The Endurance – March 9, 2022

The Endurance – March 9, 2022

Over 100 years ago, an incredible story of survival transpired at the bottom of the world. The “Endurance” was a ship used to transport an expedition team, headed by Ernest Shackleton, to cross Antarctica on foot. But, instead, the ship and the crew got trapped in the...
Climate Solutions Days – March 2, 2022

Climate Solutions Days – March 2, 2022

For this Science Wednesday, I’d like to share something we’ve been working on at the North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center at the University of Colorado. Interested in learning more about climate change impacts? How to communicate science? Then...
No (Real) Snow at Winter Olympics? – February 16, 2022

No (Real) Snow at Winter Olympics? – February 16, 2022

It’s wintertime in the Northern Hemisphere – and typically that means cold temperatures and snow at the higher latitudes. Beijing, China, the host of the 2022 Winter Olympics, is at roughly the same latitude as Denver, Colorado. It’s cold, but it’s also incredibly...
The (Melting) Top of the World – February 9, 2022

The (Melting) Top of the World – February 9, 2022

It’s no surprise that there is worldwide retreat of mountain glaciers in recent decades given rising greenhouse gas emissions and rising temperatures. The concern of losing water from these frozen “storage towers” lies in the fact that ecosystems will suffer,...
COVID as vascular disease – February 2, 2022

COVID as vascular disease – February 2, 2022

What does a particle accelerator, a machine that uses electromagnetic fields to propel charged particles to very high speeds and energies, have to do with imaging the human body? At the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France, a particle...