Department of Geography, CU Boulder
@cugeography.bsky.social
Exploring Earth’s systems, cultures, and connections 🌍 🎓 University of Colorado Boulder Geography 📍 Fieldwork • GIS • Environmental Studies • Social and Human Geography 🔗 Learn more: colorado.edu/geography
Fires are getting faster & more dangerous in the western U.S. ICYMI — CIRES Fellow Jennifer Balch developed the Fast Fire Network to advance understanding of fast fires, create better model predictions, and improve responses to future fast fires. cires.colorado.edu/news/cires-r...
“Heat is the deadliest climate-related hazard, causing more fatalities in the United States than hurricanes, floods, and tornadoes combined,” said @sarameerow.bsky.social, a new associate professor of geography @colorado.edu & CIRES fellow. Read the Q&A ⬇️ www.colorado.edu/today/2026/0...
Heat is the world's deadliest climate hazard. Are cities ready?
Extreme heat is no longer a rare event, and protecting communities will require coordinated efforts, says geography professor Sara Meerow.
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#Smoke from #wildfires is bad for your health. So how can we keep ourselves safe during #fireseason? Assistant Professor of #Geography and IBS Fellow Colleen Reid sat down with @colorado.edu to share the #healtheffects of smoke and how to mitigate them: www.colorado.edu/today/2026/0...
Is wildfire smoke bad for your health?
With fires blazing across Colorado and surrounding states, many communities are inundated with smoke this week. How does it impact our health? Is it OK to
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🥳 Wed Aug 19th Join us for our Anniversary Open House at the Mountain Research Station above Boulder! Guided field trips, hands-on activities, dinner, & seminar by K. Suding. Come for 1 session or stay for the day The FREE tickets are going fast, sign up asap: www.eventbrite.com/e/mountain-r...
Mountain Research Station Anniversary Open House
Celebrate the Mountain Research Station’s 106th anniversary and INSTAAR's 75th at a scenic field science outpost in the Indian Peaks.
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Register now for the CU Boulder Sesquicentennial Faculty Scholars Event, featuring CIRES Director Waleed Abdalati, who will present about his climate & cryosphere research. Event is free to attend. 🗓️: August 27 🕠️: 5:30 - 8 pm 📍: History Colorado Center, Denver web.cvent.com/event/f741c0...
Sesquicentennial Faculty Scholars Event in Denver
In celebration of CU Boulder’s 150th anniversary, the Sesquicentennial Faculty Scholars recognition program spotlights some of the university’s most inspiring voices—faculty members whose research and creative work transform lives and serve the public good
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"I won’t say I’m trying to do more with less. I’m trying to do a little less with a lot less," said CIRES Director Waleed Abdalati. Read about how losses in federal funding is impacting CU Boulder research & how the university is pivoting to find new funding opportunities.
CU Boulder’s $60-Million Pivot
Federal money built this research powerhouse. Can private industry sustain it?
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Fires are getting faster & more dangerous in the western U.S. CIRES Fellow Jennifer Balch developed the Fast Fire Network to advance understanding of fast fires, create better model predictions, and improve responses to future fast fires. cires.colorado.edu/news/cires-r...
Fires are getting faster & more dangerous in the western US CIRES Fellow Jennifer Balch & @cu-esiil.bsky.social are launching the Fast Fire Network to bring together experts across fields to develop critical solutions for fast fire events Interested in contributing? tinyurl.com/fast-fire-network
Authored by John O'Loughlin, Sarah Wilson Sokhey, and Gerard Toal: theconversation.com/we-asked-ukr...
We asked Ukrainians what they think of Trump – more view him as an enemy than a friend
Despite holding a low opinion of the US president and his negotiators, most Ukrainians have favorable views toward Americans more generally.
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Congratulations to our Geography Ph.D. Student, Esmee Mulder, for receiving the Society of Woman Geographers' Evelyn L. Pruitt Fellowship for 2026-2027! Esmee's project is titled, "Seeing like a Satellite, Knowing Like a Pastoralist: Epistemic Justice and Collaboration in East African Rangelands".
Have you heard? Registration is now open for #AAG2027: Grounded Relations and Desirable Futures! Don’t miss out on joining thousands of geographers from around the world in NYC, from February 8-12. 🔗 Abstract and session submissions are now open. Submit your research by October 15. buff.ly/0AcTYRP
Tomorrow is #Juneteenth! In celebration, check out these articles on vital scholarship of Black Geographies in AAG’s journals in recent years. Through September 30, 2026, AAG and Taylor & Francis provide free access to these articles, available for download at the links listed here: buff.ly/epHk6Eb
Ethan Carr (@ecarr48.bsky.social), a PhD candidate at @cugeography.bsky.social and CIRES, just finished 2 amazing weeks of summer school in Greenland. @colorado.edu Find out where he is going next — and see #WhereInTheWorld other CIRES early career researchers are this summer. arcg.is/0410um2
Where in the world
Are CIRES graduate students and postdocs this summer?
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ICYMI — New research led by CIRES Fellow Ellen Considine shows that air pollution in Indonesia got worse after China banned plastic waste imports in 2018. More plastic waste in Indonesia ➡️ more open dumping & burning ➡️ more fine particulate matter air pollution cires.colorado.edu/news/indones...
Indonesia’s air quality got worse after China banned plastic waste imports
New research links a global waste policy shift to increased air pollution from open burning at Indonesian dump sites
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New research led by CIRES Fellow Ellen Considine shows that air pollution in Indonesia got worse after China banned plastic waste imports in 2018. More plastic waste in Indonesia ➡️ more open dumping & burning ➡️ more fine particulate matter air pollution cires.colorado.edu/news/indones...
Indonesia’s air quality got worse after China banned plastic waste imports
New research links a global waste policy shift to increased air pollution from open burning at Indonesian dump sites
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"Gladice" is coming to Mountainfilm in Telluride later this month! This film is a whole new approach to climate science comms from INSTAAR affiliate organization the Arctic Arts Project. Check out the trailer here: buff.ly/3MYfqpW
"Gladice" at Mountainfilm Festival in Telluride, CO
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:…
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Our Spring 2026 Commencement Pictures are now on our website! www.colorado.edu/geography/20...
Spring 2026 Geography Commencement Pictures
See pictures and videos from our Spring 2026 Commencement ceremony!
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Congratulations to CIRES Director Waleed Abdalati, who was selected as a @colorado.edu Sesquicentennial Faculty Scholar! Abdalati will give a TED-style talk about his climate and cryosphere research at a public event in Denver on Thursday, August 27. www.colorado.edu/facultyaffai...
From insight to impact: Meet CU Boulder’s sesquicentennial faculty scholars
As part of our ongoing commitment to supporting our CU Boulder faculty, we offer a variety of programs and training to promote the professional growth, development, and advancement of faculty…
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The 11th annual Stand Up for Climate Comedy event is TOMORROW NIGHT! Celebrate the power of comedy to ignite climate awareness and action. calendar.colorado.edu/event/earth-... 🗓️: April 21, 2026 🕕️: Doors 6 pm, Show 7 pm 📍: Boulder Theater
Don’t forget — the 11th annual Stand Up for Climate Comedy event is next week! Celebrate the power of comedy to ignite climate awareness and action. calendar.colorado.edu/event/earth-... 🗓️: April 21, 2026 🕕️: Doors 6 pm, Show 7 pm 📍: Boulder Theater
“In the longer term, it’s the loss of capability, the ability to make these observations, because, like many things, it’s much easier to break than it is to reconstitute." CIRES Director Waleed Abdalati shares the impacts of the NOAA funding pause in @thehill.com ⬇️ thehill.com/policy/energ...
Trump administration holds up NOAA grant funding
The Trump administration is holding up some National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) grant funding. Earlier this month, the University of Colorado released a statement sayin…
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👏🏽 Congrats to Holly Barnard! She will receive the AGU Hydrology Days Award 🏆 at Colorado State this week. She will also give the meeting's keynote address: "From foliage to fractures: Exploring the critical zone from multiple perspectives" Wed April 8 at 1pm www.engr.colostate.edu/ce/events/hy...
Come & celebrate the launch alongside our students at the CU Geography Mapathon, where our students actively enact Life Affirming Geographies expressed through Cartographies of Hope.
