The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at CU Boulder is a world leader in environmental research. We've partnered with NOAA since 1967. https://cires.colorado.edu/
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A newly discovered line running roughly through eastern Africa divides the planet into two halves that reflect nearly identical amounts of sunlight back into space, according to new CIRES-led research. @noaa.gov @colorado.edu @jianhaoz.bsky.social
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June 1 regional seasonal #streamflow volume forecasts were less than 50% of average for all river basins except the Wind (93%), Shoshone (87%), Yellowstone (80%), Snake (73%), and Bighorn (61%) River Basins.
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Zoom in or out as much as you like with the Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) Viewer. GLIMS data are distributed by the NASA NSIDC Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC). https://www.glims.org/maps/glims
📸: MOSAiC Expedition scientists peeking through a hole in the sea ice into the Arctic Ocean; Lianna Nixon/CIRES alum
New CIRES-led research reveals that death in ecosystems isn’t just loss — it can drive renewal. Understanding ecological legacies can help guide conservation and land management in a more disturbance-driven world. @colorado.edu @cu-esiil.bsky.social
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Rebecca Mesburis is a PhD candidate in chemistry at @colorado.edu and CIRES who wants people to be able to breathe safe and clean air indoors and out.
Explore where she is going this summer and why — and see #WhereInTheWorld other CIRES early career researchers are this summer: arcg.is/0410um2
Ethan Carr (@ecarr48.bsky.social), a PhD candidate at @cugeography.bsky.social and CIRES, just finished 2 amazing weeks of summer school in Greenland. @colorado.edu
Find out where he is going next — and see #WhereInTheWorld other CIRES early career researchers are this summer.
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ICYMI — New research led by CIRES Fellow Ellen Considine shows that air pollution in Indonesia got worse after China banned plastic waste imports in 2018.
More plastic waste in Indonesia ➡️ more open dumping & burning ➡️ more fine particulate matter air pollution
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Happy #WorldOceansDay! CIRES scientists study the role of the oceans in pacing the climate, the dynamics of the tropical and high-latitude oceans, and the ocean-climate system today and in the future. Learn more: cires.colorado.edu/area-researc...
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Satellite data show an east-west albedo symmetry that sheds light on how Earth’s climate system is connected
