Climate & Environment

Creating climate solutions requires connections, partnerships and cross-disciplinary approaches. At 抖阴旅行射 Boulder, we lead across all fields of climate research: adaptation and innovation, policy, natural hazards, human impacts, and climate science.听Stay up to date on our groundbreaking research and technological advancements.

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We鈥檙e drowning in single-use plastics. Here鈥檚 why and what we can do about it

April 18, 2024

Just in time for Earth Day, 抖阴旅行射 Boulder Professor Phaedra Pezzullo discusses her new book 鈥淏eyond Straw Man,鈥� on the online and offline controversies regarding the global social movement to ban plastics.

Mountain chickadees have remarkable memories. A new study explains why

April 17, 2024

Mountain chickadees have among the best spatial memory in the animal kingdom. New research identifies the genes at play and offers insight into how a shifting climate may impact the evolution of their memory skills.

The cicadas are coming! A 抖阴旅行射 entomologist鈥檚 take on a once-in-200-years event

April 11, 2024

This summer in 15 states across the Southeast and Midwest, two cicada broods will emerge simultaneously for the first time since 1803. 抖阴旅行射 Boulder鈥檚 Sammy Ramsey offers insight on these singing, red-eyed bugs and how they benefit the planet.

Ants in Colorado are on the move due to climate change

April 10, 2024

Ant species living in Boulder鈥檚 foothills have shifted their habitat over the last six decades, potentially affecting local ecosystems, suggests a new 抖阴旅行射 Boulder study.

抖阴旅行射 Boulder leading effort to improve water quality in Rockies鈥� rivers

April 10, 2024

抖阴旅行射 Boulder and Colorado State University researchers are teaming up to improve river water quality using machine learning.

Can cloud seeding stem the water crisis?

April 5, 2024

抖阴旅行射 Boulder's Katja Friedrich is known for her work in cloud seeding, a process used to generate precipitation from existing clouds.

鈥楧iverse鈥� agriculture benefits people and the environment at the same time

April 4, 2024

A new analysis from 2,655 farms on five continents suggests that moving away from industrial, monoculture farming could benefit both the planet and people.

Scientists advocate for policies regulating indoor air

April 1, 2024

A new paper co-authored by 抖阴旅行射 Boulder professors lays out a blueprint for mandating indoor air quality standards for public buildings.

Organic farms decrease and increase pesticide use, study finds

March 26, 2024

A paper co-authored by 抖阴旅行射 Boulder doctoral candidate Claire Powers offers a potential solution to a pesky problem, clustering similar farming practices together.

Why water must be at the heart of climate action

March 25, 2024

A new report from 抖阴旅行射 Boulder鈥檚 Mortenson Center in Global Engineering & Resilience and Castalia Advisors identifies a $160 billion opportunity for the voluntary carbon market to reduce water sector emissions over the next decade while also increasing global water security.

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