New campaign will track deep convective clouds over Houston
Scientists with the Tracking Aerosol Convection Interactions Experiment (TRACER) will gather detailed data on aerosol-cloud interactions within deep convective systems
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Sean O’Connell joins Dewberry as department manager of facilities group in Denver
Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm, announced that Sean O’Connell, PE, has been hired in its Denver, Colorado, office as the department manager of the water/wastewater facilities group.
Jesse Wilson uses virtual biopsies to improve melanoma detection
With funding from his Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute pilot grant, Jesse Wilson sought to develop a new technique for noninvasive skin imaging using laser microscopy
Argentina’s mega-storms attract army of meteorologists
Storms often flood towns and destroy vineyards in the Argentina's booming wine industry, but remain poorly understood. About 160 atmospheric scientists have descended on central Argentina to improve severe weather warnings, so that people know to avoid areas where flash floods are likely.
Brewing El Niño could bring good snow season to southern Colorado resorts
A good winter could be in store for southern Colorado ski resorts that endured drought last season, thanks to a reappearance of the climate phenomenon known as El Niño in the Pacific Ocean.
Colorado scientists to chase the biggest thunderstorms on Earth
A group of Colorado State University scientists is traveling to Argentina where they will study some of the most intense thunderstorms on the planet.
Michael officially stronger than Katrina at landfall
Hurricane Michael was a storm for the record books, and by one measurement was more powerful at landfall than notorious monsters such as Katrina or Andrew.
As Hurricane Florence approached, researchers watched this town far from the coast
As Hurricane Florence churned toward the Carolina coasts, civil engineers and planners at a dozen universities and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) were monitoring the fate of one place in particular: Lumberton, North Carolina, a town of 21,000 more than 75 miles from the coast.
Climate change could double deaths from wildfire smoke
As climate change continues to fuel more intense and frequent wildfires, the number of people who die in the United States from inhaling wildfire smoke could more than double by 2100.
Top 40 doctorates in engineering 2019
Colorado State University is ranked the number one online doctor of engineering program by Online PhD Programs.