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At CIRES, a partnership of NOAA and CU Boulder, hundreds of environmental scientists work to understand the dynamic Earth system, including people's relationship with the planet.
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CIRES scientists strive to understand the Earth system, including people’s relationship with the planet
2019-2020 Highlights
Frozen in the Arctic: In their words // Flying drones at the North Pole // ‘Travel’ with the team
Where there’s smoke, there’s science: Learn to live with wildfire // Chasing smoke // More fires, cooler fires
Features: Not thinking clearly in 2100 // Machine learning for solar forecasts // ‘Promiscuous’ enzymes // Moss, mental health and microbes
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