Posts for tag "University of Colorado at Boulder"
Utah’s Canyonlands Research Center: A Great Study Location for Climate Effects on Ecosystem Processes, Community Dynamics and More
Canyonlands Research Center provides a good site for drought studies and a working cattle ranch for research purposes.
- Posted August 21, 2019
Global Ethane Emissions Up After Long-Term Decline
Ethane, a potent greenhouse gas, was in decline globally after a peak in 1970 due to improved emission controls on automobiles as well as oil and gas production, storage and distribution. A study from the University of...
- Posted June 27, 2016
Method Helps Include Small Islands In Climate Models
Islands have it tough when it comes to the future predicted impacts of climate change. Rising seas are one of the biggest. But as it turns out, islands around the world have another thing to be concerned...
- Posted May 12, 2016
Citizen Scientists Can Help Deep Hail Project
If you live in Colorado and use Twitter, Facebook or even plain email, researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder would like your help with the Deep Hail Project. The effort is looking to gauge the...
- Posted April 29, 2016
Increased Atmospheric Nitrogen Leads To Plant Biodiversity Loss
In the past 100 years, agricultural and industrial activity have tripled the amount of nitrogen in the atmosphere, researchers have found. One of the effects of all of this excess nitrogen is a loss of biodiversity, as...
- Posted April 14, 2016
Antarctic Ice Sheets Weakened By ‘Upside-Down Rivers’
Antarctic ice sheets are very vulnerable to climate change, scientists say, because they feel its impacts from above and below. Warmer air temperatures come down at them, while warmed ocean waters are creating areas of heated ocean...
- Posted April 12, 2016
Many Of World’s Largest River Deltas Sinking Due To Human Actions
Some of the world’s 33 largest river deltas, about two-thirds of them, are sinking and experiencing more floods than they used to, according to researchers at the University of Colorado, Boulder. These changes are the results of...
- Posted March 9, 2016
Modeling Effort Finds Future With Arctic Ocean Ice Drop
Drops in the extent of ice in the Arctic Ocean is a foregone conclusion of climate change predictions, but few efforts have taken a look at what effects the ice loss will have. One investigation, led by...
- Posted January 14, 2016
New Sea Ice Forecasting Method 40 Percent Better Than Older Ones
A coordinated effort by scientists at the U.S. Navy, University of Colorado at Boulder and the National Ice Center has led to improved sea ice forecasts for the Arctic that are at least 40 percent better than...
- Posted September 14, 2015
Ocean acidification taking a toll on important shell-building phytoplankton
Satellite and ship data show that an important shell-building phytoplankton has been in decline all over the world, according to a recent press release from the University of Colorado at Boulder. The decline of E. huxleyi, one...
- Posted April 2, 2015
