CSU scientist Phil Klotzbach said the minimum central surface pressure of a tropical cyclone is a better indicator of potential storm damage than wind speed (Palm Beach Post).
CSU has had a long history of infectious disease research, linking research to new innovations and practices in infection control.
Civil engineering professor Tiezheng Tong will be recognized by the North America Membrane Society with the Young Membrane Scientist Award in May.
The ball of fire was visible over the U.S. territory Friday afternoon and was captured on satellite used by the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (WTSP News).
A CSU team is leading an effort to make cadmium-telluride solar cells even more efficient by focusing on a classic engineering bottleneck in their design.
Becky Bolinger, assistant state climatologist and researcher at CSU, explains that 2019 seemed to bring a particularly extreme roller coaster of variability to Colorado's weather. (Colorado Public Radio).
“You're not seeing actual flames," said CIRA atmospheric scientist Matt Rogers. "We use the color tables to make it look like fire because that is what the human brain is conditioned to see." (9News Denver)
A study published by Colorado State University’s Colorado Climate Center found that central Colorado’s snowpack is diminishing by an average of .49 inches per decade (Aspen Public Radio).
For CIRA scientist Stephanie Stevenson, the riot of lightning was a clue that researchers hope will save lives when the most frightening of hurricanes brew (WUSF).
“If you were to poll 50 scientists to see how climate change has affected hurricanes, you would get so many different answers,” said Phil Klotzbach, an atmospheric scientist at Colorado State University (NBC News).