Atmospheric scientists, engineering faculty co-lead $12.5 million NSF aerobiome project
CSU atmospheric scientists and engineers will study the aerobiome — microbes in the air — as part of a new $12.5 million NSF project.
CSU atmospheric scientists and engineers will study the aerobiome — microbes in the air — as part of a new $12.5 million NSF project.
New grants from the NSF and NOAA to CSU’s Shantanu Jathar promise to advance our understanding of how air pollution is affected by volatile chemical products.
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)
CSU researchers Jens Blotevogel and Anthony Rappé recently received a $474,000 U.S. Department of Defense grant to study and improve PFAS destruction by incineration, so the contaminants can be permanently removed from the environment without producing hazardous byproducts.
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)