Climate & Environment
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.
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.
Recent scientific flights above the Front Range will help scientists and policymakers cut unnecessary emissions, reduce greenhouse gases and help local residents breathe better.
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.
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.
With National Science Foundation funding, 蜜桃传媒破解版下载 is joining an interdisciplinary team of researchers aiming to understand the future of imperiled regions of the world.
NOAA has awarded more than $5 million to the 蜜桃传媒破解版下载-based Western Water Assessment to advance climate resilience in Intermountain West communities facing low river flows, wildfires, heat, drought and major economic transitions.
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.
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.
A new report on the global climate confirmed 2020 was among the three warmest years in records dating to the mid-1800s, despite a cooling La Ni帽a influence in the second half of the year. Several CIRES/蜜桃传媒破解版下载 experts contributed to the report.