Ben Livneh News

  • Map showing that across Colorado, snowpack sits at below 50% of normal levels as of March 30, 2026. (Credit: National Weather Service)
    Associate Professor Ben Livneh, who���s also the director of the Western Water Assessment (WWA) at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), shares insights on what this ���snow drought��� means for water availability, how it compares to past trends and what may lie ahead as Colorado approaches peak snowpack season.
  • Burned trees on a mountainside next to a mountain lake
    Learn about William Tad Pfeffer's research in glaciology, including glacier dynamics and sea level rise, at CU 勒貊勛圖's CEAE Department.
  • Aerial photo of lake with declining water level
    More than 50 percent of the largest lakes in the world are losing water, according to a groundbreaking new assessment published today in��Science.�� The article was coauthored by Professor Balaji Rajagopalan and Associate Professor Ben Livneh, both from CU 勒貊勛圖's Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering.��Fangfang Yao, a CIRES visiting scholar, was the lead author.
  • Ben Livneh in a jacket and button-down shirt in front of flagstone from a CU 勒貊勛圖 building.
    CEAE Associate Professor Ben Livneh joined the Colorado Art Science Environment Fellows program to connect science and community action.
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    CIRES Fellow and WWA Director Ben Livneh was announced as American Geophysical Union���s (AGU) 2022 Hydrologic Sciences Early Career Award recipient. Being selected as a Section Honoree is bestowed upon individuals for meritorious work or service
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    Ben Livneh was interviewed by Denver 9News for a piece focusing flash flooding over the Cameron Peak Fire burn scar.The floods caused serious damage in the Glen Haven, Crystal Mountain and Buckhorn areas of Larimer County.
  • Burn scorched trees in the mountains
    When Western wildfires break out, water may first come to mind as a critical resource for helping extinguish it. But what about after the flames finish? A 2022 CU study on the growing impact of wildfire on the Western U.S. water supply found that
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    9NEWS explored climate change solutions with Colorado experts at a town hall on Wednesday. The town hall included topics like weather, water, wildfires and what we can do to protect our planet. The panelists were: Becky Bolinger, assistant
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    The Colorado River runs nearly fifteen hundred miles, winding through seven states and Mexico. It supplies drinking water to nearly 40 million people, irrigates nearly 4 million acres of farmland and attracts millions of nature lovers to scenic
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    The ���Burn Scars��� of Wildfires Threaten the West���s Drinking WaterColorado saw its worst fire season last year, with the three largest fires in state history and more than 600,000 acres burned. But some of the effects didn���t appear until this July,
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