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CU-Boulder Researchers Investigate Warming Climate’s Threat to Western Water
Where does our water come from and how does climate change affect its future availability? In the arid West, mountain snowpack holds the answers to these and other questions. Mark...
New Report Highlights How Climate Change May Affect Water in Colorado
...of Colorado’s streams and rivers, melt mountain snowpack earlier in the spring, and increase the water needed by thirsty crops and cities, according to the new report, “Climate Change in...
CU-Boulder, Mesa County Team Up to Make Snow-depth Data Free to Water Managers, Farmers, Public
...road and bridge building to boundary line measurements and even some criminal cases — including homicides — the new snowpack information Larson has been teasing out of the data should...
The Changing Nature of the Frozen Earth, The State and Fate of Snow and Frozen Ground in the Arctic and Colorado
...home, the snowpack of the Rocky Mountains is a vital resource that contributes a large portion of annual stream flow in the West. Questions of how the local snowpack will...
The Changing Nature of the Frozen Earth, The State and Fate of Snow and Frozen Ground in the Arctic and Colorado
...ice extent and glacial retreat. He is also involved in monitoring snowpack in Colorado’s mountains and developing models for hydrologic forecasting. Dr. Slater, a researcher with the National Snow and...
New Report Charts Colorado’s Vulnerability to Climate Change
...swings in weather and climate, but may find it especially challenging to deal with expected changes in water resources. Recreation: Climate projections show that Colorado’s springtime mountain snowpack will...
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden to Visit CU-Boulder April 18
...the arid West, for example, rely on up-to-date snowpack conditions, since melting snow feeds thirsty cities and crops. In 2013, CU-Boulder led a NASA airborne science campaign staged out...
CU-Boulder Video Gets Emmy Nod
...storage and release of water from snowpack into mountain streams and what percentage of that water ultimately makes its way into homes and municipalities. As principal investigator of the Niwot...