This Year’s Extreme Weather Is Just Getting Started
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)
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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)
CSU researchers create tool to evaluate water use for responsibly sourced gas operations
Colorado State University engineers have partnered with third-party assessor Project Canary to develop a method for measuring freshwater usage during natural gas operations to help evaluate operators on sustainability.
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)
School Is Cool needs your help
CSU’s signature outreach effort to provide backpacks filled with school supplies to Poudre School District is seeking volunteers and donations.
Study shows need to revise existing methods for estimating flood risk
A study involving CSU researcher Frances Davenport found that flood frequencies are underestimated because conventional risk assessment fails to consider flood drivers.
Data center-cooling technology born at CSU receives startup support from Activate.org
Two recent CSU grads have received 2022 Activate Fellowships, awarded to entrepreneurs who are springboarding great technologies into marketable ones.
Colorado State University professor receives competitive award to improve storm forecasting
Electrical and Computer Engineering's Haonan Chen has received an early-career award to support his research on artificial intelligence techniques for detecting conditions associated with the sudden development of severe storms.
Message from Incoming Interim President Miranda
I wanted to write this morning to assure you that the University is in excellent hands with its very capable leadership team – vice presidents, deans, and department and unit heads – and with all of you who are teaching our classes, supporting our students, and keeping CSU running smoothly and well.
CSU atmospheric scientists lead summer field campaign in Taiwan to study extreme rainfall
The team is spending this summer getting to the bottom of how and why the most violent rainstorms in the world occur.