News Archive
Climate Sensitivity in the Anthropocene
Climate sensitivity in its most basic form is defined as the equilibrium change in global surface temperature that occurs in response to a climate forcing, or externally imposed perturbation of the planetary energy balance.
Anoxia and Euxinia Ocean Environmental Change
Areas of the coastal ocean where oxygen is low or absent in bottom waters, so-called dead zones, are expanding worldwide.
Peter Ward: Our Future In a World Without Ice Caps
Brown Bag Lecture Series; Center for Student Engagement & Leadership; and Arts, Culture, and Civic Engagement.
James Zachos: Ocean Acidification in Earth’s Past: Insights to the Future
Presented by James Zachos, Ph.D., University of California at Santa Cruz, at the 2013 Metcalf Institute Annual Public Lecture Series, June 13, 2013.
Colorado frack-site flooding (September 2013)
Historic flooding across large portions of Central and Eastern Colorado has caused an unprecedented amount of damage.
Historic Flooding Colorado September 2013
Colorado flooding forces thousands more evacuations "Biblical" rains trigger flooding that kills 3 in Colo. Live coverage of Colorado flooding from KUSA-TV Residents of an apartment building work to divert floodwater from their homes in Boulder, Colo.. Flash flooding in Colorado has cut off access to towns, closed the University of Colorado in Boulder and left at least three people dead. Ed Andrieski, AP
ESA Cryosat Animation of Arctic Sea Ice Thickness (1979-2013)
Difference in the area, volume and depth of the average September Arctic sea ice between 1979, shown in blue, and 2013, shown in orange.
Global warming could change strength of El Nino
Global warming could impact the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), altering the cycles of El Niño and La Niña events.