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Researcher collects a sap sample from a plant

In the air, on the ground and everywhere in between

June 6, 2022

Among many interdisciplinary efforts, scientists are using the power and promise of remote sensing to help solve food supply, pollution and water scarcity problems around the globe.

Elk in Estes Park, Colorado

Preserving corridors between protected lands key to protecting wildlife, study shows

June 6, 2022

Researchers have created the first global map of where mammals are most likely to move between protected areas, such as national parks and nature preserves.

Clan of hyenas in the Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania) rest under a broken-down roller

Quick evolution is helping wildlife survive, scientists find

June 2, 2022

Climate change is forcing animals to adapt鈥攁nd fast. New research from a global team of researchers, including one from CU Boulder, finds that wild animals might be better equipped to deal with these changes than expected.

Cassandra Brooks

Fish ear bones hold clues to Antarctic Ocean health

June 2, 2022

Cassandra Brooks has received an NSF CAREER Award to examine whether the Ross Sea's protection status is working. Part of what she'll look at is a large time series of ear bones from the Antarctic toothfish species鈥攁 health record of sorts.

Anna Hermes (lead author of the study) and Monica Cooper (of the University of California Cooperative Extension Office) collect samples next to a vineyard.

Toward more sustainable wine: Scientists can now track sulfur from grapes to streams

May 24, 2022

New research could help California farmers fine-tune their use and application of agricultural sulfur to sustain the wine industry and minimize unintended environmental impacts.

Space shuttle

LASP-led mission to continue crucial climate record passes major milestone

May 18, 2022

NASA鈥檚 next mission to measure Earth鈥檚 outgoing energy will now proceed to the final design and fabrication phase.

A U.S. flag blows in the wind. (Glenn Akasawa)

It鈥檚 been unusually windy this spring. Here鈥檚 why you should care

May 12, 2022

It's not just you鈥攊t was extra windy this April along the Front Range. Learn more from experts in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences about the windy spring, what the conditions could mean for the upcoming fire season and why wind is hard to predict.

Goats near a village

For East Africa鈥檚 pastoralists, climate change already fueling violence, hunger

May 10, 2022

For centuries, East African peoples like the Maasai and Turkana have survived by herding cattle, moving these animals across miles of wide-open grasslands to keep them fed. Now, worsening droughts and a host of other challenges are threatening that nomadic existence.

A tree "Fitbit" is strapped to a trunk.

Tree 鈥楩itbits鈥� track urban growth, flowering, more

May 5, 2022

Low-cost 鈥渢ree Fitbits鈥� can pinpoint the precise timing of tree activities, like spring bloom or autumn leaf change, and more, according to a new CU Boulder study.

Matt Burgess, Renae Marshall, and Joe Neguse

US Reps. Neguse and Curtis discuss bipartisan ways to address climate change

April 22, 2022

The two lawmakers discussed shared motivations, opportunities for consensus-building and how to reduce political polarization around climate change to an audience of more than 150 people.

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