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Katie Suding's former student Isabel De Silva is featured in this CPR piece on moose in Colorado
https://t.co/EDW8zeYjPD

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🔥 INSTAARites in Boulder are hunkered down today for “extremely critical” fire weather conditions. Fortunately, no ignitions so far. Wish us luck!

🌬️ Peak wind gust 104 mph (NCAR Mesa Lab)
🌡️ Air temp ~65F
🌵 Humidity only ~9%
#COWX

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Today, the 2025 #ArcticReportCard was released, marking 20 years of tracking rapid Arctic warming and change. Find the full 2025 Arctic Report Card here: https://t.co/UNfmyUvYiK

#AGU25 @NOAA @theAGU

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🧑🏽🔬 This week, 100s of @CUBoulder scientists -incl many INSTAARs- are participating in the #AGU25 Earth & space science conference. INSTAARs are helping with CU exhibit booth too. Thanks y'all!

See schedule of remaining talks & posters of CU participants https://t.co/o5soGqVjSy

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🌊 The Arctic Rivers Project is weaving Indigenous Knowledge with empirical analysis to plan for the 21st century.

Last week, Eos writer Cassidy Beach featured INSTAAR fellow Keith Musselman in a piece on the innovative research effort.

https://t.co/2Xtckb8U9w

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McKnight and Marchitto are part of a new $2.8 million project, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and led by the University of Missouri, that seeks a method for extracting rare earths from acid rock drainage for industrial uses.
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Extract rare earth metals from contaminated Colorado streams?

Diane McKnight & Tom Marchitto are collaborators on a new project seeking to improve water quality while also increasing the domestic supply of raw materials for advanced technologies https://t.co/Gij4i6DRSG

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Attention @CUBoulder authors! Did you know that University Libraries can provide up to $2,000 to pay for publishing fees for full open access journals, including our own AAAR? Please read through the eligibility criteria carefully: https://t.co/m9dQ9Df9SW.

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This week, hundreds of Buffs are representing CU Boulder at #AGU25, the premier Earth and space science conference. 🚀

Explore the schedule of events featuring experts from @LASPatCU, @CUBoulderATOC, @INSTAAR, @COSpaceGrant and more!

Learn more ↓
https://t.co/r9HWIOqlN2

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🌎 Are you an early career researcher keen on Earth surface processes? Want to learn about numerical modeling & software development?

Apply by 24 January for the *free* CSDMS ESPIn immersive training experience Aug 3-7, 2026 in Boulder Colorado ⬇️
https://t.co/XFxzxgeCio

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📻 KUNC did a story on Nancy Emery and her lab's work on how alpine plants adapt to environmental change.

The Niwot Ridge Long-Term Ecological Monitoring Project faces a 20% budget cut in 2026. Check out our website to support this project and others.

https://t.co/N6VwBgILIv

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🧊 The team at the Stable Isotope Lab recently finished processing a mile-long ice core from Greenland.

Though the ice core was extracted more than three decades ago, new methods may reveal new insights into Eath's past, present and future climate.

https://t.co/fHPMT84Mdi

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📢 New PNAS paper on the global rise in methane since 2006

Led by Ben Riddell-Young (CIRES/NOAA), they found the increase was primarily driven by agriculture/waste & wetland emissions. INSTAAR co-authors incl Sylvia Michel & Pieter Tans. Go team! 👏🏽

https://t.co/142hQ4XXor

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On a recent blustery day, NWT LTER researchers took Isabella Escobedo, a reporter from KUNC, up Niwot Ridge to cover an ongoing alpine warming experiment https://t.co/2Q5e8PpVoL

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Pikas are icons of Colorado’s high country, but new @INSTAAR research shows their future may be at risk.

Fewer young pikas are surviving in some Rocky Mountain sites, a trend scientists say could signal the impacts of a warming climate. 🏔️

Read more ↓
https://t.co/y9l4fUr6Nv

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📢 3 INSTAAR talks today
8 Dec, 12-1 pm
SEEC S228 & Zoom

🌿 Semi-arid rangeland conservation
Hunter Geist-Sanchez

⛰️ Rock glacier evolution
Juliana Ruef

🦠 Upwelling community collapse
Harry Allbrook

See full titles & abstracts: https://t.co/rNybBpybxi

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New geomorphology paper out today on feedbacks between river ice and bank erosion in the Canning Delta, Alaska https://t.co/og3td3TO2V

Led by grad student Josie Arcuri, coauthors include INSTAARs Irina Overeem, Robert Anderson, Suzanne Anderson, and colleagues. Congrats all!

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"Okay, but is bird monogamy just PR?" 🐦🦆🐣 🦉🦜🦩

Listen/watch the first episode of the Okay, But… Birds podcast, hosted by Scott Taylor (INSTAAR & EBIO, CU Boulder) and featuring Carrie Branch (Western University, Canada) https://t.co/xZwkVDZb3l

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💰 🔬 The Mountain Research Station has received three years of funding for student research projects from the Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation!

The scholarships created by the donation will go toward field investigations in alpine landscapes and ecosystems.

https://t.co/jBjTxFsEP1

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It's a snowy day out there! ❄️ See how CU Boulder manages snow for safety and accessibility, and view the live CU Boulder snow camera.

Bookmark this resource for the winter months ↓
https://t.co/nNQamszU3r