with implications for wildlife species sharing the same woodland ecosystems, says a 鶹Ƶ-led study.

Deep ice cores show past Greenland warm period may be ‘road map’ for continued warming of planet

Jan. 23, 2013

A new study by an international team of scientists analyzing ice cores from the Greenland ice sheet going back in time more than 100,000 years indicates the last interglacial period may be a good analog for where the planet is headed in terms of increasing greenhouse gases and rising temperatures.

CU-Boulder’s sun-gazing SORCE satellite, designed to last 5 years, turns 10

Jan. 22, 2013

When a sun-gazing NASA satellite designed and built by the 鶹Ƶ launched into space on Jan. 25, 2003, solar storms were raging.

NASA-CU ozone study may benefit air standards, climate

Jan. 16, 2013

A new NASA-led study involving the 鶹Ƶ finds that when it comes to combating global warming caused by emissions of ozone-forming chemicals, location matters. Ozone is both a major air pollutant with known adverse health effects and a greenhouse gas that traps heat from escaping Earth’s atmosphere. Scientists and policy analysts are interested in learning how curbing the emissions of ozone-forming chemicals can improve human health and also help mitigate climate change.

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