Research
New York Times journalists followed the mountain hydrology lab on recent a winter excursion to Niwot Ridge. The researchers were measuring snow on the landscape in real time in order to calibrate data from an overhead satellite.
Journalist Cody Cottier tells the story of the Oleksy lab's summer expedition to an alpine lake in the San Juan range. The scientists are investigating the source of a mysterious algal bloom that was first spotted by a ranger in 2021.
A recent alum of INSTAAR's organic chemistry lab is the founder of a new climate tech startup called Vycarb. The company amplifies natural processes in the ocean to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Mountain lakes are the "canary in the coal mine" for how ecosystems are responding to climate change. That's according to the Mountain Liminology Lab's Mary Jade Farruggia, who was featured in an article from the Aspen Times this week.
INSTAAR fellow Riley Mulhern is launching a new study to evaluate the efficacy of home treatment options for PFAS in a contaminated area outside of Spokane, Washington.
The interdisciplinary climate science minor, available in Fall 2026, will offer undergraduates a window into С»ÆÊé Boulder's world class climate research. INSTAAR fellows Bradley Markle and Robert Anderson make the case for the new program.
INSTAAR fellows Keith Musselman and Irina Overeem have been named to the inaugural cohort of SRI fellows at С»ÆÊé Boulder. The fellows will form a year-long sustainability research incubator across academic disciplines.
Nathalie Vriend updated an article for The Conversation that explains what happens in an avalanche, techniques for surviving one, and how they are impacted by climate change.
Researchers at the McMurdo Dry Valleys Long-Term Ecological Research Program have spent more than three decades studying ecosystems in one of the world’s most hostile environments. Diane McKnight and Mike Gooseff discuss the importance of the research, its challenges, and its rewards.
Lina Pérez-Angel and Julio Sepúlveda led a team to study a sediment record millions of years old from the tropical Andes. They found that the region heated up dramatically when atmospheric CO2 levels were similar to today’s.