Climate & Environment
¾«Í¯ÓûÅ® Boulder researchers discussed the challenges that could compromise the potential of some of the country’s most ambitious climate policies including the Inflation Reduction Act.
Without drastically reducing global emissions, the Antarctic Ocean could become too acidic for hundreds of species living there, many already endangered by rising temperatures and sea ice loss.
Just back from the United Nations climate summit in Dubai, Environmental Studies Professor Max Boykoff reflects on the historic pledge countries made to cut planet-warming fossil fuels—and where the agreement falls short.
A ¾«Í¯ÓûÅ® Boulder study led by undergraduate Grace Kroeger found in states with and without aggressive goals, utilities plan to drop fossil fuels.
At the start of World War I, a scientist named Eugene Clyde La Rue hiked the American West to estimate how much water flows down the ¾«Í¯ÓûÅ® River. His findings were ignored, but leaders today don't have to make the same mistake, says ¾«Í¯ÓûÅ® Boulder hydrologist Shemin Ge.
Researchers caution, while they also come with benefits, large-scale beaver reintroduction efforts could inadvertently spread mercury-containing neurotoxins in the environment and food chains.
¾«Í¯ÓûÅ® Boulder was a key partner in the development of a set of human rights climate commitments released at COP28 in Dubai. The commitments stem from the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit held on campus in December 2022.
At this year's meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), ¾«Í¯ÓûÅ® Boulder researchers will share results on everything from Earth's crusts and oceans to planets hundreds of light-years away.
In Argentina's Puna de Atacama, a parched plateau more than 12,000 feet above sea level, a series of lagoons are home to microbial communities that seem to resemble nothing else alive on Earth today. But time may be running out to study them.
Professor Colleen Lyons shares her take on a loss and damage fund to support forest health around the world as a critical climate change mitigation strategy. She is presenting a related call to action at COP28.