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.
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Hurricane Ida's strength may have seemed surprising. But not to forecasters.
CSU atmospheric scientist Phil Klotzbach joins other experts saying that the accuracy of the Hurricane Ida forecast from the National Hurricane Center was spot-on. (USA Today)
Video: Be 'air quality aware' due to wildfire smoke
CSU researchers found that local wildfires were associated with decreases in hospitalizations, especially for asthma.
Hurricane Ida continues to 'rapidly intensify.' Here's what that term means
"We used to observe storms less frequently and with satellites that had lower resolution, and consequently, we likely couldn't measure rapid intensification as well as we can now." (CNN)
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)
Parking, traffic changes announced for Friday's football home opener
University Operations, CSU Athletics, the Alumni Association, and many other campus partners have been working for weeks to make sure our campus community is prepared for this season’s Friday night football game.
Faculty: Apply now for 2022 Sustainability Curriculum Innovation Grants
Awards will be up to $5,000 each for individual proposals and up to $10,000 for team proposals.
Scientists are using new satellite tech to find glow-in-the-dark milky seas of maritime lore
“The whole appearance of the ocean was like a plain covered with snow. There was scarce a cloud in the heavens, yet the sky … appeared as black as if a storm was raging."
Kill it with fire: CSU researchers seek solution for pervasive PFAS pollutants
CSU researchers Jens Blotevogel and Anthony Rappé recently received a $474,000 U.S. Department of Defense grant to study and improve PFAS destruction by incineration, so the contaminants can be permanently removed from the environment without producing hazardous byproducts.