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Pieter Tans led NOAA’s Carbon Cycle Gases Group through its formative years, and Scott Lehman developed a technique to identify the sources of greenhouse gases

Come join Cassandra Brooks at Fiske Planetarium for a keynote talk on her Arctic and Alpine Research.

Birch woodlands in Iceland were hundreds of meters higher during past warm periods in Earth history than at present, according to complementary lake sediment records of ancient plant DNA and lipid-inf...

CU Boulder researchers develop a tool that can model phytoplankton biomass extremes in the ocean in ways that conventional satellites often can’t.

Permafrost degradation along an Antarctic Dry Valley stream has altered the generation of stream solutes The 2012 degradation significantly shifted long-term average ion concentrations above pre-...

Himalayan glacier expert Alton C Byers on what happened in Nepal and what should happen now

As the climate continues to warm, scientists warn that the frequency of disasters like the floods in Nepal will increase.

A CU Boulder study finds that the symbiotic relationship between alpine plants and underground fungi stays robust to earlier snowmelt driven by warming

By combining AI with weather and terrain data, Assistant Professor Zhi Li's approach predicts flooding with unprecedented speed and precision, enabling more

Unseasonably warm weather that rapidly melts snowpack is becoming more widespread in the U.S. West and happening earlier in the year.

Despite being over 20 miles from the ocean, it's organisms are pretty salty.

What are the consequences of fire suppression and management options? Fire ecologist Professor Tim Seastead explains how Ponderosa pines have evolved to survive the frequent low-intensity fires…

Celebrate the Mountain Research Station’s 106th anniversary and INSTAAR's 75th at a scenic field science outpost in the Indian Peaks.

Stable isotope analysis points to impact of agriculture and wetlands, not fossil fuels as a driver of the rapid rise in atmospheric methane...

A new partnership between CU Boulder's NEST Studio for the Arts and the Mountain Research Station makes interdisciplinarity a daily practice, bringing artists

Christine Bonadonna sampling invertebrates at a pond near Yosemite National Park. Photo credit: Celia Symons Irvine, Calif., July 14, 2026 — On a summer afternoon in the Sierra Nevada, a […]

Researcher using AI to improve and personalize flood prediction

Trisia Tellez is the recipient of the inaugural Martha and John Andrews INSTAAR Graduate Scholarship. She will use the funding to reconstruct deep-sea ocean

Sam Ahler, doctoral candidate in ecology and evolutionary biology and avowed fan of watching grass grow, discusses what makes Colorado's wildflowers distinctive

A model for sustainable waste management in the Himalaya

For an animal that looks like a stuffed baked potato, sounds like a squeaky toy and spends much of its life heckling hikers from a pile of rocks, the American pika makes a surprisingly effective…

Podcast Episode · The Mountain-Ear Podcast · June 26 · 32m

The Sarah Crump Memorial Fellowship sent PhD student Brooke Chase to Alaska this month. This hands-on experience with a modern glacier will complement her focus

Welcome to an unprecedented destination for the Explorer in all of us. Share in the exciting mission work of National Geographic at the Museum of Exploration.

A new study from INSTAAR suggests that native species may be able to outcompete cheatgrass in Colorado's Front Range. The findings could inform future efforts

My UVM

The shift from herbaceous-dominated to woody-dominated landscapes has the potential to transform ecosystems.

The world’s most comprehensive disaster database is at risk of closing as a result of cuts to US foreign aid by the Trump administration

Plus, San Juan Mountains aerial photos reveal season's dwindling snowpack

After a decade of work, INSTAAR fellow Bradley Markle and a collaborator published a study revealing how the greenhouse effect governs temperature changes

CIRES-led study uses drones and airborne imagery to dig into the transition between soil- and rock-dominated surfaces

Melting Himalayan glaciers are increasing the risk to communities and the ecosystem

Science writer Marissa Grunes takes readers on tour through the diverse research and operations of the Stable Isotope Lab. The lab processes samples from all

And the winner is… INSTAAR presented awards and fellowships at the annual spring celebration luncheon last week. Recipients were selected for impactful work at

In the Arctic, wildlife photographer Florian Ledoux arrives to document a landscape he believes he understands. But the ice has not returned as it should, and small disruptions begin to surface:…

Scientists are studying avalanches to predict their paths and mitigate risks, a crucial endeavor as climate change alters weather patterns.

Mile-thick ice. Dry, rocky valleys. Tiny creatures. Red parkas. Seal mummies. We’re going to Antarctica with National Geographic Explorer, microscopic photographer, and Antarcticologist Ariel…