And Then the Sea Glowed a Magnificent Milky Green
A chance encounter with a rare phenomenon called a milky sea connects a sailor and a scientist to explain the ocean’s ghostly glow. (Hakai Magazine)
Tag: "CIRA"
Incredible Satellite Video Shows "Tornadic Supercell' Forming Over Chicago
Amid such harsh weather conditions, a video posted CIRA has taken the internet by storm. (NDTV)
Go go GOES! CIRA celebrates latest launch
CIRA staff showed up in force to watch the launch of the latest round of GOES satellites on Tuesday.
American Geophysical Union honors four CSU researchers as 2021 fellows
AGU Fellows serve as global leaders and experts who have propelled the world’s understanding of geosciences.
Q&A: CSU expert discusses Hurricane Ida, 2021 season
A member of CSU's hurricane forecasting team weighed in on Hurricane Ida, the history of storms on the Gulf Coast and what's next for the 2021 hurricane season.
What do hurricane categories mean?
“Storms that behave this way “are fairly rare,” writes CIRA's Chris Slocum. “There isn’t enough information yet to say if rapid intensification is happening more often.” (Vox)
Satellites Spot Oceans Aglow With Trillions of Organisms
A new generation of detectors let scientists identify a dozen large episodes of bioluminescence, one a hundred times larger than Manhattan — and that’s the smallest. (New York Times)
How satellites can be the first to find wildfires
The Fire Temperature RBG technique was developed at a branch of NOAA located at Colorado State University — an organization called the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA). (9News Denver)
Video Shows St Vincent Volcano Spewing Ash as Eruption Enters Fifth Day
Footage released on Monday by CIRA showed satellite video of the large eruption taken the day prior, showing large clouds of ash billowing from the volcano's crater. (Newsweek)
Watching Earth Burn
For 10 days in September, satellites in orbit sent tragic evidence of climate change’s destructive power. (New York Times)