Climate & Environment
Can state courts decide who pays for damage from climate change? As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to consider the question, an environmental law expert explains the case's far-reaching implications.
CU °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï researchers have developed a tool that can model phytoplankton biomass extremes in the ocean in ways that conventional satellites often can't.
CU °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï sociologist Robert Scott highlights an understudied area of wildfire research: How wildland firefighting fatalities affect the people on the front lines.
A CU °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï mountain geographer explains how rising temperatures are destabilizing mountains and increasing the risk of landslides, glacial floods and other potentially catastrophic hazards around the world.
As climate change drives more frequent and prolonged heat waves, CU °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï and CU Anschutz researchers are working with formerly incarcerated people to understand conditions inside prisons and develop ways to reduce health risks.
The federal government just unveiled an aggressive plan to help conserve the mighty Colorado. Will it work? And if not, what will? Water policy veteran Doug Kenney offers insight.
Lon Abbott, who studies how mountains form, explains how °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï's iconic Flatirons got their shape and why they’re so special even though they're not one of a kind.
A CU °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï study finds that the symbiotic relationship between alpine plants and underground fungi stays robust to earlier snowmelt driven by warming temperatures.
As climate change drives more intense droughts, new research shows shrinking water supplies can give pathogens such as West Nile virus an edge.
A woeful winter and searing spring have thrust a spotlight on climate journalism. The Water Desk, an initiative of CU °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï's College of Communication, Media, Design and Information, helps reporters throughout the West cover complex water issues.