Forecasters give first look into the 2020 hurricane season. ‘Above average,’ they say
The 2020 hurricane season will be busier than normal, with 16 named storms predicted, according to scientists at Colorado State University (Miami Herald).
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Need Tips On Social Distancing? This Guy’s Been Doing It For Almost 50 Years
In the era of COVID-19, Billy Barr suggests participating in some citizen science, like a project called CoCoRaHS that tracks rainfall across the country (NPR).
Volunteer recounts being part of global Peace Corps evacuation
CSU Civil Engineering alumnus and volunteer Steve Vanderleest is now in Grand Junction from Cajabamba, Peru, after the first- ever total evacuation by the Peace Corps of all its volunteers around the world (Grand Junction Sentinel).
The Looming Hurricane Season And COVID-19 Coronavirus
The COVID-19 pandemic is very similar to hurricane season in some ways. Even if improvement happens, the fallout from COVID-19 in the healthcare, first responder, economic and emergency management communities will remain for hurricane season (Forbes).
CSU will lead state testing efforts on protective equipment for healthcare workers
Gov. Jared Polis asked Colorado State University in Fort Collins to organize the testing of personal protective equipment, also known as PPE, for the state’s healthcare workers (Denver 7 News).
Coronavirus In Colorado: CSU Experts Working On Product To Disinfect Large Areas Of COVID-19
A team of scientists, medical professionals and engineers at Colorado State University teamed up to develop a product which could disinfect large areas of coronavirus with the simple spray of a solution (CBS 4 News Denver).
From Research In Hyperspeed To Canceled Expeditions, Academic Scientists Adjust To A New Pace Under Coronavirus
Researchers at the Colorado Climate Center at CSU are still hard at work maintaining a 130-year weather record in Fort Collins (Colorado Public Radio).
Why the MOSAiC Expedition’s Research Is So Vital to Climate Change Research
This past fall CSU researcher Jessie Creamean was delighted to spend nine weeks aboard a vessel that had been deliberately frozen into an ice cap near the top of the world (Smithsonian).
CSU alum Chris Landsea at Hurricane Central
CSU alumnus Chris Landsea is on a mission. He wants seafarers and those in harm’s way to have reliable and up-to-date information from the National Hurricane Center (NHC) to help them make what could be life-or-death decisions (Maritime Executive).
Climatologist says no indication march will bring extraordinary snowfall
2019’s skyrocket in Colorado snowfall totals did not begin until the first week of March. Russ Schumacher, a climatologist at Colorado State University, says that jump isn’t likely to repeat (Aspen Public Radio).