Becky Bolinger, a drought specialist at Colorado State University and the assistant state climatologist, said the lack of new snow in late spring affected the rate of melting (New York Times).
Their new understanding of the MSH1 gene could lend insight into why animal mitochondrial genomes tend to mutate more than those of plants.
Wireless network devices maintain a connection by handing off from one cell tower to another. The data created should be used to fight coronavirus, say CSU researchers (Network World).
“To me what’s really shocking is how warm it’s been relative to average for so many weeks and months,” says Zack Labe, a climate scientist at Colorado State University (National Geographic).
A CSU-led consortium of eight western universities and the USDA-Agricultural Research Service has worked toward strategies for extending the life of the aquifer.
"What started as a homegrown project that we had to pay for ourselves turned into a huge state-funded initiative that is going to save a lot of lives... because of this global problem you have all the best scientists in the world putting their heads together. That’s never happened before. Ever." -Dr. Nicole Ehrhart
“What we saw is within facilities a lot of the same sequence, whereas within different facilities, they had a different sequence. It does look like, with the data we have so far, that they really are clustering within the same facility.” -Nicole Sexton, Ebel Lab postdoctoral fellow
CSU Atmospheric Science postdoc Zack Labe said that while he is concerned by the recent heat, he is more unnerved by its staying power (CBS News).
Forest recovery may increasingly be compromised by lack of tree seed sources, warmer and drier post-fire climate and more frequent reburning.
CSU associate professor of systems engineering Jeremy Daily has been working with student researchers on a heavy vehicle cybersecurity program called the Student CyberTruck Experience (Fleet Owner).