Research
Dead fish piled up on the shore of Grizzly Reservoir last month, prompting officials to look for a cause. Research from INSTAAR fellow Diane McKnight's lab indicates that high metal concentrations from the reservoir's inflows could have poisoned the water.
Adam Odorisio, Athena Bolin, and Diane McKnight are studying heavy metal pollution near Aspen to aid cleanup and explore recovering valuable metals, including rare earths, from polluted streams.
A new investigation, led by INSTAAR fellow Peyton Thomas, predicts the future health of fish species that Alaskan indigenous communities rely on. Thomas spent years gathering input from communities, modeling temperature changes and correlating changes to ecological outcomes.
INSTAAR PhD student Millie Spencer recounts her experience documenting glacial retreat and downstream impacts in Chile. Her work was supported by the CUAHSI Pathfinder Award, which allowed her to gather stakeholder interviews and glaciological data in tandem.
Sand dunes occupy 5% of Earth's land, and that number is growing. INSTAAR fellow Nathalie Vriend investigates how dunes form, move and stall through a mixture of field observations and laboratory experiments.
This week, a surge of water burst forth from a glacial lake near Juneau Alaska. INSTAAR fellow Alton Byers and his collaborator Suzanne OConnell explain why glacial outburst floods, like this one, are a growing trend around the world.
This week, INSTAAR PhD student Advyth Ramachandran is presenting preliminary findings at a conference in Baltimore. His work seeks to understand the cooling effects of various urban tree species in Boulder.
Linda Holubar Sanabria has donated a 476-acre wildlife and research reserve to ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ. INSTAAR will manage research and education programs at the site, with Timothy Seastedt stepping up as director.
The Oleksy lab has taken over a 42-year-old monitoring project in Rocky Mountain National Park. Their investigations reveal how remote alpine watersheds are changing in the Anthropocene.
In a Q&A, INSTAAR director Nicole Lovenduski talks about her contributions to a report on the environmental impacts of a hypothetical nuclear war. Lovenduski was tasked with modeling impacts in the world's oceans, which could be global and long-lasting.