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An image of a tree in a field depicting climate change and drought.

Reticent experts still have climate advocacy choices, scholars say

Feb. 13, 2019

Scientists can be climate advocates without tarring reputations, CU 麻豆影院 researchers contend.

Ice shelves buckle under weight of meltwater lakes

Feb. 13, 2019

CIRES scientists have directly observed an Antarctic ice shelf bending under the weight of ponding meltwater on top, a phenomenon that may have triggered the 2002 collapse of the Larsen B ice shelf.

Sand from glacial melt could be Greenland鈥檚 economic salvation

Feb. 11, 2019

As climate change melts Greenland鈥檚 glaciers and deposits more river sediment on its shores, international researchers have identified an unforeseen economic opportunity: exporting excess sand and gravel abroad.

A water quality mystery, solved in Antarctica

Feb. 1, 2019

Scientists have developed a possible answer to a longstanding mystery about the chemistry of streamflow, which may have broad implications for watersheds and water quality around the world.

A landscape unseen in over 40,000 years

Jan. 25, 2019

Glacial retreat in the Canadian Arctic has uncovered landscapes that haven鈥檛 been ice-free in more than 40,000 years, and the region may be experiencing its warmest century in 115,000 years.

Greenland ice melting faster than expected

Jan. 22, 2019

Greenland is melting faster than scientists previously thought鈥攁nd will likely lead to faster sea level rise鈥攖hanks to the continued, accelerating warming of the Earth鈥檚 atmosphere.

Colorado鈥檚 Lake Dillon is warming rapidly

Jan. 7, 2019

CIRES researchers harnessed 35 years of data to uncover responses of a high-elevation reservoir to a warming world.

A record-low start to the new year in Antarctica

Jan. 3, 2019

The rate of Antarctic ice extent loss for December 2018 is the fastest in the satellite record, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center.

Longer growing seasons complicate outlook for coniferous forests

Dec. 19, 2018

Will a longer, climate-induced growing season ultimately help coniferous forests to grow or hurt them?

Less ozone means more snow for Antarctica

Dec. 10, 2018

Ozone layer depletion has increased snowfall over Antarctica in recent decades, partially mitigating the ongoing loss of the continent鈥檚 ice sheet mass.

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