Published: June 29, 2017

This week's top research stories consider what happens when farmers impose a well-water tax on themselves, Bruce Lee as a symbol of pride for Asians and other racial minorities, and the effects of climate change on seasonal bird migration.

When farmers must pay for groundwater, they cut use by a third

With record high temperatures scorching the Southwest, how will farmers manage increasingly scarce water when drought comes? A new Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder-led studyÌýfound that when San Luis Valley farmers imposed a well-pumping tax on themselves, they slashed water use by a third and farmed more sustainably.

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Bruce Lee the focus of professor's next book

Bruce Lee conquered generations of unflattering stereotypes about Asian men, becomingÌýa symbol of pride for Asians and other racial minorities. Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder professor Daryl Maeda says the one-of-a-kind martial arts star is overdue for a deeper analysis than he's received in existing biographical works.

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Geographer helps document changing climate's disruption of migratory birds

Stefan Leyk isn't much of an ornithologist, but the associate professor's savvy in geographical information science did help lead to a startling study in how climate change is altering green-up dates (i.e.,Ìýwhen trees shed their leaves each year) faster than the majority of birds are adapting.Ìý

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