Geography
- Another round of powerful atmospheric rivers is hitting California, following storms in January and February 2023 that dumped record amounts of snow. This time, the storms are warmer, and they are triggering flood warnings as they bring rain higher into the mountains – on top of the snowpack. Professor Keith Musselman, who studies water and climate change at the University of Colorado’s Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, explained the complex risks rain on snow creates and how they might change in a warming climate.
- Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder geography professor to visit other campuses, join classroom lectures and seminars and give major lectures open to the host campus’ community.
- Scientists explain why wildfires are happening, why we can't put out every fire and how to move forward in an ever-changing climate.
- The Research and Innovation Office has announced the 2023 RIO Faculty Fellows cohort, which includes 17 faculty members from departments and research institutes spanning the campus.
- Undergraduate awarded funds as a part of an effort to encourage research for student military veterans.
- Be Well’s seminar series to feature a presentation by Assistant Professor Colleen Reid on Oct. 5, where she will discuss the question and the complexity of the answer.
- Survey shows that Ukrainians’ attitudes about a peace settlement and any territorial concessions to the Russians differs depending on their experience of war.
- Recipients, chosen by faculty committee, ‘work tirelessly and most times in the dark’ for diversity and inclusion.
- Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder scientists have developed a new and more accurate way of forecasting COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations using Facebook data on how people move around and who they're friends with.
- The risks of an armed conflict are growing in Eastern Europe as Russia, the United States and others engage in a tug of war over the future of Ukraine.