News Release Archives
2012
January 11, 2012
Earthquake potential in Colorado and New Mexico
The Rio Grande Rift—the north-trending continental rift zone that extends from Colorado's central Rocky Mountains to Mexico—is not dead but geologically alive and active, according to a new study by scientists at the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences (CIRES) in collaboration with the University of New Mexico, New Mexico Tech, Utah State University, and UNAVCO. Read More ...
January 10, 2012
Chemical measurements confirm official estimate of Gulf oil spill rate
By combining detailed chemical measurements in the deep ocean, in the oil slick, and in the air, scientists from the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), NOAA and other academic institutes have independently estimated how fast gases and oil were leaking during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Read More ...
January 9, 2012
Colorado mountain hail may disappear in a warmer future
Summertime hail could all but disappear from the eastern flank of Colorado's Rocky Mountains by 2070, according to a new modeling study by scientists from the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), NOAA and several other institutions. Read More ...
