Climate & Environment
- With federal incentives for electric vehicles ending in the United States this month, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ economist Stephanie Weber shares what's next for consumers and automakers.
- New research shows that climate change is exacerbating salmon declines in the Arctic, but warming waters could give another fish species a temporary boost.
- On Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina tore through New Orleans, killing more than 1,800 people and displacing 1.2 million. Natural Hazards Center Director Lori Peek reflects on what we learned—or should have.
- A study led by doctoral student Daniel Donado-Quintero shows that setting carbon benchmarks can encourage asphalt producers to lower emissions and optimize production processes—supporting Colorado’s Buy Clean Act and other efforts.
- Across the globe, deserts are spreading, engulfing homes, roads and even entire villages in sand. Engineers at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ are exploring how humans can shift the paths of these towering formations.
- INSTAAR doctoral student Advyth Ramachandran is presenting preliminary findings at a conference in Baltimore. His work seeks to understand the cooling effects of various urban tree species in Boulder.
- ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ engineer Nicole Xu fits moon jellyfish with microelectronic devices that enhance their natural swimming ability and will one day be able to gather data.
- New research revealed that changes in the Pacific Ocean are driving the unrelenting dry spell in the American Southwest, and it might not let up for the next three decades.
- RASEI Fellow Gregor Henze is a co-author and co-editor on a new report from the International Energy Agency evaluating approaches aiming to use energy more efficiently in buildings and districts.
- The Oleksy lab has taken over a 42-year-old monitoring project in Rocky Mountain National Park. The lab's investigations reveal how remote alpine watersheds are changing in the Anthropocene.