Boulderganic
‘Everything is connected to everything’
The work of the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at CU Boulder is as varied and interconnected as the earth systems they...
Boulder’s sustainable stake in global palm oil
In recent years, a wave of companies have committed to improving the way they source one of the world’s most popular, most environmentally destructive, most...
Healthy snacks steal the spotlight as obesity rates continue to climb
A little over three years ago, Mike Milakovic moved to the small town of Creede, Colorado, and began baking kale chips in his home kitchen...
Grasshopper invasion?
Grasshoppers. Coming soon to a field, garden or yard near you. Eating everything of plant material, including cotton T-shirts on clothes lines. Or so rumor has it. It came up at my book club meeting, where a couple of members said they heard about it recently on ...
An evolving education model
The divine art of sculpting mud pies could be one of many ways children learn about the environment, and profoundly impacts their development and identity as an environmental steward for the rest of their lives...
How hot could it get?
Depending on which analysis you read, we’ve just experienced the second or third hottest October ever recorded in the U.S., preceded by the the...
Solar panels are starting to die.
Solar panels are an increasingly important source of renewable power that will play an essential role in fighting climate change. They are also complex...
Green pets
In Boulder, it isn’t all that surprising to see a girl walking by with her cat sitting on her shoulder or a guy riding a scooter with his golden retriever perched in a backpack behind him. So it seems only natural that the eco-friendly movement would carry over to ...
Eco-briefs | Study measures sea rise caused by glaciers, ice sheets
As the world’s glaciers melt, the runoff contributes as much to sea rise as melting ice sheets, according to a study led by Clark University in Worcester, Mass., and the University of Colorado Boulder...
Animal behaviorists flock to Boulder
The Superb Starling is named for its iridescent blue and orange plumage and is evoked in a Wynton Marasalis song for its complex and collective birdsong, consisting of warbling, trills and chattering. But what caught the eye of animal behaviorists was its complex ...
Enter: The Boulder-born laser methane comb
When it comes to the oil and gas industry, business practices and environmental sustainability are often at odds with each other.
But a team of...
