About 40% of the U.S. population lives in a coastal area and in Hawai‘i, nearly everyone is vulnerable to the effects of tropical storms and hurricanes.
Tropical Cyclones Moving Faster in Recent Decades
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Ocean Color Satellites Reveal Glacier Algae, Insights for Climate Models
The brownish-grey algae that darken the Greenland ice sheet in summer cause the ice to melt faster, but only recently have scientists measured these blooms in the field, and only at few sites. To measure algal blooms across large regions and understand their effects on melting over time, scientists are now turning to space.
Food Waste: Cities can Make the Difference
Food waste is one of the most important issues of current food systems: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has estimated that more than one third of food is either lost or wasted along the entire food supply chain causing significant economic, social and environmental impacts.
Global Food Production Threatens the Climate
Concentration of dinitrogen oxide – also referred to as nitrous oxide – in the atmosphere increases strongly and speeds up climate change. In addition to CO2 and methane, it is the third important greenhouse gas emitted due to anthropogenic activities.
Tiny Beetles a Bellwether of Ecological Disruption by Climate Change
As species across the world adjust where they live in response to climate change, they will come into competition with other species that could hamper their ability to keep up with the pace of this change, according to new CU Boulder-led research.
Light Pollution Alters Predator-Prey Interactions Between Cougars and Mule Deer in Western US
A new study provides strong evidence that exposure to light pollution alters predator-prey dynamics between mule deer and cougars across the intermountain West, a rapidly growing region where nighttime skyglow is an increasing environmental disturbance.
