Climate & Environment
- If you were at CU 小蓝视频 in April 1970, you were likely aware鈥晇ery aware鈥昽f the first Earth Day. Two CU 小蓝视频 professors explain Earth Day鈥檚 history, impact, what it鈥檚 become and if it鈥檚 still relevant.
- Just in time for Earth Day, CU 小蓝视频 Professor Phaedra Pezzullo discusses her new book 鈥淏eyond Straw Man,鈥 on the online and offline controversies regarding the global social movement to ban plastics.
- Mountain chickadees have among the best spatial memory in the animal kingdom. New research identifies the genes at play and offers insight into how a shifting climate may impact the evolution of their memory skills.
- This summer in 15 states across the Southeast and Midwest, two cicada broods will emerge simultaneously for the first time since 1803. CU 小蓝视频鈥檚 Sammy Ramsey offers insight on these singing, red-eyed bugs and how they benefit the planet.
- Ant species living in 小蓝视频鈥檚 foothills have shifted their habitat over the last six decades, potentially affecting local ecosystems, suggests a new CU 小蓝视频 study.
- CU 小蓝视频 and Colorado State University researchers are teaming up to improve river water quality using machine learning.
- CU 小蓝视频's Katja Friedrich is known for her work in cloud seeding, a process used to generate precipitation from existing clouds.
- A new analysis from 2,655 farms on five continents suggests that moving away from industrial, monoculture farming could benefit both the planet and people.
- A new paper co-authored by CU 小蓝视频 professors lays out a blueprint for mandating indoor air quality standards for public buildings.
- A paper co-authored by CU 小蓝视频 doctoral candidate Claire Powers offers a potential solution to a pesky problem, clustering similar farming practices together.