Study shows need to revise existing methods for estimating flood risk
A study involving CSU researcher Frances Davenport found that flood frequencies are underestimated because conventional risk assessment fails to consider flood drivers.
Tag: "Department of Atmospheric Science"
CSU atmospheric scientists lead summer field campaign in Taiwan to study extreme rainfall
The team is spending this summer getting to the bottom of how and why the most violent rainstorms in the world occur.
Texas could have foreseen 2021 cold-wave disaster, new study concludes
The catastrophic cold blast that enveloped Texas and neighboring states in February 2021 was unprecedented in its sheer longevity in some spots, a new study confirms. (Texas Climate News)
Snowpack bottoms out in Southwest Colorado
“What we needed was a big year, another 2019 with lots and lots of snow that staved off the drought impacts for a while, but that’s not what we got this winter." (Durango Herald)
DARPA Forward conference comes to CSU Aug. 30-31
Colorado State University and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will host a two-day conference in Fort Collins on Aug. 30-31, the first such event in a series at six universities around the country.
Students challenged to make a difference at Climate Leadership Summit hosted by CSU and PSD
High school students from Northern Colorado were challenged to be the change needed during the 2022 Climate Leadership Summit at CSU. Sponsored by SoGES and the Poudre School District, close to 200 students participated.
They ran, they swam, they competed: Engineering faculty and staff who were college athletes a rare bunch
The Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering boasts alumni as well as faculty and staff who were athletes in college.
CSU atmospheric science students demonstrate weather observation technology for high schoolers
Loveland High School students experienced atmospheric science in action March 28, thanks to a visit by Colorado State University graduate students.