Three CU Boulder faculty are principal investigators on a new five-year, $6.9 million National Science Foundation grant to study the 鈥渃ritical zone鈥濃�攆rom Earth鈥檚 bedrock to tree canopy top鈥攊n the American West.
A new initiative seeks to understand the role scientific advice played, or did not play, in driving COVID-19-related policies in at least seven countries. Researchers hope the project helps improve communication between scientists and policymakers.
CU Boulder Today chatted with Jose-Luis Jimenez, chemistry professor and CIRES fellow, about why it鈥檚 so important to wear a face covering鈥攅ven when you鈥檙e outdoors.
Researchers have set up a network to monitor the wastewater leaving residence halls on campus as part of an effort to detect and intercept community spread of COVID-19.
A new study of 22 burn areas across 710 square miles found that forests are not recovering from fires as well as they used to, and many regions will be unsuitable for ponderosa pine and Douglas fir in the coming decades.
As students return to campus, a mostly behind-the-scenes team of university staff and scientists has been working to make sure that the air they breathe will be as safe as possible.
