Tania Schoennagel quoted in NASA Earth Observatory, Building in Colorado's Fire Zone Part 1 Natural Hazards , 11.7.13 and Part 2 Natural Hazards , 11.8.13.
Emily Yeh's book, Taming Tibet: Landscape Transformation and the Gift of Chinese Development published by Cornell University Press. A Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year (Asia and the Pacific) Winner, E. Gene Smith Book Prize on Inner Asia (China and Inner Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies)...
Mark Williams was among the seven University of Colorado Boulder faculty and staff have received Fulbright grants to pursue research, teaching and training abroad during the 2013-14 academic year.
Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest academic honor society, with chapters at 280 universities and colleges in America. Founded in 1776, PBK boasts over half a million current members and a strong alumni association. Congratulations to the Geography majors who were invited to join Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa...
The Isaac Manasseh Meyer Fellowship is awarded by the National University of Singapore to fund a brief period of work as a visiting fellow at NUS. Tim will be in Singapore in January, 2014, to work with geographers on developing new projects on the transformation of urban spaces and on...
A new University of Colorado Boulder study indicates drought high in the northern Colorado mountains is the primary trigger of a massive spruce beetle outbreak that is tied to long-term changes in sea-surface temperatures from the Northern Atlantic Ocean, a trend that is expected to continue for decades. The new...
Author Will van den Hoonaard is a sociologist who develops themes revolving around the question of how the culture and social dynamics of cartography have changed in the years when so many technological advancements have occurred. He examines areas of cartography including exploration where women have been historically active; presents...
A new research grant from the National Science Foundation for 芒鈧揂nalyses of Relationships Between Changing Environmental Conditions and Societal Conflict芒鈧� was awarded to John O'Loughlin. Funding from September 2013-2017 of $999,994. This interdisciplinary research project will focus on widespread claims that environmental change will lead to more conflict by providing...
To many observers, East Africa's Maasai pastoralists hunt lions for two distinct reasons: to retaliate against lions that kill livestock or to engage in a cultural rite of passage. But that binary view reflects mistranslations of Maasai terms and simplification of their cultural traditions and their relationship with wildlife, a...
You've probably seen bryozoans at the beach without even knowing it鈥攕ome look like floating balls of mucus, while others resemble a bit of crust growing over docks and other hard surfaces. According to a new study, these strange organisms may reveal how colony-forming animals evolved a system for divvying up jobs millions of years ago.
A series of rocks hiding around Colorado's Rocky Mountains hold clues to a frigid period in Earth's past when glaciers several miles thick may have covered the entire planet.
A new 抖阴旅行射 Boulder study paints a grim picture of how blistering heat, wildfire smoke and other extreme weather events impact Colorado鈥檚 jail and prison population.
Utilities face a 10-year deadline to replace lead water pipes under a new Environmental Protection Agency rule. Assistant Professor Julie Korak discusses why it鈥檚 necessary and how it will be carried out.
Once abundant, the massive, colorful clam is now locally extinct in many regions, with a critical drop in population due to overfishing and climate change.
A new community science project aims to help the 抖阴旅行射 Museum of Natural History digitize its collection of bees, some of which were collected in Colorado as far back as the 1870s.
At an event on campus, engineers showed off a laser-based technology that can take a whiff of the air around oil and gas operations, then spot leaking greenhouse gasses in real time.
Fast-growing fires were responsible for nearly 90% of fire-related damages despite being relatively rare in the United States between 2001鈥�20, according to a new 抖阴旅行射 Boulder-led study.
The new mammal lived in Colorado 70 to 75 million years ago鈥攁 time when a vast inland sea covered large portions of the state, and animals like sharks, turtles and giant crocodiles abounded.
Microorganisms growing in landfills, on agricultural land and in wetlands are contributing to skyrocketing levels of atmospheric methane, a potent greenhouse gas, according to new 抖阴旅行射 Boulder research.
