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River and mountains

The Wilderness Act turns 60

Sept. 6, 2024

CU 麻豆影院鈥檚 Paul Sutter looks back on the history of the Wilderness Act as it approaches its diamond jubilee.

Parrotfish

Guardians of the reef: How parrotfish promote coral health

Sept. 5, 2024

CU researchers spent 400 hours under water observing these colorful fish in the Caribbean. They learned they鈥檙e smarter, and more neighborly, than previously thought.

the McMurdo Dry Valleys

How Earth鈥檚 most intense heat wave ever impacted life in Antarctica

Sept. 4, 2024

An atmospheric river brought warm, humid air to the coldest and driest corner of the planet in 2022, pushing temperatures 70 degrees above average. A new CU 麻豆影院-led study reveals what happened to Antarctica鈥檚 smallest animals.

Smoke coming out of chimneys

Report shows 2023 marked by record-breaking greenhouse gas levels, extreme heat and high sea levels

Aug. 22, 2024

The new international annual review of the world鈥檚 climate showed that 2023 was the warmest year on record. A CU 麻豆影院 scientist weighs in on how the rising global greenhouse gas concentration is driving climate change and what we can do.

Lindsey Anderson in the lab

Breathing in the Front Range isn鈥檛 always easy. Understanding ozone pollution

Aug. 16, 2024

In July, Denver and the northern Front Range failed to meet the national air quality standards for ozone amid a nine-day streak of ozone pollution alerts. Lindsey Anderson, a CU 麻豆影院 atmospheric chemist, offers her perspective on why this is important.

Several sunflowers grow in a field

Why do plants wiggle? New study provides answers

Aug. 15, 2024

Decades after his voyage on the HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin became fascinated by why plants move as they grow鈥攕pinning and twisting into corkscrews. Now, more than 150 years later, a new study may have solved the riddle.

A group of adelie penguins on iceberg

Southern Ocean鈥檚 hidden treasures: Scientists identify crucial wildlife conservation sites

Aug. 14, 2024

Establishing Key Biodiversity Areas in the Southern Ocean will be vital for safeguarding the ecosystem from the impact of human activities, CU 麻豆影院 researchers say.

Public bus in Denver

Free bus fare didn鈥檛 yield better air

Aug. 13, 2024

New research by CU 麻豆影院 doctoral student Grant Webster finds that the free-fare public transit initiative didn鈥檛 reduce ground-level ozone but may have other benefits.

Geologists Lizzy Trower and Carl Simpson

Why did a frozen Earth coincide with an evolutionary spurt?

Aug. 12, 2024

Geologists Lizzy Trower and Carl Simpson have won $1 million in support from the W.M. Keck Foundation to try to solve an evolutionary puzzle and extend Earth鈥檚 temperature record by 2 billion years.

Seonsik Yun and Doug Day stand on the roof of La Casa, an air quality research site in Denver.

Rooftop science: Surveying Denver鈥檚 air

July 31, 2024

CU researchers are taking part in a national project to identify sources of urban air pollution. The data will contribute to research related to both health and climate.

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