Press Releases
2008
RELEASE DATE: April 30, 2008
59% Chance of Record Low Arctic Sea Ice in 2008
New calculations indicate the record low minimum extent of sea ice across the Arctic last September has a three-in-five chance of being shattered again in 2008 because of continued warming temperatures and a preponderance of younger, thinner ice.
RELEASE DATE: April 24, 2008
Ozone Hole Recovery Will Reshape Climate Change
A full recovery of the stratospheric ozone hole could strongly modify climate change in the Southern Hemisphere and possibly amplify warming of the Antarctic continent, reports a new CU, NOAA, and NASA study led by CIRES' Judith Perlwitz.
RELEASE DATE: April 24, 2008
Regional monitoring needed for heat-trapping CO2
Monitoring Earth's rising greenhouse gas levels will require a global data collection network 10 times larger than the one currently in place, according to a new research commentary appearing in the April 25 issue of Science by CIRES researcher Malinda Marquis and NOAA's Pieter Tans.
RELEASE DATE: April 23, 2008
First ESRL-CIRES Scholar Announced
Ryan Neely has been selected as the first recipient of the ESRL-CIRES Graduate Research Fellowship. The four-year award, which includes full tuition, a stipend, and other benefits, will allow Neely to earn a Ph.D. at CU-Boulder.
RELEASE DATE: April 11, 2008
New Fellows Bring New Perspective to CIRES
CIRES' Council of Fellows has elected two new members: Joost de Gouw and Tinjgun Zhang. De Gouw and Zhang will be unique additions to the Council, where most members are rostered faculty at CU-Boulder or are NOAA employees.
ADVISORY DATE: April 7, 2008
NSIDC Launches Year-Round Sea Ice Site with Maximum Report
CIRES' National Snow and Ice Data Center has launched a new Arctic Sea Ice News and Analysis web site. This month's analysis includes information on maximum sea ice extent for 2008 and details on ice thickness and age as the melt season begins.
RELEASE DATE: April 2, 2008
CO2 Emission Reduction Assumptions Are Overly Optimistic
Reducing global emissions of carbon dioxide this century is going to be more challenging than society has been led to believe, according to a new research commentary authored by CIRES Fellow Roger Pielke Jr and appearing in Nature.
RELEASE DATE: April 1, 2008
Chu Wins $1.2 Million To Advance Lidar Technology
CIRES Fellow Xinzhao Chu has been awarded a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to build a revolutionary lidar that will allow scientists to probe the upper layers of the atmosphere with unprecedented accuracy.
RELEASE DATE: March 25, 2008
Antarctic Ice Shelf Disintegration Underscores a Warming World
Satellite imagery from CIRES' National Snow and Ice Data Center reveals that a 13,680 square kilometer (5,282 square mile) ice shelf has begun to collapse because of rapid climate change in a fast-warming region of Antarctica.
RELEASE DATE: March 13, 2008
Emanuel To Give Lecture On Global Warming, Hurricanes
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Kerry Emanuel, internationally recognized for his research linking hurricane intensity to global warming, will speak at the University of Colorado at Boulder on Thursday, April 3 and at CIRES on April 4.
RELEASE DATE: Feb. 23, 2008
Nerem Elected 2008 AGU Fellow
CIRES Fellow Steve Nerem has been elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union for 2008. Nerem was cited for his research in satellite geodesy and contributions to the global determination of sea-level change.
RELEASE DATE: Feb. 23, 2008
Mountain Region Students Claim Ocean Bowl Win
Through 10 rounds of questions, Poudre High School from Ft. Collins emerged undefeated and claimed the regional win in the recent National Ocean Sciences Bowl competition sponsored by CIRES.
RELEASE DATE: Feb. 20, 2008
Mountain Region Students Aim For Ocean Bowl Win
For the 10th year running, CIRES is once again hosting the only land-locked, regional ocean sciences bowl. The regional bowl will be held on Saturday, February 23, 2008 at CU-Boulder.
RELEASE DATE: Jan. 30, 2008
Ocean Bridge Links Climate in Mid-Latitudes and Tropics
Amy Solomon has found that upper ocean pathways link mid-latitude and tropical climates. Specifically, she found that wind stress in the North Pacific can have a strong effect on the formation of El Niņos and La Niņas along the equator.
RELEASE DATE: Jan. 21, 2008
CIRES Space Weather Scientists and EMC Develop Whole Atmosphere Model
Global atmospheric modeling may reach new horizons, thanks to the development of a Whole Atmosphere Model known familiarly as WAM, which is part of the Integrated Dynamics through Earth's Atmosphere (IDEA) project.
RELEASE DATE: Jan. 21, 2008
Predicting wavefronts from surface swells to tsunamis
Oleg Godin has found that regardless of the path taken, rays from the same source, that have traveled the same time, all end up along the same wavefront, just as though they had never encountered any disturbances.
RELEASE DATE: Jan. 10, 2008
Older Arctic Sea Ice Giving Way To Young, Thin Ice
CIRES scientist Julienne Stroeve is the among authors of a new study by CU-Boulder researchers, which indicates older, multi-year sea ice in the Arctic is giving way to younger, thinner ice.
RELEASE DATE: Jan. 9, 2008
Steffen Discusses Greenland Melting, Future of Ice Sheet
Konrad Steffen, who has conducted climate research in Greenland since 1990, says dynamic processes on the Greenland ice sheet as a result of warming temperatures may affect estimates for future global sea rise.
Most press releases in the CIRES press release archives were originally released by CU-Boulder's Office of News Services.
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