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The Department of Geography is very proud to announce Professor of Geography Tom Veblen has been named a University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Distinguished Professor by the Board of Regents. University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ President Bruce Benson notified Tom of this outstanding honor. From President Bruce Benson's letter to Professor Veblen: "You are...

"Encompassing South American Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ, Arctic sea-ice retreat, post-Soviet politics, climate change in Tibet and GIS, Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder geographers keep their fingers on the pulse of a changing world" A new article titled "This is not your junior-high geography" by Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ's Clint Talbott featuring the Geography Department has been published in...

The Distinguished Research Lectureship is among the highest honors bestowed by the faculty upon a faculty member at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder. The lectureship honors a tenured faculty member widely recognized for a distinguished body of academic or creative achievement and prominence, as well as contributions to the educational and service missions of...

Western U.S. forests killed by the mountain pine beetle epidemic are no more at risk to burn than healthy Western forests, according to new findings by the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder that fly in the face of both public perception and policy. The Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder study authors looked at the three...

A new study that included researchers at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ asserts that despite the series of damaging forest fires across the state in the past decade, they don't represent a dramatic departure from the historical norm. The area of the authors' study encompassed 1.3 million acres of ponderosa pine...

A new University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder study indicates drought high in the northern Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ mountains is the primary trigger of a massive spruce beetle outbreak that is tied to long-term changes in sea-surface temperatures from the Northern Atlantic Ocean, a trend that is expected to continue for decades. The new...

Monica T. Rother and Thomas T. Veblen receive a Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Mountain Club Foundation Fellowship

Results of a new study show that episodes of reduced precipitation in the Southern Rocky Mountains, especially during the 2001-2002 drought, greatly accelerated a rise in numbers of mountain pine beetles. The overabundance is a threat to regional forests. The research is the first to chart the evolution of the...

Whizzing along the I-70 corridor into the Rocky Mountains, it's hard not to notice widespread patches of dry, dead, red trees dispersed throughout the steep green hillsides. Whether they are ponderosa pines or lodgepole pines, many of these trees have been killed by insect infestation, most notoriously by pine beetles...

A study by Andres Holz and Tom Veblen indicates a major climate oscillation in the Southern Hemisphere that is expected to intensify in the coming decades will likely cause increased wildfire activity in much of the southern half of South America. See more at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder News Center >