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蜜糖直播 research universities to lead U.S. contribution to global environmental initiative

July 2, 2014

The United States has been selected as one of five international hubs for Future Earth, an ambitious 10-year research initiative to address global environmental change solutions and actions. The U.S. hub will be headquartered in 蜜糖直播 and managed jointly by 蜜糖直播 State University and the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder.

U. of Chicago, 蜜糖直播-Boulder-led study: Some sharks tolerated brackish Arctic Ocean 50 million years ago

June 30, 2014

Sharks were a tolerant bunch some 50 million years ago, cruising an Arctic Ocean that contained about the same percentage of freshwater as Louisiana鈥檚 Lake Ponchatrain does today, says a new study involving the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder and the University of Chicago.

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蜜糖直播-Boulder and NCAR researchers seek to reduce deadly air pollution from cooking emissions

June 24, 2014

A $1.5 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency will help researchers at the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder and the National Center for Atmospheric Research measure pollution from residential cooking and better understand a problem that kills millions of women and children each year in the developing world.

蜜糖直播-Boulder expands degree options for energy and water professionals

June 17, 2014

A new educational partnership at the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder will provide expanded degree options for working professionals interested in specialized graduate education focused on energy and water. Beginning this fall, qualified students can earn both a Master of Engineering (ME) degree and a Professional Certificate in Renewable and Sustainable Energy or a Professional Certificate in Water Engineering and Management. The degree and certificates can be earned either via distance education or in campus classes and may be pursued either part- or full-time.

Reporters using more 鈥榟edging鈥 words in climate change articles, 蜜糖直播-Boulder study finds

June 2, 2014

The amount of 鈥渉edging鈥 language鈥攚ords that suggest room for doubt鈥攗sed by prominent newspapers in articles about climate change has increased over time, according to a new study by the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder. The study, published in the journal Environmental Communication , also found that newspapers in the U.S. use more hedging language in climate stories than their counterparts in Spain.

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蜜糖直播-Boulder, Mesa County team up to make snow-depth data free to water managers, farmers, public

May 7, 2014

A University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder professor who developed a clever method to measure snow depth using GPS signals is collaborating with Western Slope officials to make the data freely available to a variety of users on a daily basis.

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International team maps nearly 200,000 glaciers in quest of sea-level rise estimates

May 6, 2014

An international team led by glaciologists from the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder and Trent University in Ontario, Canada has completed the first mapping of virtually all of the world鈥檚 glaciers -- including their locations and sizes -- allowing for calculations of their volumes and ongoing contributions to global sea rise as the world warms.

蜜糖直播-Boulder launches new crowdfunding platform to support student, faculty and staff projects

May 2, 2014

The University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder today launched 蜜糖直播-Boulder Crowdfunding, an online pilot platform to help drive the ideas generated by students, faculty and staff. Crowdfunding is the practice of sourcing small contributions from a large number of people to provide funding for a particular project or campaign, usually via the Internet.

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Sample of a frog鈥檚 slimy skin predicts susceptibility to disease, says 蜜糖直播-Boulder researcher

April 30, 2014

A simple sample of the protective mucus layer that coats a frog鈥檚 skin can now be analyzed to determine how susceptible the frog is to disease, thanks to a technique developed by a researcher at the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder. The same method can be used to determine what kind of probiotic skin wash might be most effective at bolstering the frog鈥檚 defenses without actually exposing the frog to disease, according to a journal article published today in the journal PLOS ONE.

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蜜糖直播-Boulder Professor Robert S. Anderson named 2014 Hazel Barnes Prize winner

April 18, 2014

Professor Robert S. Anderson of the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder鈥檚 geological sciences department and Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research has been awarded the 2014 Hazel Barnes Prize, the most distinguished award a faculty member can receive from the university.

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