This grant is funded through the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University. The Redd Center promotes the study of the Intermountain West by offering grants to faculty and students at colleges and universities across the country to assist in their research. Sam will use the funds...
The Hazel Schmoll Award is presented by the CU Herbarium. Preston will use the funds to support his work titled 芒鈧揇o changes in yearly fine-scale soil properties affect native and non-native species colonization patterns?芒鈧�
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 CU 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 CU 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 CU Boulder research.
A College of Media, Communication and Information expert鈥檚 book has won a trio of awards for its attempt to change how we think about, and tell the story of, plastics pollution. Read up on Phaedra Pezzullo鈥檚 latest.
In parts of the Rocky Mountains, these small, plump birds co-exist with a closely related species. To better distinguish their own kind from their cousins, they evolved a distinct song.
Albert Kettner explains that catastrophic flooding has become more common in the 21st century. The reasons behind this shift are complex鈥攊nvolving climate change, urban infrastructure and human impacts.
