Marisa McNatt

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Name: Marisa McNatt
Date registered: Oct 6

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The List: Science and Environment Happenings in and Around Boulder

Solar Probe. (Photo/NASA)

Events this week will discuss the relationship between extreme weather events and climate, and the 2018 NASA mission that will send a spacecraft closer to the sun than ever before.  There will be a viewing of the HBO documentary “Too Hot Not to Handle,” followed by a discussion and reception with Susan Joy Hassol, the …

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The List: Science and Environment Happenings in and Around Boulder

Saturn's moon Tethys with its prominent Odysseus Crater silently slips behind Saturn's largest moon Titan. (Photo/NASA)

At the 2009 and 2010 annual global talks on issues surrounding climate change, sponsored by the United Nations, developing nations were promised billions of dollars for climate change adaptation measures and to make their energy systems less-carbon intensive.  How was this promise handled — was the money ever granted, or used for the intended purposes? …

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The List: Science and Environment Happenings in and Around Boulder

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On CU-Boulder’s campus this week, learn how sugar plantations in Central America are connected with an epidemic of chronic kidney disease. Also find out about bears coming out of hibernation and a prehistoric reconstruction of the Sierra Nevada snowpack. A course that looks at sustainable solutions by emulating nature’s patterns and strategies, or biomimicry principles, …

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The List: Science and Environment Happenings in and Around Boulder

Hooked on Growth director Dave Gardner offers his talents to convey his message. (Photo/growthbusters.org)

This week CU Boulder is hosting the 64th Annual Conference on World Affairs that includes environment and science panels, such as a discussion on the role of practitioners at the science-society interface and a documentary that explores the question,“How do we become a sustainable civilization?” Updates on the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury, the innermost …

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The List: Science and Environmental Happenings in and Around Boulder

Venus in visible UV (Photo/LASP)

by Marisa McNatt This week, Boulder will be addressing improvements in extreme rainfall predictions and how the Greenland ice sheet is affected by global warming.  At the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, an evening lecture will discuss findings related to Venus and its atmosphere. A course that explores energy policies, with a focus on …

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The List: Science and Environmental Happenings in and Around Boulder

Grab free pastries and coffee on the bike ride to work Thursday. (Photo/Chris Carruth).

by Marisa McNatt If you’re a CU-Boulder student or professor and have the week off for spring break, take some time to check out an exhibit at CU-Boulder’s Museum of Natural History, or a show at Fiske Planetarium.  If you’re working this week, bike to work and treat yourself to free coffee and a pastry …

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