Billionaire Walter Scott, Jr., the past top executive of Peter Kiewit Sons Inc. construction firm who helped oversee Warren Buffett's conglomerate and donated to various causes, particularly construction projects around Omaha, has died. (NPR/AP)
The deadly flash flooding and tornado damage on the east coast shocked people who weren’t prepared for the magnitude of the storm. CSU atmospheric science Associate Professor Russ Schumacher said the severity of storms is increasing because of a warming climate. (Fox31 Denver)
“The most effective cloth masks are made from tightly woven materials and have a close seal on your face,” said mechanical engineering Assistant Research Professor Christian L’Orange. (Fast Company)
CSU atmospheric scientist Phil Klotzbach joins other experts saying that the accuracy of the Hurricane Ida forecast from the National Hurricane Center was spot-on. (USA Today)
"We used to observe storms less frequently and with satellites that had lower resolution, and consequently, we likely couldn't measure rapid intensification as well as we can now." (CNN)
“Storms that behave this way “are fairly rare,” writes CIRA's Chris Slocum. “There isn’t enough information yet to say if rapid intensification is happening more often.” (Vox)
A new generation of detectors let scientists identify a dozen large episodes of bioluminescence, one a hundred times larger than Manhattan — and that’s the smallest. (New York Times)
To get a better view of the rain and snow, one radar system was installed at the top of a ski resort. with resolution five to 10 times greater than a typical weather radar, says CSU's V. Chandrasekar. (Science)
Water engineers know tap water flows have an influence on urban streams, but CSU assistant professor Aditi Bhaskar had not expected them to make up effectively the entire creek. (Colorado Sun)
A team from CSU is working to boost algae crop growth to reach industrial levels, with the team being awarded $3.2m from the DOE in support of this goal earlier this month. (Bio Market Insights)