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Climate change news coverage reached all-time high, language to describe it shifting

Dec. 21, 2021

Recent data reveal U.S. news coverage of climate change reached an all-time high in October and November. The language is also changing, with more intense words and phrases being used in the news to describe the phenomenon, such as 鈥渃limate catastrophe鈥� and 鈥渃limate emergency.鈥�

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In 2022, consider taking these 5 climate actions

Dec. 16, 2021

Climate change is a much bigger problem than individuals can solve alone, but CU experts say we each can make a difference. If you want to make some climate-focused changes to improve the present and future of the planet, consider these resolutions in the new year.

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The threat from Thwaites: The retreat of Antarctica鈥檚 riskiest glacier

Dec. 14, 2021

Antarctica鈥檚 Thwaites Glacier is retreating rapidly as a warming ocean slowly erases its ice from below, leading to faster flow, more fracturing and a threat of collapse. The glacier is the size of Florida or Britain and currently contributes four percent of annual global sea-level rise.

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Rainfall in Arctic soon to be more common than snowfall

Dec. 2, 2021

More rain than snow will fall in the Arctic, and this transition will occur decades earlier than previously predicted, a new study led by the University of Manitoba and co-authored by scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center at CU reports.

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As Los Angeles traffic slowed amid pandemic, researchers gained air pollution insights

Nov. 30, 2021

Car tailpipes spew out molecules of ammonia, a harmful air pollutant that can lead to thousands of premature deaths every year. New research shows that vehicles may produce a lot more of these emissions than federal and state regulators have believed.

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COP26: How this climate summit was different, and what needs to happen next

Nov. 16, 2021

The 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties recently came to an end, and participants came away with the Glasgow Climate Pact鈥撯�揳 rulebook for complying with the 2015 Paris Agreement. Leaders must now follow through.

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Can startups be the vessel for solving climate change?

Nov. 15, 2021

A new study out of the Leeds School of Business shows that small businesses focused on climate-friendly goods and services may be more effective at addressing climate change because they can bridge the political divide by offering climate solutions.

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Pacific Ocean, not ice sheet, shifted West Coast storms south

Nov. 12, 2021

A new CIRES-led study shows that ocean temperatures, not ice sheets themselves, were directly responsible for the southward shift in West Coast precipitation patterns during the last Ice Age.

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New report examines potential for meaningful climate impact through building materials

Nov. 11, 2021

Associate Professor Wil Srubar has co-authored a new report through the Carbon Leadership Forum examining the potential for meaningful climate impact through building materials that serve as carbon sinks.

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Female bushbabies more stressed, may be more vulnerable to changing environment

Nov. 10, 2021

Life isn't always easy for small primates in the Soutpansberg Mountains of South Africa鈥撯�揻oraging for food, contending with cold temperatures and fighting off rivals. A new study explores how they may weather the environmental changes ahead.

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