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CU-Boulder Researchers Investigate Warming Climate’s Threat to Western Water
...usable water in the western United States comes from snowmelt runoff. Unfortunately, warming temperatures have resulted in less snow and shorter winters in recent years. In fact, the 2012 snowpack...
Group to study antiracist outreach practices
...the conservation, environmental education and outdoor recreation fields spans more than 23 years. Her interest in justice, accessibility and equity issues developed from her personal experiences working in nonprofits and...
New Report Charts Colorado’s Vulnerability to Climate Change
...many of the ways Coloradans are already grappling with these issues, and where other strategies may help mitigate risk. “Vulnerability is not just a question of how climate change...
Acequia Assistance Project
...a communal resource. This approach shapes how communities interact with natural environments in the Southern Colorado watersheds, thus creating resilient natural and cultural systems. In the western United States water...
Arctic Awareness Week Keynote to Address Climate Change and its Impact on Polar Bears April 17
...they depend on for food. These same climate change effects have been documented in Western Hudson Bay and the Southern Beaufort Sea in Canada, and are currently being documented in...
Delta County students to present air quality research
...keynote speaker will be Joanna Casey-Gordon, who recently completed her doctorate in mechanical engineering at CU Boulder. These events, which will include free pizza dinners, are co-sponsored by the Western Slope...
Delta County students to share air quality research
...p.m. at an Air Quality InQuiry (AQ-IQ) Science Symposium. Students from Paonia High School shared their projects at a previous symposium on April 5. These events are co-sponsored by the Western Slope...
CU-Boulder Scientists to Provide Climate Change-focused Programs at the Rifle Library in August
...water security and water’s critical role in the economy of Colorado and other western states. “I'll explain why mountains are ‘water towers,’” Williams said. “I will walk the audience...
Teacher workshop brings past to present, Latino history into classrooms
...and to explore lessons and materials designed for incorporation into existing curriculum. They also discussed ways to improve classroom conversations about issues of race, ethnicity, and privilege. Prior to...
Delta and Weld County high schoolers conduct air quality research
...teachers from Delta, Cedaredge, Hotchkiss, Paonia and Greeley Central high schools and Union Colony Preparatory School to help the students design projects that investigate local air quality issues. The students...