The year 2023 shattered the record for the warmest summer in the Arctic, and people and ecosystems across the region felt the impact. Hear from scientists around the world, including CIRES experts and , on The Conversation.
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Just half of survey respondents wanted to continue fighting to regain all Ukrainian territory including Crimea. Read from CU geography expert John O’Loughlin and colleagues on The Conversation. Read more
Plants don’t just grow straight up—they can move in loopy and zigzagging ways to get more sunshine. Physicists were able to model a sunflower to predict how they grow. Read from CU expert Chantal Nguyen on The Conversation. Read more
CU expert Julian Resasco visited the same Rocky Mountain subalpine meadow weekly for a decade of summers—here's what he learned. Read on The Conversation. Read more