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Pika on lichen covered rocks

Pika enthusiasts unite under a common theme (LTER Network)

Oct. 30, 2021

Harnessing the power of community science partnered with LTER research to understand human climate effects on pika distributions.

Scientists on the Greeland Ice Sheet next to a meltwater stream (Photo by Jason Gulley)

Got questions about the Arctic? INSTAAR’s journal has ‘Arctic answers’ (CU Ƶ Today)

Oct. 18, 2021

To promote an understanding of the science underlying climate change impacts in the Arctic, INSTAAR’s journal Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research is teaming up with SEARCH, the Study of Environmental Arctic Change, to release an ongoing series of short articles called “Arctic Answers.” SEARCH is a collaborative program of Arctic researchers, Indigenous experts, decision makers and funding agencies that facilitates synthesis of Arctic science and communicates our current understanding to help society respond to a rapidly changing Arctic. Until now, Arctic Answers have been available only on the SEARCH website. With the new partnership, new and updated Arctic Answers science briefs will be published open access in AAAR. They are suitable for informing policy and decision making.

Residents gather in a community workshop hosted by the Center for Sustainable Landscapes and Communities (CSLC) at CU Ƶ.

Persistent places: A new project pulls together diverse groups to define and map climate change

Oct. 15, 2021

A project that unites land managers, citizens, and scientists to jointly understand how Colorado Front Range ecosystems and public lands are responding to pressures from people and climate change has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

While kneeling in the snow, Bruce Vaughn displays an ice core segment, northeast Greenland

Faces of the Front Range: Bruce Vaughn and Bradley Markle look to save the world by understanding it (Denver Post)

Oct. 11, 2021

Denver Post profile of a visit to the Stable Isotope Lab, where Bruce Vaughn and Brad Markle shared ice cores, knowledge, and what keeps them going while researching the climate past and present. To read this article, you may need to enter your email address.

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Climate change: 10 key things (Daily Camera)

Oct. 7, 2021

In this opinion piece in the Daily Camera, Rob Motta and James White share 10 key facts to understand about climate change. To read this article, you may need to enter your email address.

Two students examine grafted apple trees in the CU Ƶ Greenhouse.

Participate in a historic (and tasty) science project this fall (CU Ƶ Today)

Sept. 22, 2021

This weekend, the CU Ƶ-based Ƶ Apple Tree Project, founded by Katherine Suding in 2017, invites the community to help preserve our local apple tree legacy by locating and collecting data on apple trees in Ƶ backyards and on public lands.

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Plants could be even better at fighting climate change. A garden shows ozone is holding them back (CPR News)

Sept. 15, 2021

Danica Lombardozzi's ozone garden at NCAR documents damage to plants from ozone; hints at carbon absorption possible if ozone precursors are limited.

Diane McKnight kneeling by a streambed in the sub alpine

Congratulations to the 2021 AGU Union medal, award, and prize recipients (EOS)

Sept. 15, 2021

Diane McKnight is the recipient of the Robert E. Horton Medal, bestowed for outstanding contributions to hydrology

Bird, bug, and botanical murals on glass outside the SEEC building

NEST mural quest takes public art to new level (CU Ƶ Today)

Sept. 9, 2021

Seven science-inspired, larger-than-life artworks are welcoming students, staff and faculty back to campus this fall. They include the drawings of birds, bugs and botanicals that now adorn the glass at the entrance of our Sustainability, Energy and Environment Community (SEEC) building.

Photo of Sam Illingworth

Rare Earth Water (The Poetry of Science)

Sept. 4, 2021

An original poem and science podcast episode of The Poetry of Science, by Sam Illingworth, inspired by Garrett Rue and Diane McKnight's new paper reporting on climate change as a driver of acid rock drainage and rare earth element contamination of the Snake River, Colorado.

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