Environment
Fifty years ago, on April 22, 1970, CU ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ became the first university in the nation to open a student-led Environmental Center. The day coincided with the nation’s inaugural Earth Day.
Low-income and minority families still bear the brunt of toxic pollutants. Jill Harrison wants to know why.
The Southwest is drying. During a 730-mile rafting trip down the Colorado River's main tributary, Heather Hansman saw water scarcity up close.
In 2010, while editing a report on the effects of climate change in Iowa, ecologist Cornelia Mutel came to grips with the magnitude and urgency of the problem.
CU-ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ environmental studies doctoral candidate Ethan Welty captured this formation of sand ripples amid sparse grassy vegetation in the Erg Zehar dune field, a two-day trek via camel from the road’s end at M’ Hamid, Morocco.
When Brian Ladd graduated from CU-ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ in 1999, he and two friends headed to South America with backpacks and bicycles, pedaling from Peru south through Chile and on to Argentina’s Tierra del Fuego.
