One of the top hurricane forecasts comes from Colorado
The Tropical Meteorology Project released its preliminary forecast for the upcoming season earlier this month.
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Welcoming women into the geosciences
Early results of a program to foster the careers of women entering the geosciences demonstrate the effectiveness of several specific factors.
CSU researchers want to build a better big truck engine
Colorado State University’s Energy Institute, in collaboration with two corporations -- Cummins Inc. and Woodward Inc. -- have landed a $1.2-million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop medium, heavy-duty and on-road natural gas engines for the bigger trucks.
When a drought lasts 18 years, does it need a new name?
By most measures, portions of the American southwest in the Colorado River Basin are in their 18th year of drought. It’s the longest period of sustained dry and warm weather since consistent records have been kept.
Catalyzing commercialization: Next-generation photovoltaics for economic, clean energy
Photovoltaics (PV) using the thin-film semiconductor cadmium telluride (CdTe) have been commercialized at the gigawatts (GW)-per-year scale, with 17.5 GWs installed globally.
Record-breaking nuclear fusion has been achieved on a mini scale using laser-heated nanowires
Researchers have demonstrated nuclear fusion on a micro scale in a lab with record-breaking efficiency in generating neutrons—subatomic particles which have no charge. Their results are published in the journal Nature Communications.
UEC Profile: Christine Chiu’s Path to Better Cloud Observations
As of last fall, Chiu has been an associate professor in the Department of Atmospheric Science, where her research group investigates remote sensing, radiative transfer, and the interactions of clouds, aerosols, precipitations, and radiation.
Heavy rains and flooding could have the fingerprints of climate change
The atmosphere in our warmer world contains more moisture, and that's producing storms that drop more rain, said Scott Denning, a professor of atmospheric science.
With skimpy Colorado snowpack, water forecast is bleak for major U.S. reservoir — Aurora water outlook less dire
This winter's snowfall in the mountains that feed the Colorado has been far short of average overall but varies widely.
Global rainfall pattern could offer weather prediction three weeks out
A new NOAA-supported study says that teleconnections with certain phases of a recurring tropical rainfall pattern could extend weather predictions up to 20-25 days in advance.