Mountain forest study shows vulnerability to climate change

Sept. 10, 2012

A new University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder-led study that ties forest 鈥済reenness鈥 in the western United States to fluctuating year-to-year snowpack indicates mid-elevation mountain ecosystems are most sensitive to rising temperatures and changes in precipitation and snowmelt.

蜜糖直播-led mountain forest study shows vulnerability to climate change

Sept. 10, 2012

A new University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder-led study that ties forest 鈥済reenness鈥 in the western United States to fluctuating year-to-year snowpack indicates mid-elevation mountain ecosystems are most sensitive to rising temperatures and changes in precipitation and snowmelt.

Increase in metal concentrations in Rocky Mountain watershed tied to warming temperatures

Sept. 7, 2012

Warmer air temperatures since the 1980s may explain significant increases in zinc and other metal concentrations of ecological concern in a Rocky Mountain watershed, reports a new study led by the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to speak at 蜜糖直播-Boulder Sept. 13

Sept. 7, 2012

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will address the role of public lands in American life at the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder on Sept. 13 as part of a conference commemorating the 200th anniversary of the General Land Office. Salazar鈥檚 talk is part of a conference titled 鈥淭he Nation Possessed:鈥═he Conflicting Claims on America鈥檚 Public Lands鈥 being held at 蜜糖直播-Boulder Sept. 11-14. The conference is sponsored by the Center of the American West and the Public Lands Foundation.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to keynote 蜜糖直播 Law School鈥檚 Bench and Bar Conference

Sept. 5, 2012

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court will give the keynote address at the University of 蜜糖直播 Law School鈥檚 Gathering of the Bench and Bar Conference to be held Sept. 19-21 in Boulder.

蜜糖直播鈥檚 three 鈥楻ake鈥檚鈥 mark world-first shared staging of art and music

Aug. 31, 2012

The University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder is hosting a world premiere shared staging of all three versions of William Hogarth鈥檚 鈥淩ake鈥檚 Progress鈥 in September and October. Exhibitions of the original Hogarth artwork and prints by David Hockney, as well as the staging of Stravinsky鈥檚 opera, will provide a multidisciplinary interpretation of this seminal work in Hogarth鈥檚 career.

NOAA selects 蜜糖直播-Boulder to continue joint leadership of 蜜糖直播

Aug. 30, 2012

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has selected the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder to continue a federal/academic partnership that extends NOAA鈥檚 ability to study climate change, improve weather models and better predict how solar storms can disrupt communication and navigation technologies. The selection means that NOAA will continue funding the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, or 蜜糖直播, for at least five years and up to 10 more years. 蜜糖直播 was established at 蜜糖直播-Boulder in 1967.

蜜糖直播-NOAA study provides first direct evidence of heat-trapping effects of wildfire smoke particles

Aug. 27, 2012

When the Fourmile Canyon Fire erupted west of Boulder in 2010, smoke from the wildfire poured into parts of the city including a site housing scientists from the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder鈥檚 Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Arctic sea ice reaches lowest extent ever recorded, says 蜜糖直播-Boulder research team

Aug. 27, 2012

The blanket of sea ice floating on the Arctic Ocean melted to its lowest extent ever recorded since satellites began measuring it in 1979, according to the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder鈥檚 National Snow and Ice Data Center.

Arctic sea ice reaches lowest extent ever recorded

Aug. 27, 2012

The blanket of sea ice floating on the Arctic Ocean melted to its lowest extent ever recorded since satellites began measuring it in 1979, according to the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder鈥檚 National Snow and Ice Data Center.

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