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91ÊÓƵ hosted the 2018 CU Climate & Health Research Summit on Tuesday, October 16. The summit, formed through a partnership between 91ÊÓƵ and CU Anschutz brought together researchers and practitioners from the fields of climate science

This year’s grant recipients, including community groups, centers and school groups, will have continued professional support from – and will work with – AirWaterGas Sustainability Research Network researchers for the duration of their one-year projects.

Evaporation is a large and continuing problem in the Colorado River basin, including Lake Mead and Lake Powell where about 5 billion gallons of water evaporate annually, according to CU-Boulder Assistant Professor Ben Livneh of the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering. 

Professor Balaji Rajagopalan and Emily Gill (PhDCivEngr'15) have spent years dissecting the relationship between El Niño and La Niña and monsoonal rainfall in India. They have found that focusing on El Niño and La Niña’s impacts on the monsoon in regions and sub-seasons—instead of all-India for the whole monsoon season—may improve rainfall forecasts.

An interdisciplinary research team led by a University of Colorado Boulder professor has won a major NSF award to help "crack the olfactory code."

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awards professor Shelly Miller, professor in the Environmental Engineering Program, and her team $1 million to evaluate the impacts of climate change, including increased wildfires, on indoor air quality and health.

Environmental engineer Mark Hernandez among those turning their focus to ecosystems associated with the built environment.

This year, the College of Engineering and Applied Science has an unprecedented number of National Science Foundation CAREER award winners, with seven junior faculty earning this prestigious honor. Two of them – assistant professors Shideh

Oil and gas operations in the United States produce about 21 billion barrels of wastewater per year. The saltiness of the water and the organic contaminants it contains have traditionally made treatment difficult and expensive.Engineers at the