Only three storms have formed in this zone during June previously as more typically form in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, according to CSU tropical weather expert Phil Klotzbach. (Washington Post)
Climate change and natural variability are making 2022 a year of big weather events—so get ready for more heat waves, droughts, and hurricanes. (Wired)
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)
A study involving CSU researcher Frances Davenport found that flood frequencies are underestimated because conventional risk assessment fails to consider flood drivers.
The team is spending this summer getting to the bottom of how and why the most violent rainstorms in the world occur.
The catastrophic cold blast that enveloped Texas and neighboring states in February 2021 was unprecedented in its sheer longevity in some spots, a new study confirms. (Texas Climate News)
“What we needed was a big year, another 2019 with lots and lots of snow that staved off the drought impacts for a while, but that’s not what we got this winter." (Durango Herald)
Colorado State University and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will host a two-day conference in Fort Collins on Aug. 30-31, the first such event in a series at six universities around the country.
High school students from Northern Colorado were challenged to be the change needed during the 2022 Climate Leadership Summit at CSU. Sponsored by SoGES and the Poudre School District, close to 200 students participated.