Why is it going to be so cold this week? State climatologist Russ Schumacher explains
Freezing-cold temperatures are expected to blanket much of the United States this week, including Fort Collins and the Front Range of Colorado.
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Video: Provost’s Ethics Colloquium explores ethics of artificial intelligence
Privacy. Surveillance. Influence. Medical expert Matthew DeCamp and Colorado State University faculty explored the constellation of issues surrounding artificial intelligence during the annual Provost’s Ethics Colloquium this week.
CSU researchers over-predicted a near-average 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
Fourteen named storms formed in 2022, with eight of these storms becoming hurricanes and two reaching major hurricane strength.
Is cloud seeding a potential solution to Colorado’s drought?
CSU’s William Cotton, professor emeritus in Atmospheric Science, isn’t sure about those studies showing “5% to 15%” enhancement. The “sometimes desperate” search for water in the West “might not be as promising as people wish” in delivering extra snowpack. (Colorado Sun)
100 years ago in Colorado, 6 were killed by rare November tornadoes
Details of the rare November tornadoes have been resurfaced by a Colorado's State Climatologist, CSU Atmospheric Science Professor Russ Schumacher. (9News Denver)
In 52 years with CSU, Thomas Vonder Haar has taken atmospheric science to new heights
University Distinguished Professor Emeritus Thomas Vonder Haar founded the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, led the atmospheric science graduate program to its ranking as one of the top three in the U.S. and made CSU a recognized leader in satellite meteorology.
A Hurricane In November Is Not Weird - 2 Simultaneously Is
While it is not unusual to have a hurricane in November, it is rare to see two at the same time during the month of November. In fact, it has only happened three times during the record keeping era. (Forbes)
Scientists awarded $3M to study climate science, community resilience
NOAA awarded 12 Colorado State University researchers more than $3.1 million for improving how satellites show smoke plumes, using AI to predict precipitation, and evaluating how individual storms could change with climate intervention.
CSU hosts science team meeting for NASA satellite mission INCUS
INCUS, or Investigation of Convective Updrafts, is expected to launch three small weather satellites into low-Earth orbit in 2026.
American Geophysical Union honors two CSU atmospheric scientists
Atmospheric Science Professor Emeritus Wayne Schubert has been elected an American Geophysical Union Fellow, and Professor Scott Denning was chosen to receive the Climate Communication Prize.