Environment

  • group working on Climate change research
    Human activity is gradually increasing Earth’s temperature and causing more frequent natural disasters.
  • young person looking up at a truck producing smog
    Human activity is gradually increasing Earth’s temperature and causing more frequent natural disasters. These stories examine the ways Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ is researching the impacts of climate change on human life and human rights.
  • Wil Srubar with a student and holding a living brick
    Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder’s Wil Srubar found the bacteria to create buildings that grow, fix themselves and clean the air.
  • NASA photo
    Forty-five years ago, Vance Brand made history when he and his Apollo crew members met with Soviet cosmonauts in space, only to narrowly survive a near-fatal landing back on Earth.
  • Pine Tree
    Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ was named to the top 100 in the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change Competition.
  • list of 10 logo
    The first Earth Day was held across the United States on April 22, 1970. It motivated student organizers at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder to push for an institution dedicated to sustainability and later that year the Environmental Center was born.
  • Old Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ photo on Farrand Field
    Fifty years ago, on April 22, 1970, Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder became the first university in the nation to open a student-led Environmental Center. The day coincided with the nation’s inaugural Earth Day.
  • Warren County Protests without background
    Low-income and minority families still bear the brunt of toxic pollutants. Jill Harrison wants to know why.
  • Photograph of the Green River
    The Southwest is drying. During a 730-mile rafting trip down the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ River's main tributary, Heather Hansman saw water scarcity up close.
  • lionfish
    A Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ alum takes on an invasive fish.
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