At the foot of the Rocky Mountains, the University of Colorado Boulder is nationally recognized as one of only 36 AAU public research universities. Established in 1876, CU Boulder is a Tier 1 public research university with five Nobel laureates, nine MacArthur “genius” fellows and is the No. 1 public university recipient of NASA awards. CU Boulder is a leader in many fields, including aerospace engineering, physics and environmental law. The school partners with many notable federal research labs, including the National Center for Atmospheric Research, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). CU Boulder students thrive academically and athletically, with Buff athletes competing in the NCAA Division I Pac-12 conference.
Singles often pay more than their coupled counterparts, and not just on taxes. As solo living rises, so does pressure on the rest of the world to catch up.
National COVID-19 memorial wall for the five-year anniversary on March 11, 2025, in London, England.
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Death data in the US is fragmented, incomplete and inconsistent. The consequences of undercounted deaths and lack of real-time tracking continue to be felt with each new public health crisis.
O Lago Imja, um enorme lago glacial na região do Monte Everest, no Nepal, começou como pequenas lagoas de água de degelo em 1962 e agora contém 90 milhões de metros cúbicos de água, volume que já foi reduzido numa tentativa de proteger as comunidades a jusante.
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Quando o permafrost das montanhas descongela e as geleiras derretem, os lagos glaciais podem se tornar um risco de inundação letal para qualquer pessoa a jusante.
A base da astronomia babilônica foi mantida em um livro chamado MUL.APIN, que significa “A Estrela do Arado”, o nome de uma constelação. Ele registrava as posições das estrelas, quando no ano elas seriam visíveis pela primeira vez, os caminhos do Sol e da Lua, os períodos em que os planetas estariam visíveis no céu noturno e outros conhecimentos astronômicos fundamentais.
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A ciência usa observações e testes cuidadosos e organizados para criar teorias que são registradas, transmitidas a outras pessoas e desenvolvidas.
Imja Lake, a glacial lake in the Mount Everest region of Nepal, began as meltwater ponds in 1962 and now contains 90 million cubic meters of water. Its water level was lowered to protect downstream communities.
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Limiting exposure to air pollution will have lasting impacts on Colorado communities with the highest exposure.
A forecaster monitors incoming data for Hurricane Irma in 2017 at the National Hurricane Center, part of the NOAA.
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NOAA operates fleets of satellites, sensors on airplanes and ocean-going buoys, as well as radar, providing the data used by weather forecasters nationwide – and freely available to anyone.
Os relâmpagos, quando associados a explosões solares, podem tirar do lugar os elétrons de alta energia que zunem pelo cinturão de radiação de Van Allen interno, que circunda nosso planeta a cerca de mil quilômetros de altura.
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Fire spotters used to watch with binoculars from forest towers. Now, technology can help forecast fire behavior, but human experience is still essential.
Inmates sometimes experience heatstroke on especially hot days.
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The causes of the wind-driven fires that burned thousands of homes in the Los Angeles area are under investigation, but there were no lightning strikes reported at the time.
Smoke from several wind-driven wildfires spread through large parts of the Los Angeles area in early January 2025.
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The chemicals emitted when buildings and vehicles burn can find their way into nearby homes. Studies show the health risks can stick around.
The Marshall Fire spared some homes, shown here a day later, but smoke had blanketed the area.
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A series of surveys in the months and years after the devastating blaze near Boulder revealed continuing health concerns in surviving buildings, and tips for how to clean up smoke-damaged homes.
Small drones can be hard to track at night.
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Tracking small, uncrewed aircraft – also known as drones – is difficult, especially at night. Detecting the radio signals used to control them is a promising approach, though it’s no silver bullet.
PFAS can contaminate the environment – their chemical structure makes them difficult to remove.
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