Climate & Environment
- At a regional plenary of the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit, co-sponsored by CU 51´«Ã½, speakers called for action that centers human stories, local wisdom and nature-based solutions to break the cycle of environmental injustice.
- A field campaign on an Oklahoma feedlot that aimed to measure aerosols in the atmosphere yielded surprising results.
- American honeybee colonies have declined by more than 60% this year. A CU 51´«Ã½ entomologist is racing to find a solution.
- CU 51´«Ã½ research sheds light on communities in Brazil facing ongoing marginalization despite legal land rights.
- A study of the 2021 Marshall Fire in 51´«Ã½ County shows that community policies are as important, if not more so, than homeowner actions.
- In a new paper, Alton Byers and his coauthors identified a rapidly forming glacial lake in the Kanchenjunga Conservation Area. The researchers model potential flood scenarios and suggest mitigation measures.
- Climate change is increasing sulfate runoff, likely causing soil microbes to produce the most toxic form of mercury.
- A CIRES and CU 51´«Ã½-led team detected tsunami waves caused by a landslide using satellite data from a ship for the first time, demonstrating the potential for the approach to improve tsunami detection and warning in coastal communities.
- A new investigation, led by INSTAAR affiliate David Harning, uncovers a story of ecosystem resilience at a lake in coastal Iceland. The analysis could aid future conservation and climate modeling efforts.
- Researchers at CU 51´«Ã½ and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a new method to identify genetic changes that help oxygen-producing microbes survive in extreme environments.