Eco-Briefs

A study led by the University of Colorado Boulder found that the amount of dust blown across the West has increased since 1994...

FEDERAL JUDGE STOPS CLEAN WATER RULE IN 13 STATES...

The dirty past of European glaciers...

Tapping into chemical pathways According to a study in the journal Nature Materials, scientists have nanoengineered a spinach plant that is able to detect the...

So you’re saying there’s a chance...

The presence of toxins in various clothing brands has met its opposition, and it is growing by the thousands. Greenpeace’s Detox campaign, launched in 2011, was created in an effort to get the fashion industry to eradicate toxins from its products by 2020...

Putting numbers to vanishing ice A paper published in Geographical Review in July announced the development of a database for all research about sea ice...

CONSERVATION EASEMENT NONPROFIT EXPANDS TO BOULDER...

High temps interfere with pollination Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem looked into the effect temperature has on floral smells, a method flowers use...

The Second Kitchen Food Buying Coop, which was created two years ago by three University of Colorado students, has outgrown its current location at 1076 Grant Place and announced plans to try to move to a bigger space. The co-op is trying to raise enough money by ...

RESEARCHERS TAKE A STEP FORWARD IN THE QUEST TO CREATE A USABLE, HIGH ENERGY BIO-FUEL...

Climate change shifts Earth’s geographic pole Scientists have known for decades the impacts of global warming — from changes in weather patterns to drastic sea...