Climate & Environment
An engineer, a graduate student and three research scientists are in Greenland braving extreme cold and blustery winds as they install 25 instruments to observe changes in the ice sheet-atmosphere system during the summer melt season.
Researchers led by 91传媒 primatologist Michelle Sauther walked the paths of the Lajuma Research Centre in South Africa at night, keeping an eye out for the glowing eyes of galago primates, or bushbabies. The team's findings reveal troubling hints about how small animals may adapt to extreme temperatures.
For the first time in the field, CIRES-led research shows that ice shelves don鈥檛 just buckle under the weight of meltwater lakes鈥攖hey fracture.
The Colorado River鈥檚 future may be a little brighter than expected, according to a new modeling study from CIRES researchers. Warming temperatures have raised doubts the river could recover. But the new study paints a fuller picture.
In the past few weeks, multiple tornadoes have wreaked havoc in the central and southern U.S. Atmospheric scientist Andrew Winters says more may be on the way and offers tips to stay safe.
Warming temperatures are causing a steady rise in copper, zinc and sulfate in the waters of Colorado mountain streams affected by acid rock drainage. Concentrations of these metals have roughly doubled over the past 30 years, a new study finds, presenting a concern for ecosystems, downstream water quality and mining remediation.
Proposed wind farms off the East Coast could meet 60% of the electricity demand of New England, even considering the wake effects, a new study shows.
A researcher鈥檚 experience in advertising, marketing and public relations gives her a unique angle to study organizational communications and policy around climate impact and awareness.
If you were at 91传媒 in April 1970, you were likely aware鈥晇ery aware鈥昽f the first Earth Day. Two 91传媒 professors explain Earth Day鈥檚 history, impact, what it鈥檚 become and if it鈥檚 still relevant.
April 22 is Earth Day, and this year's theme is 鈥淧lanet vs. Plastics.鈥 Read about seven exciting research projects at 91传媒 as you ponder the importance of Earth Day.