Yvaine Ye

4 weeks ago | phys.org | Yvaine Ye

For the first time, researchers have collected detailed measurements of water vapor high above the surface of the Greenland ice sheet. Their research, aided by a custom-designed drone, could help scientists improve ice loss calculations in rapidly warming polar regions.

4 weeks ago | colorado.edu | Yvaine Ye

For the first time, researchers have collected detailed measurements of water vapor high above the surface of the Greenland ice sheet. Their research, aided by a custom-designed drone, could help scientists improve ice loss calculations in rapidly warming polar regions. “We will be able to understand how water moves in and out of Greenland in the next few years,” said first author Kevin Rozmiarek, a doctoral student at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) at CU Boulder.

1 month ago | phys.org | Yvaine Ye

How much will strawberry harvests shrink when extreme heat harms pollinators? How much will timber production decline when windstorms flatten forests? How much will recreational value disappear when large wildfires sweep through Colorado's mountain towns?

1 month ago | colorado.edu | Yvaine Ye

When Jay Falk and Scott Taylor first saw the white-necked Jacobin hummingbird chick in Panama’s dense rainforest, the bird biologists didn’t know what they were looking at. The day-old bird, smaller than a pinky finger, had brown fuzz all over its body. When Falk and Taylor walked closer to the nest, the chick began twitching and shaking its head—a behavior they had never seen in birds before.

1 month ago | colorado.edu | Yvaine Ye

In Denver, people of color and those with lower household incomes are more likely to live in neighborhoods near facilities that emit bad smells, a new CU Boulder-led study reported. For many Denver residents, the city’s crisp mountain air is a perk of living near the Rocky Mountains. But every so often, a gust of wind can carry less welcome scents, like the pungent odor of pet food factories or the skunky smell of marijuana grow houses. In a paper published Feb.