CSU Society of Women Engineers Evening with Industry
CSU Society of Women Engineers’ Evening with Industry will be held virtually on Wednesday, September 30 from 5 – 7:30 p.m.
CSU Society of Women Engineers’ Evening with Industry will be held virtually on Wednesday, September 30 from 5 – 7:30 p.m.
For National Latinx Heritage Month, El Centro is hosting a series of virtual events for the Colorado State University community designed to celebrate culture as well as foster meaningful dialogue on marginalized communities.
“This was probably the most extreme single summer month that we’ve ever seen in western Colorado,” said Russ Schumacher, Colorado’s state climatologist, noting that wildfires were also fueled by extreme dry conditions (Scientific American).
“It’s hard to not focus on the extent burned, but the nature and behavior of the fires is one of the most astonishing things,” Dakota Smith, a satellite analyst with CIRA (Buzzfeed).
Images processed by the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) at CSU show much of California and western Oregon shrouded in intense, billowing smoke (NBC News).
This roller coaster forecast was “truly something that I’ve never seen,” says assistant state climatologist Becky Bolinger (KUNC/NPR).
According to hurricane historian Phil Klotzbach of Colorado State University, Laura tied for the fifth strongest hurricane to ever make landfall in the continental United States. (NASA)
“Generally speaking,” Zimmerle, “something like half or more of the emissions come from a small percentage of the emitters.” (Houston Chronicle)
It’s useful to consider a few things: the history of U.S. hurricanes, why the Atlantic is currently so active, and the ingredients that allow storms to strengthen so quickly.
“When you have warmer temperatures and you’re lengthening the warm season, you’re also lengthening the time when wildfires have a chance to start and grow,” says Becky Bolinger, Colorado’s assistant state climatologist (NPR).