University of Colorado Boulder

1 week ago | colorado.edu | Yvaine Ye

This May, Denver saw more than 4 inches a rain, doubling the city's historic average and outpacing famously rainy places like Seattle. While the additional moisture has painted the Front Range a lush green, to grassland ecologist Katharine Suding, it's concerning. "Wet springs mean more plant growth," said Suding, distinguished professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Institute of Arctic and Alphine Research.

2 weeks ago | colorado.edu | Yvaine Ye

When asked what she would do if every government around the world became aligned on climate action, with unlimited resources for one year, Sheila Watt-Cloutier , longtime advocate for the rights of the Arctic's Inuit peoples and Indigenous groups worldwide, didn't hesitate. "I would continue doing what I've been doing for 30 years but in much more of a full force," said Watt-Cloutier. "I would build a team and get the younger generation mobilized in bigger ways than we have.

3 weeks ago | colorado.edu | Yvaine Ye

The first sign something was wrong came from the silent beehives. When Samuel Ramsey visited his family in Maryland this March, he and his father, an avid beekeeper, approached the 10 bee boxes in his grandmother's yard, they were expecting to hear the familiar hum of insects awakening from their winter rest. They pictured the smell of warm, sweet beeswax. Instead, the Ramseys found thousands of lifeless bees piling up at the bottom of the hives.

3 weeks ago | colorado.edu | Amber Carlson

When a wildfire ravages a community, the loss of homes can be one of the most devastating impacts. The destruction displaces residents and can drive businesses and services away from those who still live there. But fires don't affect all homes and neighborhoods equally. Some burn to the ground, while others are left untouched. Abbie Liel, a civil engineer and professor at CU Boulder, wants to know why.

3 weeks ago | colorado.edu | Yvaine Ye

Brazil's quilombola people, the descendants of Africans who escaped slavery, have lived in the nation's vast Amazon and Atlantic rainforests for centuries. Today, the quilombolas number about 1.3 million people in the country and have cultivated deep ties to their ancestral territories, where they raise their families and steward the land.