“The droughts that we are seeing are becoming that much more severe because of the temperature component, they’re warmer,” Colorado assistant state climatologist Becky Bolinger said. (KNPR/NPR)
CSU faculty members Melissa Burt and Emily Fischer speak with Colorado Public Radio about the Science Moms campaign.
Coloradans also can look out their windows and see the “snow drought” forecasters are talking about when they say snow cover in the West is the worst it has been at any time in the last two decades. (Colorado Sun)
Nobel laureate and former Atmospheric Science faculty member Paul Crutzen, who died on January 28, was a brilliant researcher and a steadfast advocate for the planet.
The campaign, Science Moms, tugs at the fierce protective instincts of its target demographic: mothers.
“2020 was a doozy of a year,” said Peter Goble, climate specialist at the Colorado Climate Center. “And we just continue to fall farther and farther behind.” (Colorado Sun)
Ice-nucleating particles typically play a major role in cloud behavior, and the strength of that effect is still being studied.
Jeffrey Collett, professor and chair of the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University, has been named to the national U.S. Department of Agriculture Air Quality Task Force.
“My car got really dinged up the second year that I was here,” says Sam Childs, a researcher at Colorado State University. After that, "I decided I’d like to take a look at hail.” (Discover)
New group of mom scientists, including CSU researchers Melissa Burt and Emily Fischer, are launching “Science Moms”, a $10 million educational campaign to engage other mothers. (Washington Post)