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How Did Everything Get So Political?

March 6, 2023

CU experts explain why and how voting rights, climate change and abortion became rallying calls for political parties.

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Justice for Earth, Justice for Humans

July 11, 2022

Human activity is gradually increasing Earth’s temperature and causing more frequent natural disasters. These stories examine the ways CU is researching the impacts of climate change on human life and human rights.

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Turning Stories into Action

July 11, 2022

Human activity is gradually increasing Earth’s temperature and causing more frequent natural disasters.

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The Colorado-Brazil Program on Sustainable Development Education

July 11, 2022

Human activity is gradually increasing Earth’s temperature and causing more frequent natural disasters.

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Alum Aims to Improve Nepal’s Air Quality

July 11, 2022

Human activity is gradually increasing Earth’s temperature and causing more frequent natural disasters.

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After a Wildfire, What Happens to Water?

July 11, 2022

Human activity is gradually increasing Earth’s temperature and causing more frequent natural disasters.

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Class Action: Fighting Climate Change Through Girls’ Education

July 11, 2022

Human activity is gradually increasing Earth’s temperature and causing more frequent natural disasters.

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Climate Change Fueling Violence, Hunger for East African Pastoralists

July 11, 2022

Human activity is gradually increasing Earth’s temperature and causing more frequent natural disasters.

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How Natural Disasters Impact Vulnerable Populations

July 11, 2022

When Lori Peek (PhDSoc’05) started graduate school in the Department of Sociology in 1999, natural disasters were still largely framed as “acts of God” — isolated events only occasionally impacting an unlucky few, with everyone equally vulnerable to their wrath. Today, with climate change fueling bigger and more frequent wildfires,...

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CU Research Finds Climate Change Affects Small Mammals

July 2, 2021

Small mountain mammals like marmots and ground squirrels are experiencing the effects of rapid climate change.

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