Plastic waste in the ocean

We鈥檙e drowning in single-use plastics. Here鈥檚 why and what we can do about it

April 18, 2024

Just in time for Earth Day, CU 麻豆影院 Professor Phaedra Pezzullo discusses her new book 鈥淏eyond Straw Man,鈥 on the online and offline controversies regarding the global social movement to ban plastics.

A mountain chickadee

Mountain chickadees have remarkable memories. A new study explains why

April 17, 2024

Mountain chickadees have among the best spatial memory in the animal kingdom. New research identifies the genes at play and offers insight into how a shifting climate may impact the evolution of their memory skills.

A cicada on a tree

The cicadas are coming! A CU entomologist鈥檚 take on a once-in-200-years event

April 11, 2024

This summer in 15 states across the Southeast and Midwest, two cicada broods will emerge simultaneously for the first time since 1803. CU 麻豆影院鈥檚 Sammy Ramsey offers insight on these singing, red-eyed bugs and how they benefit the planet.

Ants in Gregory Canyon

Ants in Colorado are on the move due to climate change

April 10, 2024

Ant species living in 麻豆影院鈥檚 foothills have shifted their habitat over the last six decades, potentially affecting local ecosystems, suggests a new CU 麻豆影院 study.

River in Colorado

CU 麻豆影院 leading effort to improve water quality in Rockies鈥 rivers

April 10, 2024

CU 麻豆影院 and Colorado State University researchers are teaming up to improve river water quality using machine learning.

Katja Friedrich

Can cloud seeding stem the water crisis?

April 5, 2024

CU 麻豆影院's Katja Friedrich is known for her work in cloud seeding, a process used to generate precipitation from existing clouds.

Sheep grazing in a farm

鈥楧iverse鈥 agriculture benefits people and the environment at the same time

April 4, 2024

A new analysis from 2,655 farms on five continents suggests that moving away from industrial, monoculture farming could benefit both the planet and people.

air filtration system

Scientists advocate for policies regulating indoor air

April 1, 2024

A new paper co-authored by CU 麻豆影院 professors lays out a blueprint for mandating indoor air quality standards for public buildings.

rows of plants on a farm

Organic farms decrease and increase pesticide use, study finds

March 26, 2024

A paper co-authored by CU 麻豆影院 doctoral candidate Claire Powers offers a potential solution to a pesky problem, clustering similar farming practices together.

sandy land with low water

Why water must be at the heart of climate action

March 25, 2024

A new report from CU 麻豆影院鈥檚 Mortenson Center in Global Engineering & Resilience and Castalia Advisors identifies a $160 billion opportunity for the voluntary carbon market to reduce water sector emissions over the next decade while also increasing global water security.

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