Researching the environment, from pole to pole

Colorado is home to some of the most important environmental research occurring in the world, with critical work being done on climate change, water and renewable energy. Hundreds of environmental researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado State University in Fort Collins and Colorado School of Mines in Golden are making dramatic strides toward creating a cleaner earth and bringing billions of dollars to Colorado in the process.

At Boulder’s Cooperative Institute for Research and Environmental Sciences (CIRES), a partnership between CU-Boulder and NOAA, for instance, researchers are studying the cryosphere, biosphere, solid earth sciences, atmosphere. CIRES employs 714…