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Denver’s Stinkiest Air Is Concentrated in Less Privileged Neighborhoods

by Katherine Bourzac 13 May 202513 May 2025

The bad odors of air pollution are difficult to regulate, but can pose significant health risks, reduce a home’s property value, and affect a homeowner’s peace of mind.

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Teaming Up to Tailor Climate Education for Indigenous Communities

by Saima May Sidik 30 April 20255 May 2025

A new college-level curriculum, cocreated by Indigenous and Western researchers, could help Indigenous communities adapt to climate change on the Colorado Plateau.

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Logjams Promote Floodplain Complexity and Hydraulic Resistance

by Valeriy Ivanov 17 December 202417 December 2024

Using a new model, scientists compare logjam hydraulic impact across 37 reaches observed over 11 years in the Colorado Rockies.

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Ground-based Transmitters Cause Radiation Belt Electron Loss

by Mary Hudson 25 November 202422 November 2024

A U.S. Navy transmitter in Australia produces wisps of electron loss as observed by the Colorado Inner Radiation Belt Experiment (CIRBE) CubeSat in Low Earth Orbit.

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Labor Day Dips Alter Stream Composition

by Grace van Deelen 30 August 202429 August 2024

Holiday weekend tubing introduces toxic chemicals and shifts microbial communities in a popular Colorado river.

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Solar Panel Arrays May Affect Soil Carbon Levels

by Emily Dieckman 8 August 202417 October 2024

As research ramps up on how to maximize the benefits of colocating agriculture and solar panels, researchers are also beginning to investigate other potential ecosystem benefits.

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Faults Along Salt Walls Are Less Stressed in the Paradox Basin

by Birgit Müller 22 July 202422 July 2024

Based on an extended stress database, scientists observe systematic changes in the tectonic stress state and a reduction in fault reactivation potential near salt walls in the Paradox Basin.

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Tiny Satellites Can Provide Significant Information About Space

by Rebecca Owen 10 May 202410 May 2024

Students and faculty at the University of Colorado Boulder use CubeSats to learn more about the near-Earth environment.

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When Fieldwork Comes Home

by Grace van Deelen 25 April 202425 April 2024

The impacts of the 2021 Marshall Fire rippled through a community of Colorado geoscientists, spurring them to action.

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Snapping Science in the Field

by Sabrina Kainz and Andrea Halling 11 March 202423 May 2024

Snapchat, the multimedia messaging app, offers a range of features that make it an unexpectedly useful tool for geoscientists on the go.

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