The full story on climate change requires the long view
A new study shows what nine different world regions have contributed to climate change since 1900, and what will happen moving forward.
Category: "Research"
Researchers rise to challenge of predicting hail, tornadoes three weeks in advance
They used a reliable tropical weather pattern called the Madden-Julian Oscillation, which can influence weather in distant parts of the Earth by sending out powerful atmospheric waves.
Researchers under-predicted a slightly above-average 2018 Atlantic hurricane season
Of most note during the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season were Hurricanes Florence and Michael, which brought death and destruction to the Carolinas and Florida Panhandle and other parts of the southeastern United States.
Jumpin’ droplets! Researchers seek to improve efficiency of condensers
Their solution is a combination of creativity, chemistry and physics, along with Arun Kota’s extensive research in “superomniphobic” surfaces that repel many different kinds of liquids.
WE-CAN seeks to crack chemistry of wildfire smoke
A team of Colorado State University scientists led by Assistant Professor Emily Fischer spent the summer flying into wildfire smoke to analyze its composition in the largest, most comprehensive campaign of its kind to date.
Researchers overcome challenges to collect new typhoon observations
Department of Atmospheric Science researchers set sail on U.S. research vessel the R/V Thomas G. Thompson in August and September to study precipitation in the tropical west Pacific.
Colorado State University selected for new nationwide high-intensity laser network
The network is intended to give U.S. scientists access to some of the most intense laser sources available.
Study reconciles persistent gap in natural gas methane emissions measurements
It offers answers to questions that have puzzled policymakers, researchers and regulatory agencies: How much total methane is being emitted from natural gas operations across the U.S.? And why have different estimation methods seemed to disagree?
Growing algae more sustainably for biofuel production
CSU researchers are leading a $2.1 million project as part of an effort led by the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy to improve the cost-competitiveness and environmental sustainability of microalgae-based fuels and products.