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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/
📸: Gijs de Boer
@cires.colorado.eduUpcoming talk led by CIRES' Mark Seefeldt — Fulbright in Norway: Researching extreme temperatures and precipitation, skiing, and traveling
🗓️: October 28
🕛️: 12 pm
📍: CIRES auditorium
🔗: cires.colorado.edu/events/fulbr...
@cires.colorado.eduIn honor of #IndigenousPeoplesDay, read a blog post from James Rattling Leaf from @cu-esiil.bsky.social and the North Central Climate Adaptation Center (NC CASC) about spatial thinking through an Indigenous lens.
ciresblogs.colorado.edu/tribal-engag...
@cires.colorado.eduHappy #EarthScienceWeek!
CIRES scientists study a wide range of Earth science topics, including the solid Earth, weather and climate, changes at Earth’s poles, atmospheric chemistry, water, and more.
Learn about our research: cires.colorado.edu/research?utm...
📸 Patrick Cullis/CIRES alum
@cires.colorado.eduCIRES scientists use all sorts of tools to understand environmental change.
Researchers at CIRES' @earthlabcu.bsky.social use drone imagery to track changes in vegetation cover, fire, and more. This week's #FieldworkFriday photos shows scientists preparing for a drone flight.
📸: Ty Tuff/CIRES
@arctictogether.bsky.socialReposted by @cires.colorado.eduThe Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) 2027 organizers are accepting proposals for community meetings and workshops which will take place in Hakodate, Japan, April 11–20, 2027. Proposals are due October 16, 2026. For more information visit: www.assw.info/program/meet...
@cires.colorado.eduVisit our friends @instaar.bsky.social — and learn about their amazing greenhouse gas research!
@cires.colorado.eduGroundbreaking discoveries @colorado.edu over the last 150 years — including work led by Shelly Miller and CIRES Fellow José-Luis Jimenez, which "helped reshape global understanding of disease transmission and accelerate innovations to improve indoor air quality."
www.colorado.edu/coloradan/20...
@cires.colorado.edu“The link between wildlife, nutrients, and snow algae is a critical missing component in projections of expansion of ice-free areas in Antarctica," said Alia Khan, a research affiliate at NSIDC, associate professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at CU Boulder & co-author of the study
@cires.colorado.eduNew @wwu.edu, @nsidc.bsky.social, and @colorado.edu research shows penguin poop feed green algae patches that melt Antarctic snow.
Read the story from @agu.org: news.agu.org/press-releas...
@cires.colorado.eduFor this week's #HumansOfCIRES, meet Brigitta Rongstad Strong @brongstad.bsky.social, a scientific communications specialist at CIRES. Rongstad Strong has a PhD in geological sciences — and when she was younger, she wanted to a marine biologist.
Read the Q&A: cires.colorado.edu/news/humans-...
@cires.colorado.eduNext week is Research & Innovation Week @colorado.edu! Events will:
🔬 Highlight and shape tomorrow's leaders
💡 Showcase some of CU Boulder's compelling innovations
🌍️ Demonstrate CU Boulder's positive impact on humanity
Explore the schedule: www.colorado.edu/researchinno...
@cires.colorado.eduLast month, @ciresceee.bsky.social's Katya Schloesser talked with KUVO to about the HEART Force program — which engages rural Colorado middle and high school students, teachers, and communities to take proactive steps in preparing for and responding to natural hazards.
www.kuvo.org/news/communi...
@cires.colorado.eduCongrats to 2 CU Boulder teams who will receive funding from RIO's New Frontiers Grant Program to advance interdisciplinary research on geospatial artificial intelligence & geothermal energy development. CIRES Fellow Steve Nerem is a co-PI for one of the projects.
www.colorado.edu/researchinno...
@cires.colorado.eduChris Guiterman, a CIRES research scientist working in @noaa.gov's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), discusses the history of fire — and the increasing intensity of fires — in Sugarite Canyon State Park, New Mexico and beyond.
www.cnn.com/2026/10/04/u...
@cires.colorado.eduOn KGNU's How On Earth — CIRES Fellow @maxboykoff.bsky.social and Sofia Billich, a student leader in the CU Boulder chapter of the national nonprofit organization, Citizens Climate Lobby, talk about Climate Week NYC and climate action.
kgnu.org/c-u-boulder-...
@cires.colorado.eduDuring Arctic winter, the boundary layer occupies 2 radiative states: a cold, clear state and a heat-trapping, cloudy state. New CIRES & @noaa.gov research explains climate model bias and identify a key source of uncertainty in Arctic winter climate projections.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@cires.colorado.eduHappy #WorldSpaceWeek! CIRES researchers explore the Sun-Earth system using space- and Earth-based platforms.
Learn more about our work: cires.colorado.edu/area-researc...
📸: NASA
@cires.colorado.eduHappy birthday, NOAA! CIRES has partnered with NOAA since 1967. We can't wait to see where our collaborations take us next.
@cires.colorado.edu“If we understand these linkages, you can then develop models that include biology and that also can account for these relationships, and then we may be in a better position to anticipate them," said CIRES Fellow Antonietta Capotondi.
news.mongabay.com/2026/09/new-...
@cires.colorado.eduScience on Tap with CIRES' Drew Blauth: The air we breathe — Learn about your contributions to air pollution and how to protect yourself from it.
🗓️ October 27
🕡️ 6:30 pm
📍 Bambei Brewing, Superior, CO
🔗 cires.colorado.edu/events/scien...
📸: Aerial view of Denver/Library of Congress
