At CIRES, we study Earth in the field, and we study Earth in the lab. We study Earth using models, and we study Earth from space. We are proud to count among our accomplishments & awards, winners of the prestigious National Medal of Science, the Distinguished Presidential Rank Award, the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, as well as numerous celebrated fellowships, lifetime achievement, and distinguished professor awards.
February 26, 2009 Maritime Shipping Makes Hefty Contribution To Harmful Air Pollution Globally, commercial ships emit almost half as much particulate matter pollutants into the air as the total amount released by the world’s cars, according to a new study led by NOAA and the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU). [ source: News & Events ]
Winter 2009 Quake Cruise What's shaking under the sea? Teacher-at-Sea Dan Tomlin and Geophysicist Anne Sheehan are traveling to the Southern Ocean near New Zealand to install thirty earthquake-monitoring instruments on the ocean floor. Learn about the science and follow the journey at sea here!
Research Divisions
Cryospheric and Polar Processes ·
Ecosystem Science ·
Environmental Chemistry ·
Environmental Observations, Modeling and Forecasting ·
Solid Earth Sciences ·
Weather and Climate Dynamics
CIRES Centers
Climate Diagnostics ·
Earth Observation and Science·
Limnology ·
Science and Technology Policy Research ·
Snow and Ice Data
Research Themes
Climate System Variability ·
Geodynamics ·
Modeling and Observing Systems ·
Planetary Metabolism ·
Regional Processes ·
Integration
Search CIRES Publications Search for CIRES scientists and their current projects + research interests by research topic
Research Groups Atmospheric Sciences ·
Chemistry and Biochemistry ·
Climate Change ·
Cryospheric Research ·
Ecology and Biology ·
Environmental Studies ·
Geography ·
Geological Sciences and Geophysics ·
Hydrology ·
Land-atmosphere Interactions ·
Modeling & Observational Studies ·
Oceanic Sciences ·
Remote Sensing
For more information about science @ CIRES, please
contact CIRES' Assistant Director for Science, Suzanne van Drunick (suzannev@cires.colorado.edu). If you are a graduate student or prospective graduate student of the environmental sciences, see university environmental science education.
