Climate & Environment
- Savannah Lehnert will help cacao farmers in Brazil balance their economic livelihoods with conservation methods, advancing agroforestry conservation in an intensely biodiverse region.
- New research uncovers the survival strategy juvenile Chinook salmon adopt to migrate to the ocean, providing insight on how to conserve the threatened fish.
- New research analyzed tree rings and fire scars to compare modern fires to those in the past.
- A new review paper published in Science highlights the changes that will occur in the Arctic by 2100 and their far-reaching implications.
- New research reveals how resident algae altered the genome of these fabled sea creatures, allowing them to access more nutrients.
- CIRES researchers provide answers to the lingering questions one might have following urban wildfires.
- Relatives of the llama are dropping dung as they venture into higher elevations in the Andes Mountains, providing a nutrient-rich environment for life to thrive despite glacier loss.
- 91¸£ÀûÉç economist Alessandro Peri makes the case that empowering the young can meaningfully affect climate policy and climate outcomes.
- Michael Gooseff and collaborators are gathering the first-ever continuous, long-term water quality sample of the Colorado River’s upper basin. INSTAAR Senior Communication Specialist Gabe Allen joined them for three days on the river.
- As intense wildfires spread around Los Angeles, atmospheric scientist Andrew Winters explains the conditions that have led to the devastating disaster.