News - 2009

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Boulder Flatirons from the south

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January

Providing lessons in sustainable practices

Professor Bob Sievers receives 2008 ACS Astellas Award.

New Study Links Western Tree Mortality to Warming Temperatures, Water Stress

Down to Earth: Teaching for change

CU-Boulder Adjunct Professor Chuck Kutscher Wins Governor’s Renewable Energy Award

Three-Time Pulitzer Prize-winning NYT Columnist Thomas Friedman to Speak at CU-Boulder Feb. 16

2009 Rocky Mountain Sustainability Summit at CU-Boulder Aims for Campus Solutions

February

Al Gore’s Mission Impossible? 100% Clean Energy by 2020

New CU-Boulder Computer Cluster to Aid in Earth-Modeling Research

Catch a glimpse of seismic activity

UK’s CO2 plan ‘certain to fail’

Interest In Rainwater Harvesting Grows In Colorado

Track Ancient Hominids Across Landscape

Students find big savings in school energy audit

Western Author Tom McGuane to Receive Wallace Stegner Award From CU’s Center of the American West

Urban Development in an Era of Climate Change is Focus of New CU Symposium

Land use decision making as a driver of carbon sequestration at multiple scales: A Colorado case stu

Gov. Ritter Honors Life-Saving Impact of CU-Boulder Inhalable Vacci

Politics in the Guise of Pure Science

High Energy Prices & Low-Income Americans: Reducing the Risk of Unintended Injury

Environmental Studies Enrollment Soars

Maritime Shipping Makes Hefty Contribution To Harmful Air Pollution

March

Highest-Known Microbial Ecosystems on Earth Fueled by Volcanic Gases, Says CU-Boulder Study

CU’s Athenaeum program digs deeper

Boulder’s Kyoto goal still out of reach

Miles per hour: Boulder’s eGo CarShare rents cars to CU students short-term

Science Discovery presents a modern face to future scientists

CU-Boulder Striving to Produce Civically Engaged Graduates

Caught on camera: The Greenland tunnels that could speed ice melt

NOAA: Ninth Warmest February for Globe

A move toward bias-free science

Alum Liz Lokey Publishes New Book

Recycling goes extreme for awareness event at CU

Boulder Earth Hour - Turn off your lights!

New Literacy Guide Provides ‘Cliffs Notes’ On Climate System

CU’s 61st Annual Conference on World Affairs Offers Million-Dollar Conference to Public on a Shoestr

‘Extreme Ice’: Seeing is believing on glacial melting

CU-Boulder’s “University Fool” to Hold Court on April 1

Shall We Mitigate or Adapt

In the Long-term Forecast

Rocket Launches May Need Regulation to Prevent Ozone Depletion, Says New Study

April

SIGN THE LIVE GREEN PLEDGE

Satellites Show Arctic Literally on Thin Ice

2008 Arctic Haze Linked to Faraway Wildfires, Agricultural Burning

Environmental Center Director’s Update

Air capture: The latest distraction?

Student Vote on Proposed Mandatory Student Bus Pass Fare Increase Set for April 6th-10th

Amphibian Conservation Events to be Held at CU-Boulder in April

Rise in dust storms spurs environmental fears

Ancient Greenland Ice Study of Methane May Be Good News for Planet, Says Study

May

CU Study of Boulder Creek Shows Link Between Water Flow, Nuisance Algae May 11, 2009

Melting Threat From West Antarctic Ice Sheet Less Than Expected But Could Hit U.S. Hardest

Space Littering Can Impact Earth’s Atmosphere

ENVS Student Accompanies Chancellor Phil Distefano

ENVS Student One of Four CU-Boulder Students to Win Boren Scholarships for International Study

Earth Science & Observation Center studies global environment

Interior department recognizes CU-Boulder for role in historic Colorado river shortage agreement

Melting Greenland ice may threaten Northeast

New Book:  Integral Ecology

June

Online Oil Shale Report Released by CU’s Center of the American West

Online Course Will Help Teachers Introduce Climate Change To Middle, High School Classrooms

British Climate Act ‘failed before it started’

As forests die, questionable anxieties thrive

CU climate scientist, skeptic debate

Mixed Reviews, Dubious Prognosis for Obama

Carroll: Skeptical of climate alarmists

Jenny Adair wetlands earn their keep

ThinkSwiss Climate Trail at CU-Boulder

CU-Boulder Among Top 25 Alternative Energy Research Institutions

Sarah Krakoff Appointed Associate Dean at Law School

July

Forest thinning no cure-all

Tom Yulsman wins Journalism School Award

CU-Boulder Awarded $42 Million by NASA for Design and Construction of Instrument to Measure Solar Ra

Innovative seed grants give life to bold ideas

NASA, CU-Boulder Airborne Expedition Chases Arctic Sea Ice Questions

SmartGrid program likely to get federal boost

Future of Western Water Supply Threatened by Climate Change, Says New CU-Boulder Study

Committee recommends allowing GMO beets

CU-Boulder adds to ‘green’ accolades with new energy institute

Noise Pollution Negatively Affects Woodland Bird Communities, According to CU-Boulder Study

August

Wind and Solar Electricity:  Challenges and Opportunities

Power Plants Help Scientists Track Urban Pollution—From Space

It’s Dumpster-diving season in Boulder

Gov. Bill Ritter to Kick Off Inaugural Symposium for New Colorado Wind Research Center Aug. 14

CU-Boulder nixes Styrofoam at University Memorial Center

Scientists, Volunteers to Assess Water Quality Throughout Rocky Mountain National Park August 19

You Say “Solution,” I Say “Pollution”

CEES and Professor Krakoff receive CU Energy Initiative Seed Grant for American Indian Tribes, Clima

CEES and Professor Boyd Assist Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force with 2009 Reduced Emi

Sierra Magazine Names America’s Top 20 “Coolest” Schools

Two CU-Boulder Students Plant 20-Acre Organic Farm in Boulder as a Summer Job

International Greenland Ice Coring Effort Sets New Drilling Record in 2009

‘Ralphie’s Green Stampede’ to Cover All CU Competitive Sports This Year

ENVS Instructor Dale Miller’s House Featured in Magazine

September

Solar panels illuminate climate change researcher’s work at the CU Mountain Research Station

Spotlight On: Urban Hens

Long-Term Cooling Trend in Arctic Abruptly Reverses, Signaling Potential for Sea Rise

CU-Boulder Unmanned Aircraft Buzz Over Gigantic Holes in Antarctic Sea Ice

Climate change gets down to eARTh

CU-Boulder Team Identifies ‘DNA Barcodes’ to Monitor Illegal Trading of Wildlife Products



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