Southern Rocky Mountain pikas holding their own, says new ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder assessment

Sept. 1, 2011

American pikas, the chirpy, potato-sized denizens of rocky debris in mountain ranges and high plateaus in western North America, are holding their own in the Southern Rocky Mountains, says a new University of Colorado Boulder study.

Southern South American wildfires expected to increase, says ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ study

Aug. 22, 2011

A new University of Colorado Boulder study indicates a major climate oscillation in the Southern Hemisphere that is expected to intensify in the coming decades will likely cause increased wildfire activity in the southern half of South America.

New study details glacier ice loss following ice shelf collapse

July 25, 2011

An international team of researchers has combined data from multiple sources to provide the clearest account yet of how much glacial ice surges into the sea following the collapse of Antarctic ice shelves.

Gilbert White Memorial Flood Level Marker dedication event to be held July 17

July 12, 2011

City of Boulder news release A Gilbert White Memorial Flood Level Marker dedication event will be held at 7 p.m. on Sunday, July 17, in Central Park, just east of the Broadway Bridge on the north side of Boulder Creek.

¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder mourns loss of David Getches, former ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ law dean

July 5, 2011

Longtime University of Colorado Law School Dean David Getches, who had stepped down on June 30 in order to return to the school's faculty, died today. He was 68.

Community gardens improve personal and neighborhood health, ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-led research finds

June 22, 2011

Community gardeners eat more vegetables, exercise more, weigh less and feel healthier than nongardeners -- and even home gardeners -- in the Denver-metro area, researchers led by scholars from the University of Colorado have found.

NSF awards ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder $5.9 million grant for alpine ecosystem research

June 16, 2011

The National Science Foundation has awarded the University of Colorado Boulder a six-year, $5.9 million grant to continue intensive studies of long-term ecological changes in Colorado's high mountains, both natural and human-caused, over decades and centuries.

Mountain pine beetle activity may impact snow accumulation and melt, says ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder study

June 8, 2011

A new University of Colorado Boulder study indicates the infestation of trees by mountain pine beetles in the high country across the West could potentially trigger earlier snowmelt and increase water yields from snowpack that accumulates beneath affected trees.

¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ method projected to meet DOE cost targets for solar thermal hydrogen fuel production

May 12, 2011

A report commissioned by the U.S. Department of Energy has concluded that a novel University of Colorado Boulder method of producing hydrogen fuel from sunlight is the only approach among eight competing technologies that is projected to meet future cost targets set by the federal agency.

¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder leading study of wind turbine wakes

April 26, 2011

While wind turbines primarily are a source of renewable energy, they also produce wakes of invisible ripples that can affect the atmosphere and influence wind turbines downstream -- an issue being researched in a newly launched study led by the University of Colorado Boulder's Julie Lundquist, assistant professor in the atmospheric and oceanic sciences department.

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