By Beth Bartel Every two years, a Boulder-based science support facility called UNAVCO hosts a workshop for the greater geodetic community. Geodesy is alternatively described on the Web as a branch of Earth science or a branch of mathematics that is “concerned with the determination of the size and shape of the earth and the …
by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica BP’s announcement that it will pay $7.8 billion to compensate thousands of Gulf Coast residents harmed in the Deepwater Horizon disaster ends one chapter of legal wrangling over the 2010 oil spill, but leaves other, potentially far more expensive, issues unresolved. The tentative deal, announced late Friday, does not address state …
Before traveling to the Philippines, I knew very little of the country, aside from the pesky linguistic incongruity between its name (the Philippines) and the adjective used to describe it (Filipino).
by Breanna Draxler While climate change may be pushing certain Arctic species out, it seems to be laying down a welcome mat for the killer whale. Sea ice in the Arctic is melting as temperatures rise. Killer whales are migrating north to hunt in these now-open waters, and in some cases even colonize them. But …
By Beth Bartel Most of our planet’s volcanoes are out of sight, and largely out of mind–three quarters of them, as it turns out. Hidden under sometimes thousands of feet of water, volcanoes on the seafloor bubble and boil away without our knowledge and largely without our understanding. Oregon State University volcanologist Bill Chadwick has been working …
By Beth Bartel Talking about the oceans may seem a little bit silly from landlocked Colorado. But oceans affects us all, and in big ways, so it happens that some big oceanic research goes down in several of Boulder’s many scientific institutions. In this episode of CU Science Update, host Jalesa Moore discusses the various …
6 Mar 2013
In the right circumstances probiotic supplements can benefit the human gut, but are they they right choice for you?
8 Feb 2013
Experts agree that 2012 was one of the hottest and driest years on record, and so far this year there has not been enough precipitation, either fallen or forecasted, to indicate that the situation will improve.
5 Feb 2013
The nation's growing problem of how to dispose of nuclear waste from power reactors can’t be solved through science alone, according to the co-authors of a new book on high-level nuclear waste.
6 Nov 2012
Paleoclimatologist Jim White spends as much time in the lab as in the public eye, and he’s here to set the record straight: really, folks, climate change is not as complicated as it seems.
6 Nov 2012
What happens when we stop thinking and trust our guts? Just what one would expect: we are wrong.
24 Oct 2012
In a city known for heavy industry, environmental issues and problems with suburban sprawl, sustainable practices might be the antithesis of their primary goal for ambitious growth.
15 Oct 2012
Experts say that to keep homes out of dangerous fire zones, the high costs of wildfires must shift away from the federal government to local government and homeowners.
24 Sep 2012
The federal government recognizes and protects wild horses as “living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West.” The reality of managing herds, however, has proved problematic.
12 Sep 2012
Since he started sailing years ago, David Noone had his attention focused on climate. Now, the National Science Foundation is recognizing him as the next big thing in climate science and engineering.
21 Mar 2012
Americans have made it clear on many occasions that they don’t want commercialism in their parks. But just how far do the reaches of corporate influence extend?
