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Celebrities team up on climate crisis 鈥榗ause flash鈥�

Nov. 3, 2021

As world leaders assemble at COP26, over 30 celebrities, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Quincy Jones and Cher, launched a social campaign aiming to mobilize over 650 million followers to push for action. CU Boulder with United Nations Human Rights will host the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit in 2022.

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Runoff, sediment flux in High Mountain Asia could limit food, energy for millions

Nov. 1, 2021

Average temperatures in high-altitude areas have risen twice as fast as the global average, causing more river runoff and sediment flux, and the trend could get worse, scientists have found.

The events center in Glascow, Scotland. (Photo from PxHere)

What is the COP26 climate conference and why does it matter?

Nov. 1, 2021

Thousands are now gathered for what is known as COP26, a significant international conference on climate change. Countries must decide how they will act to limit global warming to no more than 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit above pre-industrial levels.

Members of INSTAAR, the University of Maryland and TOFWERK group photo in a hangar

Hunting for emissions thousands of feet up

Oct. 27, 2021

Recent scientific flights above the Front Range will help scientists and policymakers cut unnecessary emissions, reduce greenhouse gases and help local residents breathe better.

Scientists on a Greenland ice sheet (Photo by Jason Gulley, July 2020)

Got questions about the Arctic? INSTAAR鈥檚 journal has 鈥楢rctic answers鈥�

Oct. 18, 2021

INSTAAR鈥橲 open access journal 鈥淎rctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research鈥� now offers Arctic Answers, science briefs to help everyone understand how climate change in the Arctic affects the Earth.

A mostly dry river bed in the Rocky Mountains

As climate resilience moves to forefront for Intermountain West, new leader takes reins

Oct. 15, 2021

Ben Livneh, CIRES fellow and assistant professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering, is adding a new title to his resume: director of Western Water Assessment.

An aerial image of polar sea ice

Scientists studying polar ice melt receive $13 million

Oct. 1, 2021

With National Science Foundation funding, CU Boulder is joining an interdisciplinary team of researchers aiming to understand the future of imperiled regions of the world.

A view of a path leading up to the Flatirons

Grant funds climate resilience in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming

Sept. 27, 2021

NOAA has awarded more than $5 million to the CU Boulder-based Western Water Assessment to advance climate resilience in Intermountain West communities facing low river flows, wildfires, heat, drought and major economic transitions.

Two students checking the temperature and pressure settings for a rooftop HVAC unit in the Larson Laboratory (Photo via CU Boulder)

Major research center for green building technology launches at CU Boulder

Sept. 24, 2021

A major research center for sustainable building technology, the Building Energy Smart Technologies (BEST) Center, is a new five-year, multiple-university initiative funded by the National Science Foundation.

The Apple Fire burns north of Beaumont, California in July 2020. (Photo: Brody Hessin via Wikimedia Commons)

New report shows links between air quality, climate change

Sept. 15, 2021

Human-caused emissions of air pollutants fell during last year鈥檚 COVID-19 economic slowdowns, improving air quality in some parts of the world, while wildfires and sand and dust storms in 2020 worsened air quality in other places, according to a new report with CIRES co-authors.

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