Mysterious Milky Seas Are Visible From Space
Ever since 2005, Professor Miller has specialized in using state-of-the-art satellites to study Earth with the ultimate goal of learning how to predict the occurrence of milky sea events. (Forbes)
Author Archives: CSU MarComm Staff
CSU ‘making our world a little more sustainable’ with new turbine donation
Colorado State University is now on the leading front of research universities after obtaining a 3.5 megawatt gas turbine donation. (CBS 4 Denver)
Tropical storm could form in Atlantic next week and threaten Caribbean
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)
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)
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)
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)
CSU researchers increase forecast, now predict very active 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
The CSU Tropical Meteorology Project team is now predicting 20 named storms in 2022.
Texas could have foreseen 2021 cold-wave disaster, new study concludes
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)
Snowpack bottoms out in Southwest Colorado
“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)
Hurricane expert pitches end to category ‘wind’ scale during Orlando conference
During the this week’s National Hurricane Conference, CSU’s Phil Klotzbach proposed a better a way to predict the damages of a devastating hurricane — do away with the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. (Orlando Sentinel)