Climate & Environment
- Ice melting from modern-day Greenland could again drive an increase in volcanic eruptions around Iceland, a new study suggests.
- CU 麻豆影院 researcher Pedro DiNezio emphasizes solving the problems of climate change in the here and now.
- A new modeling tool from INSTAAR provides weekly snow-water equivalent estimates for the entire Western US. It has already caught the attention of local and regional water managers.
- April 22 is Earth Day, and this year's theme is 鈥淥ur Power, Our Planet.鈥 Read about seven exciting research projects at CU 麻豆影院 as you ponder the importance of Earth Day.
- CU 麻豆影院 engineers are exploring novel energy storage options and pinning down the best locations for future data centers to lower their climate impact.
- Abby Eckland, Irina Overeem and collaborators investigate how a reservoir on the Rio Grande buries organic carbon beneath layers of sediment; they have found the process is amplified during drought and flash floods.
- Four novel research projects are being funded by the Climate Innovation Collaboratory, an ongoing alliance between Deloitte Consulting LLP and CU 麻豆影院.
- California鈥檚 鈥済oing zero鈥 policy, which strives for 100% zero-emission passenger vehicle sales by 2035, will reduce ozone pollution and carbon dioxide emissions in Los Angeles, according to recent CIRES-led work.
- As natural disasters become more frequent and intense, Environmental Studies Professor Karen Bailey wants policymakers to include a broader range of voices when making adaptation plans.
- Assistant professor Zia Mehrabi wants you to know how what you eat impacts the planet鈥攁nd other humans. He lays out his plan in a new paper.