About
BA, MS, and PhD degrees emphasizing the interconnections of environmental science and decision making...
Boulder Flatirons from the south
Our Program
We offer a broad, but rigorous, interdisciplinary education. Both the undergraduate and graduate degrees draw on courses and expertise from more than thirty participating departments, centers, and other units on campus, emphasizing the earth and natural sciences as well as the social sciences and humanities. Students can also take advantage of many opportunities for less-formal "real-world" learning, including internships for class credit.
Featured Image
Mine tailings adjacent to Colorado wetlands
Mine tailings adjacent to wetlands that drain into Lake Fork Creek, Lake County Colorado. The Dinero Tunnel has discharged acidic, metal-enriched water into this wetland for almost a century. Monitoring by INSTAAR scientists of seasonal changes in the outflow from the Dinero Tunnel and in Lake Fork Creek showed that the wetland acted as a sink for metals in summer, but was a source of metals during the winter and fall. Leaching of these tailings by melting snow released a pulse of concentrated metals into the creek. These studies show the hydrologic challenges of using constructed wetlands to remediate acid mine draiange in mountain environments. Photo: Diane McKnight (CEAE, ENVS, & INSTAAR).
Announcements
Tue Nov 17, 2009
Udall Scholarship Information Meeting
03:30 pm. Norlin S-421.
Thu Dec 17, 2009
ENVS Recognition Ceremony and Reception
03:30 pm. Benson 180 .
. "ENVS Recognition Ceremony and Reception"
Thu May 06, 2010
ENVS Recognition Ceremony and Reception
03:00 pm. Math .
Events
Wed Jul 22, 2009
Summer Series In College Course Design
11:25 am. 200 Atlas.
Mark Werner, Coordinator, CTO. "Classroom Technologies to Maximize Student Learning"
Mon Nov 30, 2009
INSTAAR Noon Seminar
12:00 pm. RL-3, 6th Floor Auditorium, Room 620.
Sarah Spaulding, INSTAAR. "TBA"
Tue Dec 01, 2009
Greenhouse Tour
02:00 pm. University Biology Greenhouses.
Tom Lemieux, Greenhouse Manager
Latest News
Nov 19, 2009
New Method to Measure Snow, Soil Moisture With GPS May Benefit Meteorologists, Farmers
A research team led by the University of Colorado at Boulder has found a clever way to use traditional GPS satellite signals to measure snow depth as well as soil and vegetation moisture, a technique expected to benefit meteorologists, water resource managers, climate modelers and farmers.
Nov 17, 2009
El Niño Could Play a Role in Colorado’s Winter Weather, CU-NOAA Scientist Says
El Niño, a warming event of the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean that affects weather patterns in the United States and elsewhere, has strengthened in recent months and already appears to have influenced Colorado's fall weather, says Klaus Wolter, an atmospheric scientist with the University of Colorado at Boulder and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
- Announcements -
Tue Nov 17, 2009
Udall Scholarship Information Meeting
Thu Dec 17, 2009
ENVS Recognition Ceremony and Reception
Thu May 06, 2010
- Events -
Wed Jul 22, 2009
11:25 am
Summer Series In College Course Design
Mon Nov 30, 2009
12:00 pm
Tue Dec 01, 2009
02:00 pm
- News -
Nov 19, 2009
New Method to Measure Snow, Soil Moisture With GPS May Benefit Meteorologists, Farmers
Nov 17, 2009
El Niño Could Play a Role in Colorado’s Winter Weather, CU-NOAA Scientist Says
- Faculty Focus -
Sharon Collinge
Population and community ecology, conservation biology, restoration ecology, landscape ecology, and landscape planning. Ecological consequences of habitat loss.
