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| Aug 17, 2026 | SOLAR-1 Debut Storm: DSCOVR Gone, Bz Still Unreadable Until CME Impact | By Clark Johnson
Published: Aug 17 2026, 3:08 PM EDT
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| Jul 11, 2026 | Amid the administration’s attacks on climate change, NCAR and CU Boulder rank top 10 in the world for climate research | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
The National Center for Atmospheric Research and the University of Colorado Boulder have been ranked in the top 10 globally for climate research, according to a UK analysis of the most highly cited... |
| Jul 5, 2026 | Со спутников видно, что Земля удивительно симметрично отражает свет — и это, возможно, связано с циклом Эль-Ниньо | Как показывают результаты нового исследования, несмотря на то что восточная и западная половины Земли значительно отличаются друг от друга, они отражают одинаковое количество солнечного света.
Восточное и Западное полушария Земли имеют один... |
| Jun 24, 2026 | Fact Sheet & Highlights: An Act to Improve Outdoor Lighting, Conserve Energy, and Increase Dark-Sky Visibility - S.3145 | An Act to improve outdoor lighting, conserve energy, and increase dark-sky visibility will help lower energy costs for cities and towns and help restore the environment’s natural light levels by reducing ‘light pollution’—additional, unnece... |
| Jun 24, 2026 | Senate Moves Forward on Outdoor Lighting Bill to Save Towns Money, Protect Wildlife | Bill targets light pollution with new rate structure for low-wattage streetlights and parking lot lighting
(BOSTON—6/24/2026) Next week, the Massachusetts Senate will take up legislation to help cities and towns save money on electricity, s... |
| Apr 21, 2026 | CU Boulder furloughs at NOAA canceled after release of federal funding | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Forty-two furlough notices for researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Global Monitoring Lab in Boulder were rescinded after the White House ended a freeze on $4.3 millio... |
| Feb 10, 2026 | Chancellor calls for ‘big, audacious ideas’ to lead CU Boulder’s future | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
High federal funding instability and the erosion of public trust in higher education, along with changing student expectations, are all factors that Chancellor Justin Schwartz said mean the Univers... |
| Jan 26, 2026 | Paralyzing winter storms put a big chill on US economy, but how much? | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By SETH BORENSTEIN, Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP) — The deadly and widespread winter storm paralyzing much of the American East with ice, snow and cold is also taking a multi-billion dollar bite ou... |
| Dec 11, 2025 | Colorado’s snow season is having an abnormally warm and dry start — boding poorly for snowpack | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Updated at 11:16 a.m. Dec. 12, 2025: This story was updated to incorporate the latest snowpack data from the USDA’s National Water and Climate Center.
Following an abnormally warm and dry year, Col... |
| Oct 2, 2025 | Vast majority of Boulder’s NOAA staff out of work or working without pay due to government shutdown | The vast majority of workers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Boulder are out of work or working without pay due to the federal government shutdown that began this week, according to a spokesperson from U.S. Rep. Jo... |
| Aug 10, 2025 | CU Boulder’s CIRES suffers layoffs due to lack of federal funding at Boulder NOAA | CIRES was created in 1967 as a partnership between CU Boulder and NOAA to combine academia and government in research work. The two organizations have a cooperative agreement, and the existing one is called the Cooperative Institute for Ear... |
| Jul 2, 2025 | Trump’s NOAA budget proposes eliminating funding for six Colorado climate and science labs | The NOAA budget proposal is part of a wide-ranging effort by the Trump administration to slash the size of government and ignore the impacts of climate change. The proposal would cut funding for the agency by $1.8 billion in the next fiscal... |
| Jun 5, 2025 | Proposed 40% reduction ‘would likely mean large-scale cuts’ to Boulder’s NCAR | Tayer said there are significant economic consequences to that kind of a proposed cut, as well as personal consequences should layoffs occur.
“We will work in concert with our local, state and regional economic vitality partners and other s... |
| Apr 28, 2025 | The Legacy of Learning: A Family's Journey Through CU Boulder | In the heart of Boulder, Colorado, a legacy unfolds. The Miles family, a tapestry woven with threads of education, celebrates a milestone that transcends generations. This May, Jameson Good will don his cap and gown, marking the fifth gener... |
| Apr 25, 2025 | ‘Trainwreck’ of NOAA funding cuts could derail Colorado research on wildfires, earthquakes and storms | Its work is advanced by research from a network of 16 cooperative institutes, like those in Fort Collins and Boulder.
A memo by the White House Office of Management and Budget for the 2026 fiscal year — which begins Oct. 1 — proposes reduci... |
| Mar 1, 2025 | The Storm Before the Calm: NOAA Layoffs and the Quest for Stability | In the heart of Colorado, a storm brews. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced layoffs that ripple through the federal workforce. Hundreds of employees are caught in the crosshairs of budget cuts. The Nati... |
| Feb 28, 2025 | National Weather Service, NOAA layoffs hit hundreds of federal workers | It’s not clear how many employees at the National Weather Service’s Boulder, Pueblo or Grand Junction offices were impacted, and staff who answered the phone Thursday afternoon referred questions to NOAA’s national office.
In an email, NOAA... |
| Jan 7, 2025 | The Hidden Dangers of Wildfire Smoke: A Silent Threat to Health | Wildfires are nature's fury unleashed. They consume everything in their path, leaving destruction in their wake. The aftermath is often a stark contrast. Some homes stand tall, seemingly untouched. But beneath the surface, danger lurks. The... |
| Jan 7, 2025 | The Smoke That Lingers: Understanding the Hidden Dangers of Wildfire Aftermath | Wildfires are nature's fierce brushstrokes, painting destruction across landscapes. They consume everything in their path, leaving behind charred remains and a haunting silence. But what happens when the flames die down? For many, the after... |
| Jan 5, 2025 | Commentary | Opinion: Colleen E. Reid: Wildfire smoke’s health risks can linger in homes that escape burning | By Colleen E. Reid
On Dec. 30, 2021, a wind-driven wildfire raced through two communities just outside Boulder, Colorado. In the span of about eight hours, more than 1,000 homes and businesses burned.
The fire left entire blocks in ash, but... |
| Aug 15, 2024 | National Politics | Climate change is a defining issue for young voters. Neither Harris nor Trump are doing enough, they say. | Strong sentiments about climate change were one of the most telling predictors of voting behavior in 2016 and 2020, particularly among independents and young Republicans, a University of Colorado study found. A quarter of Republicans who be... |
| Feb 22, 2024 | Local News | CU Boulder launches new environmental science center | The University of Colorado Boulder on Wednesday announced the launch of a new center aimed at promoting inclusion, environmental science education and career development for scientists.
The new center will be housed within the Boulder campu... |
| Nov 27, 2023 | Education | New CU Boulder administrator works to draw more Native students to university | Benny Shendo Jr. didn’t know he was supposed to fail.
The odds were stacked against him — the result of generations of systemic barriers facing Native Americans after the U.S. government stole or forced the sale of their lands, banned their... |
| May 19, 2023 | CU Boulder scientists say global lake water storage is declining | More than 50% of the world’s largest freshwater lakes are storing less water annually, according to researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder, and human activity is cited as the key cause of the global net decline.
For a new study r... |
| May 19, 2023 | Over half of the world's lakes are drying out, study warns | More than half of the world's largest lakes and reservoirs are losing water — and climate change and human consumption are the main drivers, a new large-scale study warns.
Why it matters: About one-quarter of the world's population, or 2 bi... |
| Jan 27, 2023 | Scientists Discover Unique Microbes on a Lost Island Where the Tonga Volcano Erupted | Jace Dela Cruz, Tech Times 27 January 2023, 09:01 am
An undersea volcano in the South Pacific erupted in 2015, creating the island of Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai, which would only exist for seven years. But a research team seized the opportun... |
| Jan 6, 2022 | Crime and Public Safety
Crime and Public Safety | Marshall Fire: State, county health officials update guidance for people returning to homes, businesses | Both state and county public health officials on Thursday issued some guidance for residents and business owners returning to their homes or buildings in the areas burned by the Marshall Fire.
Colorado Department of Public Health and Enviro... |
| Dec 4, 2021 | Guest Opinion: Betsy Weatherhead: The science everyone needs to know about climate change | By Betsy Weatherhead
I’m an atmospheric scientist who has worked on global climate science and assessments for most of my career. Here are some things you should know. What’s driving climate change
The primary focus of the negotiations is o... |
| Nov 9, 2019 | Boulder County’s invasive grasses increase fire danger; herbicides come with health risks | Invasive grasses have changed the landscape of America’s open spaces, out-competing native species in areas across the country.
As a result, according to a new study from The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at t... |
| Oct 8, 2019 | Colorado senator who said climate is changing for the better invited to discuss climate policy at CU Boulder | A state senator who earlier this year claimed climate change is happening in reverse and “the planet is a thing that heals itself” has been invited to hold a public discussion on climate policy at the University of Colorado Boulder this wee... |
| Jun 15, 2019 | Editorial: Dark skies brighten the world | In a letter to his brother in 1888, Vincent van Gogh, painter of perhaps the most famous night scene in art history, outlined his life’s basic necessities. These included the strength to work all day on a little bread and at night to smoke ... |
| May 18, 2019 | Boulder researchers find previous studies overestimated oil, gas-related methane emissions in decade-long probe | Colorado oil and gas industry leaders are highlighting a study led by Boulder researchers that found methane emissions from drilling haven’t made large increases despite big boosts in energy production across the country over a decade.
The ... |
