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Feb 01, 2010

Has Global Warming increased the toll of disasters?
In the wake of the latest climate change controversy to hit the headlines, The Royal Institution is delighted to be holding a debate between two leading climate scientists, Bob Ward and Roger Pielke Jr, chaired by the BBC's David Shukman, on Friday, February 5.

Jan 29, 2010

Solar Panels Installed at CU Produce Energy for Campus and Contribute to State Goal
Solar panels installed at the University of Colorado at Boulder on the roofs of the Coors Events/Conference Center, Housing System Maintenance Center and Wolf Law Building will produce 140,000 kilowatt-hours of energy per year -- enough to power 20 medium-sized houses.

Jan 25, 2010

Tom Yulsman Nominated as “Climate Change Communicator of the Year”
Tom Yulsman has been nominated as "Climate Change Communicator of the Year," a prize given by the Center for Climate Change Communication.

Dec 24, 2009

Susie Strife and Climate Smart Team Named Boulder County People of the Year
It started with a man named Cisco DeVries.

Dec 17, 2009

Diane McKnight Elected AAAS Fellow for 2009
Three University of Colorado at Boulder faculty members have been elected fellows of the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science for 2009.

Dec 15, 2009

Trash cans increasingly get the boot at CU-Boulder
Modified trash cans allow users to see the contents as part of CU-Boulder's zero-waste awareness program.

Dec 14, 2009

5 QUESTIONS for CU-Boulder associate professor Tom Yulsman, designer of the “Covering Climate Change
With the United Nations climate change conference under way this month in Copenhagen, many journalists face the challenge of covering an extremely complex issue.

Dec 14, 2009

Portions of Arctic Coastline Eroding, No End in Sight, Says New CU-Boulder Study
The northern coastline of Alaska midway between Point Barrow and Prudhoe Bay is eroding by up to one-third the length of a football field annually because of a "triple whammy" of declining sea ice, warming seawater and increased wave activity, according to new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Dec 12, 2009

Greening CU-Boulder’s dorms: Shower timers, smart power strips among plans
University of Colorado leaders -- with grand green goals for the dorms -- are exploring whether to install shower timers that either shut off the water or give students an audio warning about how long they've been scrubbing.

Dec 12, 2009

Carroll: Creating a bad climate for scientists
If you don't think some climate scientists have lost their bearings, consider their treatment of the University of Colorado's Roger Pielke Jr.

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